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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. A godly man falls into sin sometimes, but it is with reluctancy and opposition, the Spirit striveth against the flesh; there is an opposing, and striving against sin, they are not like cowards, but will fight as long as they can hold their weapon in their hands, but now wicked men they commit sin with greediness, with delight and complacency, without any reluctancy at all.
2. A godly man fals into sin sometimes, but it is with reluctancy and opposition, the Spirit striveth against the flesh; there is an opposing, and striving against sin, they are not like cowards, but will fight as long as they can hold their weapon in their hands, but now wicked men they commit sin with greedinesse, with delight and complacency, without any reluctancy at all.
3. Every sin that a godly man committeth, maketh him more careful and watchful for the time to come: thus it was with David, Psal. 38. the title of it, compared with Psal. 39. 1. The 1title of Psal. 38. is called a Psalm of David to bring to remembrance, the subject matter of this Psalm was to bring Davids sin to his remembrance, and having spent this, in remembering his sins, in the first words of the next Psalm, says he, I have sinned, 2but I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not with my tongue, after he had called to remembrance his sins past, then he resolved with himself to strive against them in time to come. A godly man never falls into a sin once, but he fears to fall into the same sin ever after.
3. Every sinne that a godly man committeth, maketh him more carefull and watchfull for the time to come: thus it was with David,