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3. Hence there is a natural shame in men, that pu• them upon hiding their sin This shame is a prope• result from the act of Conscience, telling them they have done things which ought not to have been done, and so have acted unbecomingly. It is natural for men to be ashamed of what they think to be unworthy of them, and to carry matter of reproach in it; so our first Parents, Gen. […] 7, 9. And the operation of shame is to put me• upon absconding. Impudence therefore is an• high degree of wickedness, and therefore greatly aggravateth the sin, Jer. 6. 15.

3. Hence there is a natural shame in men, that pu• them upon hiding their sin This shame is a prope• result from the act of Conscience, telling them they have done things which ought not to have been done, and so have acted unbecomingly. It is natural for men to be ashamed of what they think to be unworthy of them, and to carry matter of reproach in it; so our first Parents, Gen. 〈…〉 7, 9. And the operation of shame is to put me• upon absconding. Impudence therefore is an• high degree of wickedness, and therefore greatly aggravateth the sin, Jer. 6. 15.

4. A natural pride makes men loth to take sham• to themselves, by a free confession. Pride is one […] the leading lusts in Original Sin, and such is the influence of it, that though men know they have done amiss, and are inwardly ashamed, yet they cannot tell how to stoop and abase themselves lo because of it: so that all the cunning tricks evasions, hidings which men use, are nothing else but the breaking out of pride in them, making them count it a disgrace to fall under Convictions,