Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

Exceeding Sinfulnef of Sin. youwalk in were nothing but aTale and a Lie, as ifall the Promifes God bathmade in hisword of grace and mercy to poor Sinners that will come inand repent, they were all but a Lie thus Sinwrongs God in his Truth, Hence it is that a Sinneris ina woful eflate,becaufe hebath thus wrongedGod. ; he bath therefore all the Attributes of God pleading againft him, yea, they are continuallie againft thee. Therefore look to it, till your Sins be done away inChrift, and your Souls denied in him, both night and dayall the Attributes of God are pleading a- gainft thee for to require that wrong you have done to themmay be righted upon thee. Aman is ina fadcondition if he havebut divers thou lands of men come to plead againft him, and thefe cryout for Juflice, juftice, uponhim ! but if a man have a whol Kingdom, and everie one comes and criesJuftíce ! Juftice ! upon this man that bath wronged this Kingdom, this man is in a wofu! eftate, but I (peakof everie Sinner be- fore God, if that thy fins benot done away in Chrift, know it is not awhol Kingdom fpeaksa- gainft thee, but all thedivine Attributes, al the Attributes of God be continuallie before the Lord, crying out againft thee, Jufiice againft this fin; he bath wrongedme faithone, and me faith another, and me faith another, and thus, and thus, arid thus, and therefore thou art in an . evil condition, andit is much that thou fhould- eft.fleepquietlie when all Gods Attributesplead { againft thee, it is a hard-cafe when theDevil pleads againft a man, and but accule him, and N a plead

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