90 . The Evil of Evils,or the of mercy, as to fend his own Son to make up that wrong,and fatisfie for the evil I have done? Oh now the heart bleed afreíh upon this, and mourns more than ever it did before. Many can fayofthis, that after they have apprehen- ded their fin to be pardoned, then their fouls have mourned and melted more than ever they did before in the apprehenfion of horror and fear ofGods wrath ; andall upon this, becaufe they did not fee fin to be an evil only as it brings danger of punishment, but they did fee the evil offin as againfi a God, as I have wronged God, firoke at the infinite glorious firfi-being of all things ; and this will abide upon the heart therefore this is another manner of trouble for fin than the,gther ; and becaufe this trouble for fin is fo of ee% ál, and fo good, therefore it is that I have erdeávored the more to open unto youhow fin is againfi God : Therefore when I come es, I Thal other to fhew how but briefinhatsbeca g felt' feI know that this is thePrincipal. 4. Th trouble forfinif it be apprehended e- vil any other way but this (or if this be not chief) cannot be fo good, becaufe there is no trouble for fin-but this that ever will make a de- .vorce betweenn, fin and the foul ; all other trouble will not doit unlefs thiscome in. And indeed it is to admiration to confider how ftrong the union between fin and the foul is, and how hard tomake the dev that take a man or a woman that apprehends much the wrathofGod againft: fin; take amat
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