The first, That Concupiscence is not sin. | 325, 326 |
The second, That there are venial sins. | 326, 327 |
One observation pitched upon: That eve∣ry mans lust or 〈◊〉〈◊〉, is the princi∣pal cause of his temptations unto sin. | 327 |
The point deduced from the Text, is briefly explained, confirmed, and applyed. |
1. For Explication, two distinctions 〈◊〉〈◊〉, |
The first, Of an immediate, and medi ate cause of temptation. | 327 |
The second, Of an universal, and parti∣cular cause of temptation. | 327, 328 |
2. The Confirmation hath two parts. |
1. That our own lust is a cause. | 328, 329 |
2. That 'tis a principal cause of tempta∣tion unto sin, because it tempts, 1. In∣ternally. 2. Esfectively. 3. Perpetually. | 329 |
3. The uses that are to be made of this Point, are |
Of Information. | Of Reprehension. | Of Exhortation. |
1. Of Information, and they are three. |
1. We may hence learn what a great dif∣ference there is betwixt the temptations of lapsed man unto sin, and the temptations of our first Parents unto the first sin. | 329, 330 |
2. We may hence be instructed, what a wide 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there is betwixt our tempta∣tions unto sin, and the temptations of Christ. | 330, 331 |
3. We may from the causality, or influ∣ence of lust, infer its obliquity against Pa∣pists, Socinians, and Dr. Taylor. | 331, 332 |