Direffions for Converjion. how great is the fumm of thy debts, who haft been a~l thy life long running upon the books, and never dtdft, nor canft pay off onepenny? Look over the fin of thy nature, and all its curfed brood, the fins of thy life : Call to mind thy omiffions, corntniC– fions, the fins of thy 'thoughts, of thy words.,. of t~1ine athons, the fins of thy youth, the fins of thy years, &c. .Be not like a deiperate Bar1kruot, that is afraid to look over his books. Read the~record s of confcience carefully. Thefe books muft be o– pened fooner, or later, Kev. 10. r 2. Meditate upon tbe a£l{ravat ions of thy .fi.YJ.s, M they ,tre tb~ grand enemies agaiitft theGo:l of thy life, ag,tin{i the life of thy foz, I; In a ~ord, they t<re t,: epublick ene -p;~Jies tf all mankb:td. How doD.tvid, Ezra, Daniel, and the good Levites aggravate their fins, fron1 the cor<i1de– ration of their tnjurioufne[s roGod,t heir oppofition to his good& righteous laws, the mercie,. -chewarn– ings that they werecon1n1itted againfl:,Neh.9. Dim.9. Ezra 9· 0 thework that fin hath ·made in the world. Tnis is t-he ene ·ny rhat hath brou~ht in dearh, that hath ro~Jbed and enf.1ave1 man, that ba~h blacked r:~e DeviL that hath dig~eJ hell, Rorfl:. ; • I 2, . 2 Pet. 2 4· 'fob. 8. 34 This is d c ene·ny that hat1 turn– ed th'e creation up fide down, and fow~1 diife .1tion between man and the creatures, benveen man and , n1an, yeabetween man and himfelf, fetting the fen– fitive part againft the ratio.nal., the wili againH the judgment, lun againft: confoence ; yea, wodt of all, between God and man, n1aking the :Iapfed finner both hateful to God, and a hater of hin1, Zecb. r r. 8. 0 tnaa ! Howcanft thou make fo light of fin? Thi$ is the traytor that fucke:l the blood of the Son of God, that fold him, that n1ocked him, that fcourg– ed him, that fpit in his face, that digg~d r.i-s ,hands, that pierced his fide, ~that preffed .hi~ foul, that mangled his b9dy, that never left, tlll1t had boh~nd . 1~
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