34 The.Evil of Evils, or the their own ruine and mifery by thefe waies of theirs : Youthat areTradefinen, if you fee a man going on in way ofTrading, fo that you know certainly that he will undo hirnfelf, you look upon himwith pitie; poor yong man, he . goeth on in fuch a way ashe will undo himfelf ; you pitie himupon that ground, becaufe he un- does himfelf: the morehand aman bath in do- ing hicnfelfhurt, the more he is to be pitied As you Marriners, if you fee one at Sea, go through ignorance, fo that he will be by and by . fplit into theSea, or you:knowhewill be by and byupon the Rocks and Sands,andhe is wilful in his way, you pitle him, he is an obje&ofpitie. Doeft thou fee any man or woman, thy father or mother, brother or fitter, hufband or wife, or any thou loveft dearly, going on in wayes of tìn,Oh pity them; let thy heart bleed over them; poor wretches, theywill undo themfelves, fplit themfelves eternally. If thou fhouldeft fee a Companyof men flab andmurder themfelves, and lying dead in the ftreets,iftt fhould be afked how came theydead? and it shouldbe anfwer- ed every one of them murthered himfelf; were it not an objelt of pity ? if you fee men Si women go on in fin, every one ftabs,andmur- ders, andmifchiefs themfelves , andcuts their own throats, this is theway of fin : andthough they donot fee it themfelves, yet if' God open their eyes they will fee it ; and certainly they (hall fee it ere long , and theywill be forced to cryout in the bitternefs of their fouls, Wo to me, wo tome, I am loft and undone, and I have undone
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