Part H. A Saint or aBrute; 1 1 And here I am even amazed at that which I muft give yoH an u:connt of; 0 wonderful aftonifhing tbing;that ever fuch bafe unworthy trifledhould by Reafonable men be put into any co~parifon with God ! Wonderful,. that fo much m~dnefs and wtc- . kednefs can enter into the mind and heart of man, as to let go all this Glory for a toy? And yet more wonderful, that this fhould be the cafe of the greatefl: part of men on ear~h t "And yet more wonderful~ that fo many make fo mad a choice, even when the cafe is optmd to them, and plainly epened, and frequently cpemd; and when they arecarnc(fly entreatuhobe wife·r, and importuned to make a better choice ! In a word, All that is fet againfi the Lord, and All that is pre- · ferred before this Ever!&fiing Life, and All the Portion of un- ~ godly men, is no more then this; The Pie~~fure of fin for a [ea– fen : The fatufying of the flefo : A li.ttle eafe, and pelf, and fai'r words from men as miferable as themfelves ; ·and a!I this but for a little, a very little time, whenTemperance is as fweec: at lean; a little tbat is exceffiveor forbidden, in wealth, or meat, or drink , or cloathes, or Jufi, or other flefhly pleafures, is the Joy, and the Heaven, and the God of the ungodly. The flefhly pleafures which are common to the be.nftJ, and a li~tle vain-glory among men , and this for a fuort uncertain time, (and then ro pafs to everlafiing punifument ) this is the chofen p(}rtion of the wicked. This u Ail for which they refufe the I.ord , and for which they refufeaHoly life -: This i& All for which they part witq Chrift, and part with their Everlafiing Peace ! This is A !I that they l1ave ftdr Heaven and their falvarion ! and All for which they feH their fouls ! To the everlafiing fhame of fin and finners, it fhatl be known that thu wtU All! To the abafing of our own fouls-, that f0metime were guilty of this rnadnefs, I fhall tell you again that thu 14 All ! To the lmmbling of the befi, to tee confound– ingof the wicked, and the amazement of us all, I .mufi fay that thu u All ! This dirt, this dream; this cheat iJ eAI!, that the wrc~ed have for God and Glory ! This Nothing is All, that they obfhnately preferr and choofc, before him that is A./I in .All ! o. wonderful madnefs, :ftupidity, and deceit ! fo common ! fo W1lful ! and fo uncureable ! ti\.1 tender mer'y and grace· fhall cure it, in them that {hall be faved. . Well , the ba1Jance is now fet before you : You fee what is ~n!he 2ne en.i ancl in theeth-er ; You fee the PP~rt that believers -· --- -- --- -· --- -· - -- _, choofe.~~
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