3 2. The Nature of Con1Je.,jion. clofets, and thereyou fhall :find their fouls are little looked Qfter: It may be they feemotherwife religi– ous, but bridle not their tongues, and fo all their re.. ligion is in vain~ - 1am. I· 26. It may be theycomeup to clofet, and family~ prayer ; but follo·w them to their fhops, and there you n~all find thern in a trade of lying, or.fome covert and cleanlyway ofdeceit. Thus the hypocrite goes not throughout in thecourfe of his o~edience. And thus much for the Subject of Converfion. 6. <' The Tenns are either frotn which, or to ~' , . I WniC 1, · I. The Terms from wbicb we turn in this motion of €onverfton~ are"' Sin, 5\ttan., the IP'orld, a1£d our own Ri_t: hteoufrufs. Fidl, Sin. \Vhen a n1an is converted; he is for ever out with t1n; yea ; with all fin, Pf;.l 1 I 9 1 12 s. but mol! of all with his own fins, and efpecial!y "''ith his bofom- iin, Pfal. 1 8. 2 3. Sin is no\v the butt of his indignation, 2 Cor. 7· I I. he thirfis to bathe his hands in the blood of hi$ fins. His fins -fet a~ hroa:.:h in farrows. It is fin that pierceth hin1, andwound~ him; he feels it like a thcrn in his fide, like ac prid~ in his eyes; he groans and ftragg1es under it,-~nd not forn1ally, but feelinglycries out, 0 wntrbed man.' He is not irnpatient of any burthen, fo n1uch as of his fin, P[al. 40. J 1. If God fhould give him his choice, he wou:d chufe .any af~ tliction, io he might be rid of fin; he feels it hke !he r~tting gravel in his !boes, pricking and pain– mg htm as he goe-s. Before conve·rfion, he had light thoughts of fin ; he cherifhed it inhis bofom, as liriab his Lamb ; he nourii11ed_it up, and it grew up together with him; it did eat as it ·were of his own meat, and drunk of .h~s own cup, and lay in his bofon1, e1nd "Yas to hm1 as a daUghter: But when God opens hts eyb~
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