The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached

for the truth is, temptation could never prevail against us, were it not for the wickedness of our hearts; temptations came to Christ, but the Devil finding nothing in him, as the Scripture speaks, therefore could they not prevail over him: And •vere it not for the baseness of thy heart, temptations would not prevail; therefore for thee to put it off, It is thy temptation, O this is a carnal plea: I, but a gracious heart will charge himself before the Lord, O! it is

Thirdly, Much less will a gracious heart put of his sin to God himself, and say, When God gives me more grace, I shall do better; but I cannot do any thing of my self; and therefore because God gives me no grace, that's the reason I fell into such sins: This is the boldness of the hearts of men and women, to think to put off all their sins upon God himself, as if there were no other reason why they commit sin, but because God is the cause of it: As for their part, they would do better, but only God denies them his grace, and so they think to put off all from themselves, even to God. But know, the Lord will find thee out one day, and he will charge thy sin upon thy self, and thy destruction and thy wickedness it is from thy self; a gracious heart will not plead for sin after such away as this is: It's very dangerous when you hear of any that make profession of Religion, to plead for their looseness after such a manner as this is. We have cause to fear that their spot is not the spot of Gods Children.

Thirdly, Much less will a gracious heart put of his sin to God himself, and say, When God gives me more grace, I shall do better; but I cannot do any thing of my self; and therefore because God gives me no grace, that's the reason I fell into such sins: This is the boldness of the hearts of men and women, to think to put off all their sins upon God himself, as if there were no other reason why they commit sin, but because God is the cause of it: As for their part, they would do better, but onely God denies them his grace, and so they think to put off all from themselves, even to God. But know, the Lord will find thee out one day, and he will charge thy sin upon thy self, and thy destruction and thy wickedness it is from thy self; a gracious heart will not plead for sin after such away as this is: It's very dangerous when you hear of any that make profession of Religion, to plead for their loosness after such a manner as this is. We have cause to fear that their spot is not the spot of Gods Children.