The application of redemption

and this hand now the […] finds, and finds himself absolutely unable to […] the evil of […] sin, and therefore concludes it absolutely […] to be […] of it whatever it cost him. He knows now by proof, this evil to be such as that no other can equal it: the evil such as no contrary good in this world can countervail it. And therefore he sees reason and chooseth never to have any good in this world, rather than to have his sin, to part withal, rather than not part with this, or be plagued with it. Rather undergo all evils, and suffer the utmost extremity, […] suffer his sin to remain with him; Math 16. 26. What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and to Joose his soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul.

and this hand now the 〈…〉 finds, and finds himself absolutely unable to 〈…〉 the evil of 〈…〉 sin, and therefore concludes it absolutely 〈…〉 to be 〈…〉 of it whatever it cost him. He knowes now by proof, this evil to be such as that no other can equal it: the evil such as no contrary good in this world can countervail it. And therefore he sees reason and chooseth never to have any good in this world, rather than to have his sin, to part withal, rather than not part with this, or be plagued with it. Rather undergo al evils, and suffer the utmost extremity, 〈…〉 suffer his sin to remain with him; Math 16. 26. What wil it profit a man to gain the whol world and to Ioose his soul, or what shal a man give in exchange for his soul.

The broken in heart he sees now by proof also, the ¹cursed combination that is amongst corruptions, a league […] lusts, if any corruption rule in the heart, it makes a man a slave to what ever distemper presents it self unto the soul, In a word. He that will keep […] sin, he keeps himself under the power of all corruptions, he keeps off the power of all the means of grace and good for working upon or prevailing with the soul for its […] welfare.