Joule-exalting bumiliation. 1)7 chaineS'andfetters, wherewith heewasbound, and hurriedoftentimes by the Devilt oinro the wilder.. neffe, as .he is there.dekrib~d, thou w?uldfi: have l holdenhm1ro have beene a' fpeetacle ofextremefl: mifery. Now thou fhy felfe in thy naturaH frate, I 0 arra-tholllfand thoufandtimes-moremiferable, nay, - ·hadfi theu in thy body, f0r his legion,_ a--million of devils, yet ibouldfr thoubeinfinirely l~fl:e rnifera- · . ble, than thy many unpardoned an~ unrepented finnes-doe make thee. My reafonsarethefe: : : · · 0 1 Every'fuch firi is f9uler than the foulefr fiead· in hell, as you have feene before. -_ -_, . 2 Tpe devilsmaypoifdfe and Jlave power over the bodiesof the Saints, when God -gives them' leave : they had ov'er Chrifrs, Matt~e V 4· ~. But! ·(uch finnes11sthine, thou lyingyetin thy natural! · efrate, unpardoneda~dunrepentedof; cannot pofftblybe found in any fancrifiedman. ' 3 -Were all the devils in heH in tHy ,body, yet if : · thou heartily hatedfrand~rurnedfi fi·omall fin, and- • 1 didfr deaveroChrifr'~nd his truth, in tnith, theyJ • conldno~all--doe~bee a pirys :-vo~th of hurt ·about ~ the falv~ttonofthy foule, whiCh ts the11-ie neceffary thing,. Butone'knowne finne, heartily loved, wii– _Hngly liep,·and.delighted in) will damne thy fuule forever. · '3 What awretch art thon}hat-onewayor-other wrongft all theworld, and every creature is worfe for: ·God and man,heaven and_eartlt SeeIer.1. I·2. · and'4,18.and'23. :to.. Pfolm. to7• 34• ·Gen. 19. :& 5~ ' _Exotl. 17~ 7· Nowyetbytheway let .meetell thee, _uron-re· · Note. pentance
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