Exceeding Sinfulneß ofSin. 309 Lord ; Oh thou doltwrong thyown foul, Thou dolt defpife thyown foul, Thouhateft thyown foul, he would be loth toyeild to it; and yet theScripture chargeth this upon liinners, Prov. 8.36. He that f nr againfi me, wrongs his oxen foul: hedoth not only wrong:God, that was in the firft thingwe opened ; but by finhe wrongshis own foul : You will fay fomtimes, I dono body wrong, I thank God none can fay I wrong them; but thou wrongeft thine own foul, and certain- ly it isas great anevil to wrong thyown foul, as to wrong theBodyof another, and a great deal more. Nay further (mark) id they that hate me (that is, Wifdom and lnftrutlion, the Rule ofLife) they lovedeath : It is a ftrange exprefii- on ; ifany Minifter fhould fay thus to you, you love death, youwould think it a rafh fpeech from us : the HolyGhoft faith foofal that hate Inftru&ion; if there be anyTruth of God re- vealed againft fin, and thy heart rife againft it, thou loveft death, thyown ruine, and thy own deftru&ion: And whatpitie is it for men and wo- men to die? who canpitie them that die eter- nally, when as they love death ? if they love death, they mutt have it : So the Holy Ghoft faith, they wrong their fouls, and they love death; and Prov. 15 32. Hethat refa /th I0ruc7i- on, deffifeth his ownfoul: when you, come and hear any Inftru&ion agiinft any. linful way, and refufe it, you defpife your own fouls`; ,as if your own fouls wereworth little. ,H ,néeit is that men and women, though theyTheár Sin tends to thedeathof theinfouls,to their eternal H h ruine, -.
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