: Exceeding Sïnfx/nél, of Sin. 313: that which is . the greaten wrong and evil to thy Pelf, and yet wilt thougo on in finagainft God? Oh what doff thou think of God? and what hurt bathGod done to thee that thou thouldeft be fo malicious againft him ? that thou wilt dithonor him, and ftrike at him ? though thou getteftnothing thy felf, nay, though thou doers undothy felf by it : men will rather go on in that way that is dithonorable to God though they venture their own damnation to do it. It is one ofthe higheft expreflions we can have againft our Enemies, I will be evenwith him,Iwill have my mindofhim, or I wilfpendal I have toa groat;this is defperatemalice inman, we account it fo. Thou dot}more againft God, though thou faieft not fo, it may be, inword, yet God fees that there is this language in it, well, I. will do that which the Word forbids though I undomy felf, I will venture my own.' perifhing, my own eternal deftru&ion, rather than that (hall not be done that I hear God will not have done : there is this in everySin. Bre- thren, becaufe wedonot examine what is in in, we thinkit but a little,we fee but theoutfide;but whenGod comes tounravle out Sin,and to pick out all that his Omnifcient eye feeth in fin, then it will appear to be evil, tranfcendantly evil. Zfe 2. IfSin have fo much evil in it more thanAffliEtion as againft our (elves, 21'en itf7odd teach toall to lookwithpity, andabundance ofcommi¡ f ration uponmen andwomen that fo on inwafer offn.. Ah poor Creatures, they undo themfelves,their wales are againft themfelves, and'thej wit work their (
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