The Sincere Convert

And hence many profane persons, that know much, (their opinions are orthodox, their discourse Savoury) yet do they know little of themselves, and of those sins and lusts that haunt them, which they must part with, because this light troubleth them▪ if hinders them from sleeping in their secure estate, and therefore they draw the curtain here: Hence many men that live in those sins of the grossest usury, finding the gain, and tasting the sweet of that sin, will read all books, go to all those Ministers, ⟨p. 211⟩they suppose, that hold it lawful, and so pick up and gather reason to defend the lawfulness of the sin, and so because they would not have it to be a sin, find out reasons whereby they think it no sin; but the bottom is this, their will hath got the bribe, and now the understanding plays the lawyer, and hence men live in the most crying sins, and are sure to perish, because they will not know they are in an error.

And hence many prophane persons, that know much, (their opinions are orthodox, their discourse Savoury) yet doe they know little of themselves, and of those sinnes and lusts that haunt them, which they must part with, because this light troubleth them▪ if hinders them from sleeping in their secure estate, and therefore they draw the curtaine here: Hence many men that live in those sinnes of the grossest usury, finding the gaine, and tasting the sweet of that sinne, will reade all bookes, goe to all those Ministers, ⟨p. 211⟩they suppose, that hold it lawfull, and so pick up and gather reason to defend the lawfulnesse of the sinne, and so because they would not have it to be a sinne, finde out reasons whereby they thinke it no sinne; but the bottome is this, their will hath got the bribe, and now the understanding playes the lawyer, and hence men live in the most crying sinnes, and are sure to perish, because they will not know they are in an errour.