A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

that if by damnable Heresies we mean, such errors as are of dangerous consequence, and in this respect, justly and deeply condemnable, or censurable by men, many who hold, and publicly maintain damnable Heresies, in this sense may have, yea, and some (as far as men are able to discerne, de facto) have true grace and goodness. If he mean that such have true grace and goodness, in that sense, as David, during the time of his continuing in the sin of adultery, or Peter, during the time of his denying Christ, had true grace and goodness; that is, that such do not totally fall away from true grace, but have the seed of God abiding in them: then he pleadeth no better, then as if one should say, the sin of adultery, the sin of denying of Christ, are not damnable sins, at least, not inconsistent with true grace and goodness, but if he will yield that errors of dangerous consequence, which are justly and deeply condemnable, are inconsistent with true grace and goodness in the same sense, as gross sins are inconsistent therewith; that is, that gross and condemnable errors are inconsistent with the souls growing, thriving, prospering, & flourishing, yea, with any lively acting, and putting forth of true grace, yea, that gross errors do greatly and dangerously impair, abate, diminish, weaken, wound, hurt and blast true grace and goodness, and do extremely grieve, and in a great measure quench the spirit of grace: Then he must also grant, that to bear with, or wink at gross errors, is to bear with, or wink at such things as are extremely prejudicial, obstructive, and impeditive to true grace and goodness.

that if by damnable Heresies we mean, such errours as are of dangerous consequence, and in this respect, justly and deeply condemnable, or censurable by men, many who hold, and publicklie maintaine damnable Heresies, in this sense may have, yea, and some (as farre as men are able to discerne, de facto) have true grace and goodnesse. If he mean that such have true grace and goodnesse, in that sense, as David, during the time of his continuing in the sinne of adultery, or Peter, during the time of his denying Christ, had true grace and goodnesse; that is, that such doe not totally fall away from true grace, but have the seed of God abidi•g in them: then hee pleadeth no better, then as if one should say, the sin of adultery, the sin of denying of Christ, are not damnable sinnes, at least, not inconsistent with true grace and goodnesse, but if he will yeeld that errours of dangerous consequence, which are justly and deeply condemnable, are inconsistent with true grace and goodnesse in the same sense, as grosse sinnes are inconsistent therewith; that is, that grosse and condemnable errors are inconsistent with the soules growing, thriving, prospering, & flourishing, yea, with any lively acting, and putting foorth of true grace, yea, that grosse errors doe greatly and dangerously impare, abate, diminish, weaken, wound, hurt and blast true grace and goodnesse, and doe extremly grieve, and in a great measure quench the spirit of grace: Then he must also grant, that to bear with, or wink at grosse erors, is to bear with, or wink at such things as are extremly prejudiciall, obstructive, and impeditive to true grace and goodnes.