* 1.1SECT. IIII.
* 1.23. AFter this sensible conviction, the Will discovereth also its change; and that in regard of all the four foremention∣ed objects.
1 1.31. The sin which the understanding pronounceth evil, the will doth accordingly turn from with abhorrency. Not that the sensi∣tive appetite is changed, or any way made to abhor its object; but when it would prevail against the conclusions of Reason, and carry us to sin against God, when Scripture should be the rule, and Reason the Master, and Sense the Servant: This disorder and evil, the will abhorreth.
2 1.42. The misery also which sin hath procured, as he discerneth, so he bewaileth: It is impossible that the soul now living, should look either on its trespass against God, or yet on its own self-pro∣cured calamity, without some compunction and contrition. He that truly discerneth that he hath killed Christ, and killed himself, will surely in some measure be pricked to the heart. If he cannot weep,3 1.5 he can heartily groan; and his heart feels what his under∣standing sees.
3. The Creature he now renounceth as vain, and turneth it out of his heart with disdain. Not that he undervalueth it, or disclaim∣eth its use; but his idolatrous abuse, and its unjust usurpation.
There is a twofold sin; One against God himself, as well as his Laws; when he is cast out of the heart, and something else doth take his place: This is it that I intend in this place. The other is, when a man doth take the Lord for his God, but yet swerveth in some things from his commands; of this before. It is a vain distinction that some make, That the soul must be turned, first from sin; secondly, from the Creature to God: For the sin that