Th ioliev of paar. s@ 5s
eyes, that he cannot ſee, and then he ſtrikes him with his tallons* : So Satan * Pliny.
wounds them with his darts of tempta= #4 + tion, Is fin ignorance? there's great
-5.Sin is apiece ofdeſperateneſs.In every 5+ tranſprefſion, a man rans an apparent
hazard of his ſoul ; he treads upon the
rhott never committeſt a ſin, but thonw _ ._.- F ever *. - He who drinks poiſon, it is a * Quere wonder if it doth not colt him his life, (omen One taſte of the forbidden tree loſt Adam veg.
Heaven : One ſin of Saxl loſt him his Kingdom. The next fin thou committeſt, * God may clap thee up priſoner among the damnedy1 hou that gallopeſt on in fin, it isa queſtion whether God will ſpare thy life a day longer, or give thee an heart to-repent, ſo that thou art deſpe- rate even to phrenſy.
6.Sin isa befilthyiog thing 31t 1s called
word ftgnifies the putrid matter of ul- cers Sin ts Called @invyua, an abomination, | Dext.
154 be DoBrine of Repentance, - Dent. 7.25. Nay, in the plural; abomy- arayn , #ations *, .Dext. 20. I8.; This filthineſs in fin -1s 7zward; a {pot in-the face may; ealily be wiped oft 3. but to have,.the hvyer and lungs tainted,is far worſe : Such a pollution is (in, 1t hath gotten into the mind and conſcience, Tit. I, 15. *Tis com- : ared to a ,enſtruows ;cloth, 1/4. 30.22. ? Hierom. The moſt unclean thing under the Law.*, A ſinners heart is like a, field fpread with dung. Some think {in an ornament y it i8 rather. an excrement. .So doth fin. heh; _ thy a perſon, that God cannot abidethe - | light of him, Zach. 11. 3. My ſoul loathed them. _. yy 7. 7.Infinis odjous ingratitude.God hath fed thee(O linner) with Angels food 5 he *Vir;n- hath crowned thee with variety of mer- olive, _ cjes, yet dolt thou go on in fin ? As Da- perfora= id laid of Nabal, in vain havel kept this rum-Lvcia® mans ſheep, 1 Sam. 25. 2Ig SO In vain hath God done ſo much for the ſinner. All Gods mercies may upbraid, yea-ac- cule the ungrateful perſon. May God ſay, I gave thee wit, health, riches, and thou haſt imployed all theſe againlt me, - - Hof. 2.8. I gave them corn, and wine, and oyl, and multiplied their ſilver and gold, which they prepared for Baal, 1 ſent inpro- y1ſ10ns,
TP The Dodrineof Repemance.o 155
*Fviſions, and they ſerved their Idols with k F'them. The Snake in the fable which
- }:was frozen, ſtung him thatbrought it to
zpthe fire, and gave it warmth; So a ſinner
F-goes about to ſting God with his own
,' |\Mercies. Is this thy kindneſs to thy friend? .
+ Did God give thee life to fin? Did he
| give thee wages to ſerve the Devil?
4 + -8.Sin 18 a debafing thing ; it degradesa 8,
;þ perſon of his honour, Nahuze 1. 14. Twill,
#Þ rake thy grave, for thou art vile*. This * WÞ 6e-
-þwasſpoken of a King *; he was not vile, P® | by 6##h, but by ſ: Sin blots our name, vilew.
'»F taints our blood : nothing doth ſo change * Sexncs. mans-glory into ſhame, as {in doth. *T1s.
faid of Naarman, He was a great man and
'{. Sonanrable, but be was aleper, 2 Kin. 5. 1.
+ Leta'man be never fo great with worldly
Pomp,. yet it he be wicked, he1s aleper
{| in-Gods eye. - To-boaſt of fin, is to boaſt =
of thar which is our infamy 3 as if a Pri-
|. ſoner ſhould boalt of his fetters, or be
. proud of his halter. iy { _9- Sinisa damage. Inevery fin therets 9+ --
| infanite loſs, Never did any thrive by L
.\ grazing on this Cammor. What doth one 2 | loſe ?, he loſeth God, heloſeth his peace, |
-Khe loſeth his ſoul. - The ſoul is a divire
park lighted from Heaven ; it is the glory & QO
j
#56 i The Doltrine of Repentance.
of the Creation 3 and what can counter- 'Þ * 72 $6 ow Val! this lols* Matth. 16. 26, i} Gegarived ai, TH fue If the foul be gONEe, the trea-}. Enron, 2 fureis gone3\o that in (inthere
: 1s infinite loſs. Sin 1s ſuch a« trade, that whoſoever follows it is ſure * to break. [792 0:54. 3 Co
10. 10. Sinisaburthen, P/al.38.4. My mni- quities are gone over my head, as an heavy © | burden, they are too heavy for me. Thefinney 5ff goes with his weights and fetters on him." © The burden of fin 1s ever worſt, when it |} is leaſt felt. Sin is a burden whereever *F* itcomes. $in burdens God, Amor 3; 3. 4:
Wn 1 am preſſed with your ſins, as aCart is preſſed a _ n #nder the ſheaves *. Sin burdens the foul 3 F ſipulz vel Whata weight did Spira feel ? howwas {| fani onet® Fydas his conſcience burdened? 1nſo- -Þ :
mn ftcido- Much that he hanged himſelf 'to quiet {- re & ſoniru his conſcience *, They that know what -
oO erat» ſins, will repent that they carry-ſach
fic ego
rhe {a burden.
veſtra ul-
ua nog ſuſtinens, clams, &c. Hiciomy. '* Non recubart ad foras ran- | quam Canis dormicns D. River.
IT, T1.Sin is adebt: 'Tis compared to a debt of ten thouſond talents, Mat.18.24.
Of all the debts we owe, our fins = ml" 5:0 NR
The Doftrine of Repentance.
"| 10, There is deceitfulneſs in fin, Heb.
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"B+ 3-13. Prov.11.13, The wicked worketh a de-