Exceeding Sinfislriejs' of Sin. 315 :uddone my felf. ThereforeBrethjen;we fhould= not look upon finners now as they are in the height of their profperity and the rufeof their pride,but look upon them as within a little time theywill be look upon them in their end, and then learn to pity them, Although finners goon conceitedly, and boats themfelves in theirevil .wlyes for theprefent, pity them fo much the more, for the more any fanner is conceited and boa(is inhis way, themore dangerousis his con-, dition, themore dangerous fign the Peal of God is uponhim toTeal him to-defiru&ion. The moreconceited any thanis in any thing thatwill ruinhim,the more:lamentable is the obje& ther fore. Thoughwe many times whenwe fee in,-n" under grievousAffildions,you go toyour neigh bors-and fee them lie under Gods hand, griev- ous pains and torturesof body :: Crying out dole. folly, it makes your hearts bleed, .and dri.wrr. tears-fromyour eyes; and you fay, Oh the la mentable condition this man or woman is in youpity -them in ahi&ion, becaufe they are in Inch grievous pain.- But now-you haveanother neighbor by, and you.'hear-hitñ fwearing.-,. cer- tainly thoughyou pity the other- neighborun- der affliction, yet to hear him fwear -is more pi- tiful than to hear the other roar outin themoll grievous torture that anymanor womanwas e- ver inv When we hear them in torture, we haveourheartsbleed, andxarenor aff &ed with their finning, this is, a fign, we I, newnot the e- vil of fine Further, ifyou fnould 'hear canein the anguifh ofConfcienceerymg.o It i am Undone I am
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