The Godly Man's Picture

3 A godly man will not allow himself in a beloved sin; there is usually one sin that is the^† favourite, the sin which the heart is most fond of: A beloved Sin lies in a mans bosom, as the Disciple, whom Jesus loved, leaned on his bosom, Joh. 13. 23. A godly man will not indulge a darling sin, Psa. 18. 23. I have kept my self from mine iniquity. ⟨p. 210⟩The Sin of my constitution, to which the bias of my heart doth more naturally incline, 1 Kings 22. 31. Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the King: a godly man fights with this King-sin. The Oracle of Apollo answered the people of Cyrrha, that if they would live in peace among themselves, they must make continual war with those strangers, which were upon their confines. If we would have peace in our souls, we must maintain a war against our complexion-sin, and never leave till it be^† subdued.

3 A godly man will not allow himself in a beloved sin; there is usually one sin that is the^† favorite, the sin which the heart is most fond of: A beloved Sin lies in a mans bosome, as the Disciple, whom Iesus loved, leaned on his bosome, Ioh. 13. 23. A godly man will not indulge a darling sin, Psa. 18. 23. I have kept my self from mine iniquity. ⟨p. 210⟩The Sin of my constitution, to which the byas of my heart doth more naturally incline, 1 Kings 22. 31. Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the King: a godly man fights with this King-sin. The Oracle of Apollo answered the people of Cyrrha, that if they would live in peace among themselves, they must make continual war with those strangers, which were upon their confines. If wee would have peace in our souls, wee must maintain a war against our complexion-sin, and never leave till it be