DtreElions .Converfion. ~oh. 3· 36. Oh, judge thy felf, that the Lord may not judge thee, I Cor. I r.. 3 I. Meditate upon tbe deformity and d~filement of fin. 'Tis as blac.k as hell, the very image and Jikeners of the Devd drawn upon the foul, r 'foh;3· 8, I (I). It would more afti·ight thee to fee thy .felf in the hateful deformity..of thy nat~re, than to fee the -Deyil. There is.no mire fo unclean, no vomit fo loathfeme,' no carcafe or carrio:n io offenfive, no plague or leprofie fo noifome as fin, in whieh thou -art all inrolled, and COVered \Vith its OOiOUS filth, whereby thou·art rendred more difpleafing to the pure and holynature of the glorious God, than the , moll: filthy object, compofed of whatever is hate– ful to all thy fenfes, can be te thee, !fob r~. I), 1 '· Couldft thou take up a Toad into thy bofom ? .(;ouldfl: thou cherifu it , and take delight in it ? Why, thou art ascontrary to the pure and perfeCt holinefs of the divine nature, and as loathfome as that is to thee, Mattb. 3. 33. till thou art purified by the blood of Jefus) and the power of renewing grace. · .Above aU other fins,fix ·the eye of con.fideration on thefe two. I. The fin of tby natuu. 'Tis to little ~urpofe to lop the branches, whil~ the root of original cor– ruption remains untouched. In vain do ·men lave out the ftreams, when the fountain is,running, that fills up all again. Let the axe of thy repentance . (with David's) go to the root of fin, ~{al. r I. ~. Study how deep, holv clofe, how permanent ts thy natural pollution, how univerfal it is, till tho.u doff: cry out, with Ptufs feeling, upon thy body of death, Rom. 7. 2. Look into all thy parts and powers, and fee what uncleanve!fe1~, what ftyes, what dung– hills, what finks they-are.become. Heu mi[er, quid fum? VM · fterquilinii, ~oneha putredini;; plerl!"' feetore & horrore, Auguft. Soli!. c. 2~ · The heart· ~~ never ·· ioundly.
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