:fou/e-.e~alting!Jumiliation. ( l_ .9_I__ tred, anui indignation, &c. \ · 2 I t isfouler than the foulefr fiend in hell, th·an \ theDevil! himfelfe. Ifany of you fhould have the ( Devill appeare to him ih his foulefr and ugliell: fbape, hewould be frrangely affrighredJ and flie as fall: as bee could ; the leafl: fin thou cornmirtefr, I dare fay' is far more loathfome,vile,andodious than the foulefi fiend in hell, andworfe than the Devill himwlfe. 3It is extremely ill,and hurtfull.A greater il1,than the erernall damnation ofaman, nay) than the de– frruC\:ion ofall the cr~atures in the world, becaufe · withOut the effuGon ofChrHhheart-blood, which is infinitely more worth than ten thoufand worlds:> ·the·leelfr fin could never have beene pardoned. 4 It is rnofi infectious. It bath a pell:ilentiaU and :infectious propertie, that fpreads infinitely, and · ·f>oUutes every thing it comes neare. It is therefore .compared"in Scripture, to things ofthe moll: diffu· five and fpreadit1g nature. The fir Cl: finne hath pol- , lured all the foro and daughters of Adam that were ever fince, or fhaU.bee; it made the whole\::reatipn fubjeC\: tovanitie. And ifbut one fin lie lufking in the heart unpardonedand unrepenred of, it foures and impoifons all his thoughts) affections)word.and afrions, and tharofallforts, narurall, civill, recrea– tive and religious., It infefrs all that is in him,: or ~omes from-him, or that ;s about him. 5 le is full ofall fearfull effeCts and curfe&cenfe– quents, both, 1 Privative, and 1 Poficive.-. -.Jt-d~.;. prives us firft, ofGodsfavours. Secondly, of oqr ,\ partand portion in the bloqd· of Chrifr (if it bee committed ' ' i .)
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