A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

¶. 8.

The several Conflicts that may be in a man.

I Come to another Proposition, which is, That we may conceive of three conflicts and contrary lustings that may be in a man; not at all naming that which is for the most part in every sinner, that he would have the profit of a sin, the pleasure of a sin, but not the bitterness of it. Such a conflict is in most sinners, they would have the advantage by sin, but not the damage by it. Thus Arianus (Epictetus lib. 2. cap. 26.) [Greek or Hebrew], Every sin hath division in it self, and so goeth on saying, That every rational soul is obnoxi us to this fight. The thief would not steal, as it is a sin, but as it is profitable. Hence it is, that [Greek or Hebrew], that [Greek or Hebrew], that what he would that he doth not, and what he would not do, that he doth, which are almost the same words with the Apostle. But this I do not insist on.

I Come to another Proposition, which is, That we may conceive of three conflicts and contrary lustings that may be in a man; not at all naming that which is for the most part in every sinner, that he would have the profit of a sinne, the pleasure of a sinne, but not the bitterness of it. Such a conflict is in most sinners, they would have the advantage by sinne, but not the damage by it. Thus Arianus (Epictetus lib. 2. cap. 26.) 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Every sinne hath division in it self, and so goeth on saying, That every rational soul is obnoxi us to this fight. The thief would not steal, as it is a sinne, but as it is profitable. Hence it is, that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that what he would that he doth not, and what he would not do, that he doth, which are almost the same words with the Apostle. But this I do not insist on.