...+R. ico 1he Evil of Evils, Or the {hall beknown, and incur the difpleafure of my Father, or Mafter,or filch adearFriend; it may incur punithment, or it maybe I {hall be turned out of theFamily, and fuch likeArguments. I fay it is true, it is good tobring in ail theArgu- ments we can to oppofe fin withal, but when thefe be the chiefthings, when thefe be the on- ly Grounds, that keeps thee from fuch wicked- nefs that thy heart isfet upon; and thouwoul- deft be glad to tamper withal: couldeft thoube lure it fhouldnot be known, and thou fhouldeft not bebrought tofhame for it; and have the difpleafureoffuch a friend,thou couldeft findin thy heart tobe medling with it; Couldeft thou? Oh ! know thouhaft a bafeheart that haft noo- ther grounds to keep thee from Sin withal Whereas know if thou be a Chriftian indeed, and that Godhath aright made known fin to thee,thouwouldeft rifehigher, Oh I am todeal. withGod, an infinite glorious firft-Beings and if it be fin only thatftrikes at this infinite glorious eternal firft-Beingof all things, Then I will a- void fin whatfoever become of me; yea, what- foever I fufferI will not have to do with it : this is a railedSpirit; this heart is like to (land out againft fin : Alas ! thole poor low groundsup- onwhichmany refill fin 5 though theymayEland out againft fin a little, againfta weak temptation, yet if there come a ftrong temptation, it will `quicklybreak through the hedg: Althofe poor low grounds and Arguments, temptation will quicklyy break through them. But when the heart is railed to oppofe fin, upon fuch high grounds
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