ICtiePannonp of tte 2tt>cíbuteß, Chap. IX. A Captive maybe freedby layingdowns Ranfom; but the Sinner is deeply in debt : Every Debtor is not mi Mat.'8 ferable by his own fault, it may be his - Infelicity not Ira, t. 6. his Crime that he is poor; but the Sinner is guilty of the highefi offence: A guilty Perlon may enjoy his 2Tim. 2.26. The Apo/ilefete Health; butthe Sinner is tick of a deadly Difeale, an firth the Con- incurable wound: He that is fick and wounded may verfion ofaSin- fend for thePhyfician in order to his Recover but the ner,bythe word y y ävxvnye>v, Sinner is in a deep fleep : He that is afleep may awake; which fgnifie, but the Sinner is in a fiare of Death, whichim lies not an awaking out P offleep,caufed only a Ceffation from all vital Aaions, but an ablo- bytbefume, of lute difability to perform them. The Clnderfianding Liçaorrftmh`h is difabled for any Spiritual Perception, the Will it anexcel'ent for. any Holy Inclinations, the whole Man is difabled re/emblance of for the fente of his wretched fiate. This is the fpiri- the Sinner, flare,wherein tuai Death which jufily expofes the Sinner to Death the Spiritual temporaland eternal. Senfe, are bound up, and 4. Every Man as defcending from Adam, is born a the Paffton,>a, Sacrifice to Death. His condition in this world is fo rhickanama- wretchedand unworthy the original excellency of his gnant Va- pliour,cloudthe Nature, that it deferves not the name of Life: 'Tis a Mind,,that it a continual exercifeof finful Afiions difhonourable to cannot refleli upon bi, oft- God, and damning to himCelf, and after the fuccef ion ries. of a fewYears in the defilements of Sin, and the ac- cidents of this frail fiate, in doing and fufering evil, Man comes to his fatal Period, and falls into the bot- tomlels Pit, the place of Pollutions and Horrors, of Prai.9o. 12. Sin and Torments. 'Tis there That the wrath of God abides on him; and whoknows thepower ofhis wrath ? According to his fear fo is his wrath. Fear is an un- bounded Paflion, andcan extend it Pelfto theapprehen- fionof fuch Torments, which no finite Power can in- fil : But the Wrath of God exceeds the molt jealous fears of the guilty Confciençe. It proceeds from infi- fite Juftice, and is executed by Almighty Power, and contains
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