t a A Box Di pram' fis .intent . Or . ....P, it,.,1,110.., God is fo effentialiy holy, fo unmixedly holy, fo univerfally 1 holy, fo eminently, fo tranfcendently, holy, fo fuperlatively holy, fo originally, radically, and fundamentally holy ; he is fo independantly holy, fo unchangably, fo conflantly, and fo exemplarily holy, that he cannot but hate and abhor the very appearance of evil. Look as apparent fins [lir up the judici al anger of God againft fanners, fo the appearance of fin firs up the Fatherly anger of God againft Saints, A gracious heart knows, That God is of per eyes than to behold iniquity, Hab. i.. 13-0 and therefore he keeps at a diflance from the appearance of iniquity, of all men in t4 world none honour God at fo high a rare as thole that keep moll. aloof off from the appearance of evil. Many by their apparent evils have lived God, and Chriff, and the Gofpel, and their Profeffion, and-precious Ordinanos,intodifgrace,fcorn, and contempt; and 0 that we would all make it our great bufiners, by ab- ftaining from all appearance of evil, to live God, and Chria, and the Gofpel, and our Profellion, and precious Ordinances,, into a greater credit, praife, and honour than ever. He keeits farthea off from diflionouring,God, that keeps fartheft off from the appearance of fin. But, &c. Th'rdly, This is the way of wayes for a man to keep him felt clear from other mens fins, that man that a bfiains from the appearance of finis very rarely guilty of other men's' fins, Men many times by venturingupon the appearances of fin, up in the guilt of his MAreffeS burning Lulls. He th',7t. in a wanton manner, how foorilnght he have wrapt him felf eph been toying, and playing, and fporting with his M :finis come to wrap themfelves up in the guilt of other mens Es. Effeminate Dalliance is an appearance of evil, and had fo- ncoeroefniftilice octheerrstationfilyn,thmeruefliskneeopt otffhefrhoonn twhoeuvl edrnyoatp tempt 'hell man in the World, but as-finS enough of his own to fad him, though not to fink him 3 to humble him, though not to damn him ; to abate him, though not to deje61 him; a:- c therefore how Much does it concern the belt men in ine World to abflain from the eery appearance of Tin, that fo , tilt -
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