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ſtinketh, for he hath beex dead four daies, blow much more may we ſay of a wicked man, who hath been dead thirty or forty F .. years inlin, by this time he ſtinketh. a0. Sin without Repentance tends to 5 -* final damnation. As the Roſe periſheth | by the canker bred in it ſelf: ſodo men by the corruptions which breed in their - # ſouls. What was once ſaid to the Gre- .Þ* cians of the Trojan horſe, this Engine is " ec 17. Made to be the deſtrution of your City *. *# bricara eſt The ſame may be ſaid to every impeni- *J®- machin2 tent perſon, this Engine of ſin will be the 5. Enid, deſtrution of thy ſoul. Sins laſt ſceneis ; alwaies Tragical. Dzagores. Florentinus would in a frolick drink poiſon, but it FJocove- colt himhislife ®. Men drink the poiſon —_— of {in in a merriment, but it colts; them mortemo- their ſouls, Kone. 6.23. The wages of fim bit. 8 25 death. What Solomon faith of wine, "| * theſamel mayſayofſin; at firſt it ſbews * its colour in the cup, at the laſt it biteth like ' _ @ Serpent, andſiingeth like an Adder, Prov. macs L 23. 4i, Chriſt tel!s us of the worm*and . & mordacem,' thefge, Markg.49. Sin 1s like oyl, and v & mortem Gods wrath is like fire, So long as the 3». #/. damned continue ſigning, fo long the £1.08 fire

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can dwell with everlaſting burnings ® Jſa. 33.14. But men queſtion the truth of this, and are like that impious Devonax, | who being threatned with Hell for his F villanies, made a mock at it, and faid, 1 | will believe there is an - when T1 come 'Y there, and not before *. We cannot make »7yrc.,.. 1 Hell enter into men, till they enter into dam cm - « _ le ven. Thus we have ſeen the deadly evil in ſin, which ſeriouſly thought on,may make

us repent, and turn toGod. If for all

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help it. They have been told what a foul-damning -Rock {in 1s; but if they will voluntarily run upon it, and ſplit themſelves, their blood be upon their own head, | 'Y 2. The ſecond conſideration to work * Conkd/ E Repentance, 1s, conlider the mercies © =_ God. A ſtone is ſooneſt broken upon a ſoft pillow 3 and an heart of ſtone 1s ſooneſt broken upon the ſoft pillow. of ' 4 Gods mercies *, Rome. 2. 4. The goodneſs * O alticus

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mercies. | W hat privative mercies have we had*? what miſchief$have been'ptevented? what fears blown over? When our foot hath been flipping, Cods mnt hath held us up *. Mercy hath been alwaies a ſcreeh between us and danger. When enemies like Lions have riſen up againſt us to'de? vour us, free-grace hath « | of the mouth of theſe Lions.In the deep- eſt waves, the atm of mercy hath been under, and kept our head above water 3 and will not this privative mercy lead us to Repentance ? | What poſitive mercies have we had'! I. Supplying mercy. God hath been a bountiful benefaftor, Ger. 48. 15. The God which fed me all my life long to "this

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