396 The Evil of Evils, Or the Finn., I have many things tofay into thof that have flight thoughts of trouble of Ccnfeience forfin, fomwhat to fay to thole ; and ifthere be any in this place that have wondred at men and wo- men that have been troubled in their confcáence for fin; let themattend to what they $a.d,. I have divers things to fayunto them. Secondly, I am toPhew you fome difference between melancholly diftempers,andtroubleof Confcience for fin Firfi, Theft thoughts of Mine, they certainly come from eitherabundance ofIgnorance ; or Athefm ; or, Dejeratefighting ofGod : One of thefe three Caufes. I ordinarily tbèfe thoughts that men have o f tronble ofConfcience, to be no greater matter than fuch melan- chally conceits, they do come from grog Ignorance : thou knowefi not God, thou knowefi not what it is for a foul to have to deal with an infinite Deity; thou never yet hadefi a real fight of an infinite Deity, with whom thou half to deal: And it is a fad thing to think, that menandwo- men fhould live a long time, and never in all their livescome to have a real fight of that infi- niteMajeflie andDeitie,withwhomwe have to do : It comes from ignorance of the nature of fin ; thou doll not know what fin is, God bath yet blinded thine eyes that thou fhouldeft fin, but not know what fin is. Certainly thou doll not know the Law ofGod, the Spiritualnefs of it, and the dreadfulnefs ofthe wrathofGod re- vealed againfi fin : thoudoll not know what E- ternity means, thoudolt not apprehend what it
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