Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…

VI. The greater Light thou sinnest against, and the more thou goest on against the Dictates of thy Conscience, the worse thou art. Conscience discovereth to thee the evil of thy ways, the wickedness of thy life: Conscience threateneth thee with damnation, with the loss of God and Happiness, and thundereth against thee, and doth disturb thee in thy sin, and yet thou goest on against thy knowledge, and dost imprison the Truths of God; thou art worse.

VI. The greater Light thou sinnest against, and the more thou goest on against the Dictates of thy Conscience, the worse thou art. Conscience discovereth to thee the evil of thy wayes, the wickedness of thy life: Conscience threatneth thee with damnation, with the loss of God and Happiness, and thundereth against thee, and doth disturb thee in thy sin, and yet thou goest on against thy knowledge, and dost imprison the Truths of God; thou art worse.

VII. The more of thy heart and will is in thy sinnings than before, the worse thou art now, than before. The more the will doth give consent, and the more the will doth choose wickedness, the greater progress thou hast made in thy sinful courses. Though a Child of God doth commit a sin, yet because his will and the bent of his heart is against it, the lesser is the aggravation of his sin: when he can say, The thing that I do, I would not, I allow it not. So, when thou art wilful in thy sin, thou frequentest wicked company, and thou wilt do it; thou profanest the Lords day, and thou wilt do it, this maketh thee to be very bad. The more of resolution and purpose of heart, the more of the choice and consent of the will in sinning, the greater is the sinner.

VII. The more of thy heart and will is in thy sinnings than before, the worse thou art now, than before. The more the will doth give consent, and the more the will doth choose wickedness, the greater progress thou hast made in thy sinful courses. Though a Childe of God doth commit a sin, yet because his will and the bent of his heart is against it, the lesser is the aggravation of his sin: when he can say, The thing that I doe, I would not, I allow it not. So, when thou art wilful in thy sin, thou frequentest wicked company, and thou wilt doe it; thou prophanest the Lords day, and thou wilt do it, this maketh thee to be very bad. The more of resolution and purpose of heart, the more of the choice and consent of the will in sinning, the greater is the sinner.