The Godly Man's Picture

In this sense a godly man doth not indulge sin; though sin be in him, he is troubled at it, and would fain get rid of it; there is as much difference between sin in the wicked, and the godly, as between poison being in a Serpent, and in a Man; Poison in a Serpent, is in its natural place, and is delightful: But poison in a mans body is offensive, and he useth Antidotes to expel it. So sin in a wicked man is delightful, being in its natural place, but sin in a child of God is burdensome, and he useth all means to expel it. This pares off from the sin; the will is against it. A godly man enters his protest against sin, Rom. 7. 15. What I do, I allow not. A child of God while he commits sin, hates the sin he^* commits; Rom. 7. in particular, there are four sorts of sins which a godly man will not allow himself in.

In this sense a godly man doth not indulge sin; though sin be in him, hee is troubled at it, and would fain get rid of it; there is as much difference between sin in the wicked, and the godly, as between poyson being in a Serpent, and in a Man; Poyson in a Serpent, is in its natural place, and is delightful: But poyson in a mans body is offensive, and hee useth Antidotes to expel it. So sin in a wicked man is delightful, being in its natural place, but sin in a childe of God is burdensome, and he useth all means to expell it. This pares off from the sin; the will is against it. A godly man enters his protest against sin, Rom. 7. 15. What I do, I allow not. A childe of God while he commits sin, hates the sin he^* commits; Rom. 7. in particular, there are four sorts of sins which a godly man will not allow himself in.

1. *Suae ipsius [Greek or Hebrew] odio habet.Suae ipsius 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 odio habet.