Exceeding Sinfulneßof Sirr. 3;3 ha-11 gnawupon the Soulof the wicked to .11U eternity. You readeinScripture, That the damned (hall be punifited with fire that ¡hall never goout ; and the worm that fhal neverdye. What is that worm that ¡hall never dye ? Thewormof Con feience that¡hall gnawupon their Spirits" to ail eternity. ,Ntow, what breeds this worm, and fupplies it with matter ? No otherbut thecor- ru.ptionof finin the foul. For as with worms (as the .Holy Ghofi makes ufe of that Meato- pher ) that breed i=nthe corruption and filthin a mans body,, there are fume worms that breed in thebody which aredeadly. But out ofwhat do thole worms breed ? Out of the filth and cor- tuptionof the Body, and the corruptionof the body fupplits matter for theworm tognaw up- on. And fo in Trees,andTimber, therebreeds worms; upon what do they breed but upon the corruptionof theTimber when it begins to rot. So then wormsbreed out ofcorruption,and live uponCorruption; fo that wormof Confci.nce thatflali lye gnawingupon the fouls of thole that perifhto al eternity,is nothingelle butthat which breeds from the filth of their hearts while they live here theworm breeds : There- fore you that live a long timein fin, old finners, gray headed finners, though youdonotfeel the worm gnaw for the prefent 5 yet ever fince you wereborn thewormwas breeding, and it will be agreat and adreadful worm hereafter : and knowyott fupply abundance ofCorruption for to feed that worm that will gnaw another day You feel itnot now, but the longer you be be- Bb 2 fore
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