Exceeding Sinfulnefs' of Sin. 387 thenIco,tld put it off when Ipleafed : ifit werea real Frenzie, there wereagreat deal more hopeofGods mer- cy, Ifhouldnot apprehendGods wrath as Ido, but it is 'therwife withme. Brethren, thole that have felt trouble ofConfciencefor lin, upon wholehearts Godhath-fetled, but the guilt of any one fin : what do you think of trouble of Confcience for fin ? they feel real]itie, they find that there is reallie unto them, that which is a greater bur then, and grief, and trouble than all themileries of theworld. Dreadful exprefiions are mariy of them that Francis Spin% math, which is a moll: dreadful example of horror of Confcience for fin ; oh ! Ç faithhe) I feel thevery torments ofhell withinme, and this'afiats my Confcience with intol- leroblepain oh ! thatfamebodywould let out this tyred foldout ofmy body; oh ! that Iwere in the place ofthe damned,that Imight be but free from FEARING any thing thät isyet WORSE to come. For though hedid acknowledg, there wasgreater torments inhell, yet he profeffed he did defire to be in hell, that hemight be freed from the tortureof his Spirit, that was Rill in fear of worfe, that was to come. And verily a moli hidious Flory it is, that Thews the dreadfulnefs of a wounded and troubledConfcience for Sin. Certainly ifSin be all that which you have heard, or read, well might the Holy Ghoft fay, Awoundedffiirit, whocan bear ? Aman may fuftain his infirmities, whatfoever his infirmities and troubles are inthe world, it is no great matter to fuftainthem; but a wounded fpirit who can bear? forawounded fpirit Teeth it hath todeal with
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