An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…

¹The word implieth more then ordinary sinning, more then sins of infirmity, which arise from ignorance and mistake, even those which are committed with a resolvedness of spirit, and purpose of heart; or they imply not those sins which a man falls into unadvisedly and unawares, but those which he commits upon deliberation, and in the eye of the Law, that showing him plainly what is right, and that he ought not to pervert it. So then in strictness of sense, to pervert that which is right, is to be willingly, yea wilfully unrighteous. The Church making a gradual confession of her sin by three steps, puts this word in the midst (Psal: 106.6.) We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity ('tis this word) or done that which is crooked and perverse) we have done wickedly. Cain, the first man born, sinned thus (Gen: 4.13.) My punishment is greater then I can bear (so we render) or (as we put in the margin) mine iniquity is greater then can be forgiven. Cains sin was a perverseness, he knew he perverted that which was right in slaying his brother. So that, here we have the confession of sin, with the aggravation of it, a notorious sin. The penitent person doth not only say, I have sinned, but I have sinned greatly, or I have perverted that which was right. To sin, and to pervert that which is right, are materially the same; only the latter intimates the manner how a sin is committed, namely, when we would not be ruled by the Law, but accommodate the Law (as if it were a leaden or lesbian rule) to serve our lusts; so perverting that which was right, that we might countenance and embolden our selves in doing wrong. If any ask

¹The word implyeth more then ordinary sinning, more then sins of infirmity, which arise from ignorance and mistake, even those which are committed with a resolvedness of spirit, and purpose of heart; or they imply not those sins which a man falls into unadvisedly and unawares, but those which he commits upon deliberation, and in the eye of the Law, that shewing him plainly what is right, and that he ought not to pervert it. So then in strictness of sence, to pervert that which is right, is to be willingly, yea wilfully unrighteous. The Church making a graduall confession of her sin by three steps, puts this word in the midst (Psal: 106.6.) We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity ('tis this word) or done that which is crooked and perverse) we have done wickedly. Cain, the first man born, sinned thus (Gen: 4.13.) My punishment is greater then I can beare (so we render) or (as we put in the margin) mine iniquity is greater then can be forgiven. Cains sin was a perversness, he knew he perverted that which was right in slaying his brother. So that, here we have the confession of sin, with the aggravation of it, a notorious sin. The penitent person doth not only say, I have sinned, but I have sinned greatly, or I have perverted that which was right. To sin, and to pervert that which is right, are materially the same; only the latter intimates the manner how a sin is committed, namely, when we would not be ruled by the Law, but accommodate the Law (as if it were a leaden or lesbian rule) to serve our lusts; so perverting that which was right, that we might countenance and embolden our selves in doing wrong. If any aske