·Direflions for Converfion: 113 life by Chrift, except thou dep~t from iniquity~ 2 Ti.m. 2.. I 9· Forfake thy fins, or elfe thoucanft not find mercy, Prcv. 2. i. r3. Thoucanft not be mar– ried toChrift, except divorced from fin. Give up. 1 the traitor; or you can have no peace--with heaven.,. Caft theheadof Sheba over the wall : Keep not Da– lilah in thy lap. Thou muft part with thy fins, or with thy foul: Spare but one fin, and Ged will not . fpare thee:. Never makeexcufes, thy fins muft die; or thou muft die for them, Pfal. 68. 2.1. If thou allow of one fin, thottgh but a little; a fecret one, though thoumayeH:plead neceffity, andhaveahun- ' dred ihifrs·and excufes for it, the life·of thy foul " . muft go for the life of that fin, Et,e~. r 8. 2. I. And will it not bedearly bought? . · f ·· 0 finner, hear and confider. .If thou wilt part - with thy fins, God will give thee his Chrift. Is not this a fair exchange? I teftific unto thee this day, that if ~hou perifh, it is not becaure there·wa$ never a S"viour provided, nor life tendred, but becaufe thou preferredft ( with the Jews ) the marderer before tny Saviour, fin before Chrift, and lovedft darknefs rather than light, 1oh. ;. 1 9· Search thy heart therefore with candles , as the . Jews did their houfes for leaven, befor~ the Pa1f.. over : Labour to find out tny fins, enter.into thy clofet, and confider, What evil have I lived jn ? What duty have I neglected to\vards God ? What · fin have I lived in againft .my brother? And now fcrike the darts through the heart of thy fin, as ~oab did through Abfalom's, :z. Sam. 18. I4. Never ftand looking upon thy fin, nor roll.ing themortel under.t~y tongue, 'fob zo. r !· but fpit it out as poy– fon, .wtth fear and detefiatton. Alas ! What will thy fins do for thee, that thou fhouldft ftick at parting with them ? They will flatter thee but they will undo the~, and cut thy throat, whil~ they ~ a fmil~.
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