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2. Look npen fin in its natare, and' it * will appear very hateful. © See how the
Scripture hath pen(iledit ont. © 1. Sins: a diſhonourivig of God, Rom. 2. 23.-
+, Sin 19 a deſpiſing of God; 1-Sa7, 2. JOy/ 3. It 1s a fretting of God ; Ezek.
16,43. ——4. It is a weatjing of God * . It is a breaking the +:
-Iſas 7+.13. heard of God. Ezek; 6. 9." am broken 31h your whoriſh heart ;, as a loving huſband with the unchaſt carriage'6f his wife.— 6. Sit, when aftedto the height, is « aw- cifjing Chyiſt. afreſh, and putting hins'bs oper ſhame, Heb.'6. 6. That is, 1mpudent firmers pierce Chriſt in his Saints, and wete he now upon earth, they would
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the odiovs nature of fin. 3. Look upon fin io its compariſon,
and it appears ghaſtly. Compare fin el- |,
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T Affliction is good for us, Pal. T19. 71. *F.22 3s good for me that I was affliffted. Af- *Ifliction cauſeth Repentance, 2 Chron.
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bur” fin/hach no good in it. 2datteffeb's 72H afffi &i69 brought him to humiliation, bur Jud his fin brought him to deſpers- F riots; | Afffiiction doth only reach the body,
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roffed 41 the waves, Noh could ſing the Ark. When the body is afiQed afid
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man commits ſin, conſcience is terrified; .
witneſ'&pira, who upon his abjuring the
Faith, ſaid; he thought the damned Ipi-'
rits did not feel thoſe torments which he inwardly endured. .. .5 24 | Jn afthition one.may have the love of
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ould hurt him a little, and raiſe the; kin, be would not take it unkindly, but.
look-upon it asa fruit of love: So, when the Lord bruiſeth us with affliction, it is.
toenrich us with the golden graces {and
comforts of his Spirit 3 all is in love. But when we commit ſin, God withdraws his love. When David had (inned, he felt nothing but diſpleaſure from God, þ = 97. 2... Clouds and darknefs are round about
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