and perpetu.a/J quide. and afterhee,h~th efcaped the filchineffe of the World, left he!he~againeentangled therein. Let '.us beware of longing after tho!e finnes; which we ·.begun in fome meafure tO re forme; let.usnot lufr againe after the flefh-pots of£gypt, hke the If– raelites, after we be in fome good fo~t enlarged from the 'bondage of finne, and tyrannie of the heiiiili PharMh. Lots Wif~ being delivered out ·of Sodome,was furprifed with a fenfuall remem– brance of the pleafures and vanities of the place which fhee had left, ofthe eafe and profperitie which fi1ee there enjoyed; and fo look·d backe upon it: But fhee was therefpre prefently turned into a Pillar of Salt, 6en. 19"2 6. there forever to he a monument and fearefull fpeC!acle of Gods . terrible judgements againft all back-fliders~ If the uncleane fpirit be call: ou.t of a man by fome -degrees of reformation, and good beginnings of amendment oflife, and have afcer leave and liber– tie to returne; he brings with him fev~n Devifs worfe than himfelfe,and makes a man farre worfe than he was before. Much better were it fot .1ny ' s 'Pet.s.u~ man never to have knowneor fl:ept into the way / of righteoufnelfe, than afterward to turne from · the holy Comrnandement of God, and out of a courfe of ChrilHanitie. It is a fearefull Curfe, tocontinue in hardnelfe of heart, prophaneneffe ,of life, and fin full courfes: But to leave them for .a little, and to fi.nke backe againe, is to have Gods ~urfe bitter.againft them; if they repent not, and the fire of Hell rpade mote hot for them. Firfr, fitkne!fes are curable; bitt relapfes are very clan- . ( h 4) gerous>
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