z. he Evil ofEvils, Ur "the ter, the water is the element to the Fi(h that it delights in ; but ifyouput fireunderthis water . if in a veU el then that water that was the ele- nient in which the Fith skipt, and playd, and de- lighted it felt, that water will be torture and torment to theFifh boylinghot : So fin is the e- lement wheremenplay, and delight in finful wa;'e ;, as the Fith inthewater, but when God conies and mingles wrath with fin, then that very ftlwhich wäs thy d:e'll h°t, (uì11 be torture `and tonnent, and'fo a principle of eternal evil it {hall be to you. Mils finis another manner of evil than ofliftion; as thus, Ak$iCtions though inDifeafes theybring pains and forrows to the Body, the matter of this will wear out in time, and fo the Difeafe will fall; but fin is fuch a t3riïi päl evil and miferytothe 'Creature, as it Will never go out, but t ntinues a principal of eternal ani ery. Thus you have Peen how fm is agairtft our own good. Somwhat T would fain fay byway of APPLIt.ATIcaiv in this work. of I. Sin is againft ourown good : -1ticeaÍi tholepromfesthe anyfinfalway path toyou,to provide foryour orrnfilves in ändyour owngabJ, they be allde ceitful,andwill deceiveyou. The wayofthe wicked' deceives them. Certainly thouart mifaken, if thou thinkea tomake any provifion for thy felf in finful wayes. And the belt way foranyman!. or woman toprovide for themfelves, is to aban- donfn : Wouldéft thou provide for thy felf,: for thy own good, and be a truefelflover, abandon fïn,for fin is againft thy owngood.
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