A44348:242
An exposition of the principles of religion
An exposition of the principles of religion by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. No, but it may be lessened and filed away.
Q. Wherein lies the difference between sin in a wicked, and a godly man?
Q. Wherein lyes the difference between sin in a wicked, and a godly man?
A. There is the nearest union that may be, between sin, and the soul of a wicked man: Sin beareth greatest rule here, and the soul yields greatest subjection unto it: He hath a secret resolution to sin in spite of God and his Ordinances.
A. There is the neerest union that may be, between sinne, and the soule of a wicked man: Sinne beareth greatest rule here, and the soule yeelds greatest subjection unto it: He hath a secret resolution to sinne in spight of God and his Ordinances.
But in a godly man the power of sin is loosened, and the union broken, sin is not in him as a King, though it may be as a Tyrant.
But in a godly man the power of sinne is loosened, and the union broken, sinne is not in him as a King, though it may be as a Tyrant.