366 How fhould chriflian behave himfelf Serm. D{reït. 5, pfäl.3z. Dirce. 6: Efay 27.9. affoìl tbçm with Tome refolution and fatisfatRion ; this will be of iU corfequence, Y!1 tell thee what will come of ir,they will return upon thee and be as motes in thy eyes, gravel and thorns in thy feet, when the hand of God is upon thee ; whereas if they were well weighed, there would fcarce a fcruple be found in them. 5. To meet wiih the fourth caufe of the difeafe, which is foe Gn returning, &c. caß up by Spit halal Accounts, and fet them even eve - ry. day ; obferve thy particular fins, offences, breaches, which we are ever making between God and us; humble thy felt', in a heart - break. ing, Soul - grieving particular acknowledgement of them, and ftreng. then thy felt', and fet thy felf aright , by a particular app'iotion of Chrift in the grace of the promife, in reference to thefe particular of- fences fo acknowledged ; Sins that through negligence efcape thy obfervation will return to make cracks and flaws in thy Evidence which affficiion will find out to thy terrour and difquietrnent butsif thou takeft this courfe,the word is for thee, r'. e. 7ol,n 1.9. if we confe ¡s; and Lev. 26.40. and now if this or that fin return, what mad, ít thou fay ; truth Lord, I amguilty, and my guilt L hou doeft juflt futfer to be awakened in this evil day , and hour of temptation, but Lord thou knoweft this, and this an in particular bath been my burden, under which I have poured out my heart in groans and complaints , implo- ring and applying Chrift in the promi!'ed grace of pardon, and power in reference to it, and thou hail heard it and known it; in this cafe though affliaion feem to fearch out iniquity,yet it fhall not be f. und; but when affliction flans Tome fin,which thou didfl wink at or lightly pafs over, then thou wilt find trouble and forrow indeed. 6. Becaufe there is much malignity in this diftemper let me here all() add in reference to the fame caufe, and the fixth, this Preventive. Follow on the work of mortification clofe; there is,a combate between fiefh and Spirit; be Pure you take the right fide, if fin be it which im. bitters thy life, and gives a fling to every affli &ion difarm affhtion, and kill that which will kill thee ; the deign of the Lord in aft' lion is mortification, now if thou joyneft thy hand in the fame work, God . is ever with thee in the fame way, and not againft th t-e ; but in cafe thou conniveft at,hideft,íhelterefl fome known corruption, then thou can't hardly apprehend God but as thine Enemy coming againft thee. As it was with the City of Abel, 2 Sam. zo. they were terrified at the approach of 7oab and David's Army , Oh ! faith the woman up. on the wall,art thou come to deffroy the Inheritance of the Lord ? no faith 7oab, aii....=111111
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