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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
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2. You that make the sins of other men, that have obtained mercy, to be a ground to build your hopes of heaven upon, let me ask you this Question; you that do fall into the same sins with Noah, or David, or Peter, do you repent with them too? it is true, Noah did fall once into the sin of drunkenness, but yet the Scripture records this of him, that he was an upright man in his generation: and so David, though he did once defile his bed, yet afterwards he repented of it, and made his couch to swim with tears for it: so Peter after he had denied Christ, he went out and wept bitterly for it; but I ⟨p. 188⟩say, what is all this to thee, that doest make a trade of sin, and fall into gross sins every day, time after time, and yet never mourn and grieve for them, as David did for his sin, nor weep bitterly for them with Peter, what plea can this be for thee, to encourage thee to hope for heaven?
2. You that make the sins of other men, that have obtained mercy, to be a ground to build your hopes of heaven upon, let me ask you this Question; you that do fall into the same sins with Noah, or David, or Peter, do you repent with them too? it is true, Noah did fall once into the sin of drunkenness, but yet the Scripture records this of him, that he was an upright man in his generation: and so David, though he did once defile his bed, yet afterwards he repented of it, and made his couch to swim with tears for it: so Peter after he had denyed Christ, he went out and wept bitterly for it; but I ⟨p. 188⟩say, what is all this to thee, that doest make a trade of sin, and fall into grosse sins every day, time after time, and yet never mourn and grieve for them, as David did for his sin, nor weep bitterly for them with Peter, what plea can this be for thee, to encourage thee to hope for heaven?
3. Know this further, that a godly man may fall into the same sins that others fall into, for the matter of them, but not for the manner, now it is the manner of falling into sin, and not the matter of it that dams a man; it is true, Noah did fall into the sin of drunkenness, but I shall distinguish Noah from any wicked drunkard in the world, and that in these five particular considerations, as