··foule-exalt#ng humiliation. 14) ly thing~ they have beene ready to defpaire oftheir lalvatioo~ and make away themfelves. IftheguU_ty fenfe thenofour finne•. when God fets it on, draw fo many fierypoints offtin~ing Scorpions after it, and makes a man fo miferable, that eut of his di– ll:empered terror he is wearyofhis'Iife,willieshear· . tily that he had never beeR, might be annihilated, made nothing, were any other creature, might be hid for ever underarocke from the faceofGod,&c. what tearing ofheart, gnawingofcot1tCience, hel– lilh rage, wiU the wholeblack~nd bloody catalogue · ofall thy finnes marlhalled.and mufl:ered up toge.. ther at once, bring upon thee, thathates to bee re– formed, and upon thy wofull foule, whe~ the time · ofGodsheavy vifitation_fuall come ~pon thee, as , travellupon awoman with child? Ifa lighter finne many t~meslight foheavy when the confcience is · inlightened,wh~n aU thy fins together, all thy lies, 'aU thy oaths,all thy rotten fpeeches and railings, all thyBedlam paflions&.filthy thoughts,all thy·goocl- .fellow-meetings,ale-houfe-haunrings,and k:offings ofGods people, all the wrongs thou haft done, all the goods thouhaft gotten-ill,allthe time thou haft mif- fpent, thy prophanation ofevery Sabba~h, thy killingofChriftat every Sacrament,thy non·profi- . dencyat ev~ry Sermon, thy ignorance; thy unbe- · leefe,thyworldline:s, _thy coveroufnetfe, thy pride, _thym:tfice,thylufr,thy Iuke-warmenes,impatiency, difcontentednes~vain glory,felfe-love;tbeinnume~ rable fWarmesofvaine,-id_le, wandrlngand wicked imaginations ; in aword., all the poUutions, di- · frempers, efl:rangednefTefromGod, in the inward . Kk parts;
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