Exceeding Sinfu.'nefs' of Sin. 363 fuccefiionofthe treafonoble aft. So now, Sin that was in the beginning ofthe world, was to bring in the Kingdom of Satan ; and the next Generation upheld it, andthe next upheld the fame, and the next Generation went on the fame way; fo that every Generation is not only guilty ofthofe particular fins which they com- mit ; but they be guiltyofall that went before, becaufe theyuphold the.fucceifìonof the King- dom of the Devil, and the oppofition of the Kingdom ofJefus Chrift: As forinftance, Take a fcorner ofReligion, that is one fin (for we cannot open things but by inftancing in particu- lars) I fay, take a fcorner ofReligion, know thou art not guilty of thefe as of fcorning only in thy feif, but art guilty of all the fcorn- ing of Godlinefs fince the beginning of the world ; why ? Becaufe thou holde t a fucceííi- on ofthat way of fcorning of Religion. So a Blafphemermay be laid to be guiltyof all the blafphemies in the world; why ? Becaufe he upholds the fucceílïonofthat way of finning a- gainft God; and fo oppofing the Kingdom of Chrift, and upholding theKingdom ofthe De- vil. This is the third thing, Sin is the uphol- ding of the Kingdom of the Devil in the World. Fourthly, A Fourth thing is this, That Sin, it .r afulfilling ofthe will ofthe Devil: That is ano- ther diftin t Confideration, and you (hall fee that in theopeningof it, it will be ofdiflin&ufe 'toyou : I fay, it , is a fulfilling the will of the Devil; that place isvery famous for that in the Tim.
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