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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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.
2. Thou committest small sins with more security, and less penitency, then great sins; when a man commits a great and scandalous sin, he is sensible of what he hath done, and lays it to heart, and is ashamed of it and must repent of it, or else it will be a shame to him all his life long; but he can venture upon a small sin, & never be troubled at it, nor grieved for it, he can commit a small sin with a great deal of security, & impenitency, so that hereby they do the soul more wrong then great sins.
2. Thou committest small sinnes with more security, and lesse penitency, then great sins; when a man commits a great and scandalous sin, he is sensible of what he hath done, and layes it to heart, and is ashamed of it and must repent of it, or else it will be a shame to him all his life long; but he can venture upon a small sin, & never be troubled at it, nor grieved for it, he can cōmit a smal sin with a great deal of security, & impenitency, so that hereby they do the soul more wrong then great sins.
3. You are apt to run into small sins with more frequency then you commit great sins, for they are so open to the reproof of the Word, and so obvious to the eyes of all men, that you cannot find opportunities to commit them so often, whereas small sins you commit again and again, and one day after another, and a thousand times in one day, and yet never take notice of them, and therefore this may convince you, that your exemption from great sins, can be no sufficient ground to build your hopes for heaven upon.
3. You are apt to run into small sinnes with more frequency then you commit great sins, for they are so open to the reproof of the Word, and so obvious to the eyes of all men, that you cannot find opportunities to commit them so often, whereas small sins you commit again and again, and one day after another, and a thousand times in one day, and yet never take notice of them, and therefore this may convince you, that your exemption from great sins, can be no sufficient ground to build your hopes for heaven upon.