S-2 The Neceffity cf Converjio11~ chre full of corruption .and rottennefs, Mat. 1. 3. 1.7~ a loathfome carcafe, full of crawling worms, and unding forth a hellifh and n1oft noifome favour in– the no'fi:rils of God, P[41. r 4· 3. 0 dreadful cafe ! Doft thou not yet fee achange-to be needful? Would 'it not have grie·fed one, to have feen the golden confecrated ve.ffels of God,s Temple turned into quafling bowls of drunkennefs, and polluted with 'the Idol's fervice? Dan. >· z, 3· vVas it: fuch an a– bomination to the 'Jews, when Antiocb:Mfet up the piCture of a_Swirte at the entrance of the Temple? Howmuch more abominable then would it have been to hava had the very Temple it felf turned into a Hable, or a fiy, and to have the Holy of Holies ferved like the houfe of Baal; to have the In1a~e ()f God taken down, and be turn~d into a draught– .haufe? :z. I(ing. 1 o. :z. 7. This is the very cafe of the unregenerate : All thy members·are turned into in.. .ftruments of unrighteoufriefs, Rom. 6. 1 9· fervants ofSatan; and thy inmoft powers into receptacles of uncleannefs, Ephef. 2.. 2.. Tit. r. 1;. You may fee the goodly guefis -within, by what comes out. For out of ,the heatt proceed evil thoughts, m.urders, adulteries, for– nications, -thefts, falfe witnefs, bla{phemie.r, &c. This blackguard difcovers what a hell there is within. 0 abufe unfufferable ! to fee a heaven-born foul .a~afed to.the filthieft drudgery ;· to fee the glory of God's creation, the chief of the ways of God, the lord of the llniverfe, a-lapping with the prodigal .at the trough, or lickingup with .greedinefs themofl loathfome vomit. Was it fuch a lamentation to fee thofe that did feed delicately, to fit defolate in .the fireets; and the precious fons of Sion, compa~ rable to fine gold, to be efteemed as earthen pit~h- · ,,ers; and thofe that were cloathed in fcarlet, to em– brace dnnghils ~ L"m.. 4 • 2., 5'. And is it not much . ~ore fearful, to (ge the emly thing that hatlt imm<?r- · d ·~ . . ', ' • • taltty I ',c '""- ~
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