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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Apostasy is sometimes a sin against the holy Ghost; The sin against the holy Ghost is so called, because it is done contrary to the illumination of the holy Ghost: It is a set, and a stubborn, obstinate malice done knowingly, against ⟨p. 192⟩God and against Christ, and that after illumination, or enlightening by the holy Spirit, Heb. 10. 29. It is a general, or total defection, and Apostasy from God, after enlightening by the holy Spirit, out of mere stubbornness, and malice of heart, Heb. 10. 29. and 6. 5, 6.
Apostasie is sometimes a sin against the holy Ghost; The sin against the holy Ghost is so called, because it is done contrary to the illumination of the holy Ghost: It is a set, and a stubborn, obstinate malice done knowingly, against ⟨p. 192⟩God and against Christ, and that after illumination, or enlightning by the holy Spirit, Heb. 10. 29. It is a general, or totall defection, and Apostasie from God, after enlightning by the holy Spirit, out of meer stubborness, and malice of heart, Heb. 10. 29. and 6. 5, 6.
It is hard to know when a man committeth this sin, 1. because the root of it, which is malice, lurketh secretly in the heart, and therefore it cannot be easily discerned. This sin is not found in all the reprobates, because many of them die before they are enlightened by the holy Spirit of God.