☞ And therefore give me an example in all the book of God, where any one man that was godly, committed the same sin twice: I say, after an act of repentance: It's true Peter denied his Master thrice, I, but that was as a continued thing, it was not after Peters heart was smitten and humbled, after his conviction and repentance—And for my part, I know no example from Genesis to the Revelation, of any one Child of God that fe•• twice into an outward Act; I do not say, the sins of thought, they may be repented of, an fallen into again, though the heart do labour and strive against them; but for an outward a•• of sin that any Child of God did ever fall into after God had shown him the evil, and h• had tepented of it:—And therefore the condition must needs be sad, when it is such as there can be no example in all the Scripture to parallel it: For I appeal to thee, thou the ⟨p. 83⟩makest any Profession of Religion, and thou fallest into some act of sin; Either thy Conscience doth accuse thee, and thou dost repent, or it doth not accuse thee, and thou dost not repent: If thy Conscience doth not accuse thee, and thou dost not repent, that's a sign thy heart is not troubled:—Well, if thy heart be troubled, and thou hast repented, give me an example of any one Child of God, that fell into such an act of sin again—Yea, I shall show you in divers examples in Scripture, that evermore those Children of God that have been overtaken with their sin, they have been more eminent in that grace that is most contrary to that sin, than in any other grace.
☞ And therefore give me an example in all the book of God, where any one man that was godly, committed the same sin twice: I say, after an act of repentance: It's true Peter denyed his Master thrice, I, but that was as a continued thing, it was not after Peters heart was smitten and humbled, after his conviction and repentance—And for my part, I know no example from Genesis to the Revelation, of any one Child of God that fe•• twice into an outward Act; I do not say, the sins of thought, they may be repented of, an fallen into again, though the heart do labour and strive against them; but for an outward a•• of sin that any Child of God did ever fall into after God had shown him the evil, and h• had tepented of it:—And therefore the condition must needs be sad, when it is such as there can be no example in all the Scriptur to parallel it: For I appeal to thee, thou the ⟨p. 83⟩makest any Profession of Religion, and thou fallest into some act of sin; Either thy Conscience doth accuse thee, and thou dost repent, or it doth not accuse thee, and thou dost not repent: If thy Conscience doth not accuse thee, and thou dost not repent, that's a sign thy heart is not troubled:—Well, if thy heart be troubled, and thou hast repented, give me an example of any one Child of God, that fell into such an act of sin again—Yea, I shall shew you in divers examples in Scripture, that evermore those Children of God that have been overtaken with their sin, they have been more eminent in that grace that is most contrary to that sin, than in any other grace.
