2y,0 The Evil ofEvils,Or the, upon Confcience, and that makes them fo fro - ward &peevifh astheyare;frowardagainttGod, and againfl man. Manymen that youare to deal withal,you Thal find them againfi the Word ex- tream froward, & pervert- againfi theiracquain -. tance,neighbors, & family, & neerett friends, & we cannot imagine fomthnes what is the reafon: i Certainly this is one efpecial reafon, there is much guilt upon their confciences, and fpirits ; and this loth fo difquiet and vex them, that they fling out at God,andhis Word, and every one.; theycan haven() quiet they be fo vexed and gauled with that guilt upon their fpirits there is a great deal of caufe to fufipec`t much guilt tobe upon thole that be fo outragious,and can bear nothing ; that have their hearts rife a- gainft the Word efpecially. Brethren, if you feeany one that hathany light of Confcience, , and bath made profeffion heretofore, if fuch . an one thall frowardly flie out againfi the Word, and thole that be godlie, you may conclude there is fonae woful guilt upon that mans fpi- rit, he is fo froward, and peevifh, and difquiet ashe is : And fowe find it in Saul, he wasa man at firti of very quiet fpirit,and verymoderate; but after, Saul being a man much enlightened, and had forfaken God,and had contracted abun- danceofguilt upon his foul, he was amolt fro- ward perverfe fpirit as any we reade of in the BookofGod 5 then how froward washe with David, and thePr lefts ofGod,and fooutragious as that he fiaiesthem all 5 a bloody man after hehadcontra&fed much guilt. Do you°feemen fo
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