Exceeding sinfulneJ? ifsin. go awaywith this lef on, whenany temptations to fin comes, think, Oh ! I have heard in fuch a Point, and out offuch a Text, howSin makes againft God, firikes at him, wrongs him Bow fhall I do this and fin againft God ? impoiblè, unreafonable it thould be done upon any terms. Set but this one Argument againtt the moft po- werful temptation, andcertainlie it wil prevail. rfal. 97. I o. re that love the Lordhateevil : What ! doyehear how fin is againft God,ítrikes at God ! that it is evil, not onlie againft you, and indan- gers you, but ftrikes at God. Oh all you that love God, hate fin ; let your hearts be let againft fin, becaufe fo much againft God. Oh Bre- thren, there be many people do- Weed avoid fin, but it is upon poor lowgrounds, very low andmean be the grounds of many people upon which they avoid fin : There be Many, Oh they will not do fuch and fuch evils, theywill refifta temptation to fuch and fuch a fin, why ? mark the ground, according as the grounds of men andwomen are, upon which they do, or flay fromdoingofathing; fo judgof your hearts ; ifthegrounds be high andrailed, then their fpi- rits,are high and railed; iftheir grounds bebut low and mean, then their fpirits be low and mean : As thus, many abflain from fuch and fuch fins, why ? Oh ifI do it, it will be known, and I fhall bemade afhamed, therfore I will not do it : It is good to refift Sinupon any terms,but if this bethe chief caute, it is a poor low bale thing, and arguesa great deal oflownefs in the heart, to refft fin upon this, Oh if I do this, I ! R. 2 flail { 99
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