The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance

First, That no one Believer whatever in the world, upon any temptation whatever, did fall into any sin of malice, that is, accompanied with any hatred of God, or despite of his Grace, or whole delight of his will in the sin, whereunto he was by temptation for a season captivated & though they may fall into sin, against their judgements & dictates of their consciences, as every sin whatever, that they have, or may possibly have knowledge of, or acquaintance with, in their own hearts and ways, is; Yet this doth not make them to sin out of malice; for that would leave no distinction between sins of infirmity whereinto men are surprised by Temptation, and of Malice. Even sins of infirmity being in general and particular directly contrary to the dictates of their enlightened, sanctified judgements & consciences.

First, That no one Believer whatever in the world, upon any temptation whatever, did fall into any sinne of malice, that is, accompayned with any hatred of God, or despite of his Grace, or whole delight of his will in the sin, whereunto he was by temptation for a season captivated & though they may fall into sin, against their judgements & dictates of their consciences, as every sin whatever, that they have, or may possibly have knowledge of, or acquaintance with, in their owne hearts and wayes, is; Yet this doth not make them to sinne out of malice; for that would leave no distinction between sinnes of infirmity whereinto men are surprised by Temptation, and of Malice. Even sinnes of infirmity being in generall and particular directly contrary to the dictates of their inlightned, sanctifyed judgements & consciences.

Secondly, for sinning with deliberation, plotting, and contriving the methods and means of sinning, (the proof whereof, that so they may do, will lie as was before observed, on the instance of David) I say it being the will of God for ends and purposes known to his infinite Wisdom, to give us, as to his fall, his dark side, and his sin to the full, with the Temptations wherewith he was at first surprised, and afterward violently hurried upon carnal reasonings and considerations of the state whereinto he had cast himself, having lost his old friend and counsellor as to any shines of his countenance for a season, not acquainting us at all with the frame, and working and striving of his Spirit, in, and under that fall, I shall not dare to draw his case into a Rule, that what he then did a Believer now may do, judging of his frame in doing of it, only by what is expressed. That Believers may have morosam cogitationem, or deliberation upon some sins, whereunto they are tempted, upon the strength of indwelling sin, which may possibly so over come and