Eiceeding Sinfidneft of Sin. not be born or fuffered, that any fhould crofs you : but when it comesto crofs God, and fin againft him 5 thouhaft flight thoughts ofit, and it isa matter ofnothing tocrofs God, or fin a- gainft God is a flighte matter : td crofs you, or todo anyevil againft you is unfufferable 5 what a fightingofGod is this, that if you be croft in your will, it is fo unfufferable 5 and yet to have fuch flight thoughtsoffinning againft God. This is theFirft. Secondly, Thou that haft flight thoughts concerning troubles ofConfcience, confiderthat what thouhaft flight thoughts of, In itfelf; its own Nature) it is no other but the very beginnings of Eternal death, oftheleconddeath, the verybeginnings of Hell. The principal torments ofHell, lie in the perfe6tionof that troublenow, that for the prefent, is upon confcience 5 andyet this thou make-ft nothing of, as ifitwere but melanehol ly, as ifthe wrath ofGod that fh 41 lieupon the damned in Hell toall Eternity, werebut a fren- zie. Certainly that which the Lord will at the laittorment the fouls oftheDamned withal to all Eternity,.it is the principal ofthat, it isof the very fameNature withthe wounds and horrors ofcon£cience in this world : It is true, that God doth indeed often times blefs the horrors of Confcience to the faving of the foul, to bring the foul toChrift 5 but horrors ofConfcience in theirown Nature (1 fay) are thebeginnings of the feconddeath : as pains,andfickneffes ofthe bodyofa man or woman, are thebeginnings of the full death 5 fowounds and horrors of Con- Z Z 2 fcience ii11116,-
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