Elijah's abatementEliah's abatement

Secondly, Cons. 2 Consider, Infirmities in the Saints are of the same nature with the lusts of wicked men. It is sin, though it be not reigning sin: and this is enough to break a gracious heart to consider thus with it self; my corruption is my infirmity indeed: I, but not such an infirmity, as a dim eye, or a palsy hand, or a lame foot, &c. They are but natural defects: my pride, my passion, my love of the world, these are sinful distempers: they, do but prejudice the body, these defile my Soul; And look what ever may be said of sin in general, as that it is a transgression of Gods Law, a contrariety unto Gods Nature, a contradiction to Gods Will; A practical blasphemy against his Name, and Attributes, the rape of his mercies, the date of his justice; the challenge of his power, the blind of his omniscience; It gives the lye to Gods truth, and the fool to his wisdom; This, and all this, and ⟨p. 107⟩much more may be affirmed of the sinful distempers of my heart: the least corruption in my cursed nature, would ungod God; if my sin could help it, God should be God no longer. A man cannot give sin a worse name then it self; & as a man cannot give the greatest sin, a worse name then sin; so he cannot give the least sin a better.

Secondly, Cons. 2 Consider, Infirmities in the Saints are of the same nature with the lusts of wicked men. It is sin, though it be not reigning sin: and this is enough to break a gracious heart to consider thus with it self; my corruption is my infirmity indeed: I, but not such an infirmity, as a dim eye, or a palsie hand, or a lame foot, &c. They are but natural defects: my pride, my passion, my love of the world, these are sinful distempers: they, do but prejudice the body, these defile my Soul; And look what ever may be said of sin in general, as that it is a transgression of Gods Law, a contrariety unto Gods Nature, a contradiction to Gods Will; A practical blasphemy against his Name, and Attributes, the rape of his mercies, the date of his justice; the challenge of his power, the blind of his omscience; It gives the lye to Gods truth, and the fool to his wisdom; This, and all this, and ⟨p. 107⟩much more may be affirmed of the sinful distempers of my heart: the least corruption in my cursed nature, would ungod God; if my sin could help it, God should be God no longer. A man cannot give sin a worse name then it self; & as a man cannot give the greatest sin, a worse name then sin; so he cannot give the least sin a better.