Exceeding Sinfwinefl ofSi*. Law, Curled ifevery one that abide tutin every thing th.et is written in the Lary; todo that which the LawofGod pronounces to be done : a curie to everyone that Bothanything at any time that fhall break it. That there fhould be fuch a dreadful Curfeannexed; this manifefis the fore difpleafure ofGodagainfl fin. Fourthly, A fourth Manifefrationofthe fore difpleafure ofGod againff fin ( all this but to thew you further howSin is a greater evil than Afhietion) the Manifef}ation I Ely of Gods dif- pleafureagainfi fin is feen,in that we find inGods wordGedhathfofeverelypun jh'dfossefins that doap- pear toso tobe very final, little fins : and yet God hath been exceedingly leyere a ainf} thofe fins which appear to us to be exceeding fmal : To infrance in three. t In 1 Som. 6.19. thereyou have this exam- ple, that the menof Bethfhemefh, when theArk came to them they did but look into theArkout ofcuriofitie, for ought we know for no other end but meetly out ofcurofitie : Now_becaufe the Ark was a holy thing, and none but the Priefts ofGodwere to meddle with it, God did prefently at an inflant flay flftie thoufand, and three (core and ten men of them : Upon this the text faith, thefe menbeholding thisfeveri- tieofGod for this offence, they all faid, oh ! who fhall Hand before the holy God l IfGod be foholy that hecannot bear fo final fin as this did ap- pear to men, that but for looking into the Ark fo many rhoufands {hall be{lainprefently : who can fiandbefore theholy Lora 1 Many ofyou have 119
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