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217. SIN.
Sin never slew a soul unless there went
Along with it some tempting blandishment.
Along with it some tempting blandishment.
218. ANOTHER.
Sin is an act so free, that if we shall
Say 'tis not free, 'tis then no sin at all.
Say 'tis not free, 'tis then no sin at all.
219. ANOTHER.
Sin is the cause of death; and sin's alone
The cause of God's predestination:
And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flow
Our destination to eternal woe.
The cause of God's predestination:
And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flow
Our destination to eternal woe.
220. PRESCIENCE.
God's prescience makes none sinful; but th' offence
Of man's the chief cause of God's prescience.
Of man's the chief cause of God's prescience.
221. CHRIST.
To all our wounds here, whatsoe'er they be,
Christ is the one sufficient remedy.
Christ is the one sufficient remedy.
222. CHRIST'S INCARNATION.
Christ took our nature on Him, not that He
'Bove all things loved it for the purity:
No, but He dress'd Him with our human trim,
Because our flesh stood most in need of Him.
'Bove all things loved it for the purity:
No, but He dress'd Him with our human trim,
Because our flesh stood most in need of Him.
