402 The Evil of Evils, or the out.upon the f9u1 ofJefus Chrift? For foit was. if thouhaft a little trouble of foul under the! fenceof fin now; know it is but as a fparkof that fire that didblazeout-upon Chrift 5 ifthou haft one dropupon thee, it is but as one drop of thofe flood gates let out upon the foul of Jefus Chrilt 5 the floud gates of Gods difpleafure were let out upon the foul of Chrift. This cer- tainly is oneReafon, why God will havefinners that be faved eternally, to feel trouble of foul for fin, thattheymay know how toprife Chrift, and loveChrift more, and underftand what the fufferh,gs of the foul ofChrift were for fin. As ( brethren ) Chriftdid buffer inhis foul, that he might be a merciful high Prieft, and-have corn- paffionupon us, and help us, whenwe need, as tis a comfort to one that buffers in foul, that. Chrift buffered in his foul, and fo knows how to compaffionate fuch : So, on the other fide, God csufeth poor fouls to buffer trouble, that theymight be fenfibleof Chrifts fufferings, and fopraife and love himthe more. Fourthly,Thou that haft flight thoughtsoftrou- ble ofConfcience for Sin 5 certainlywhofoever thou art,this is a molt certain truth, Theft thoughts of thy heart fhall certainly be alteredone day, though theybeflight now : T his I dare affirmofevery one that have flight thoughts of Sin, and the troubll for it 5 thefe thoughts oftheir hearts fball beal- tered. You mull come to knowSin in another manner than now you do 5 you muft come to feel what Sin is, in another manner than now youdo. I remember I once heard acredible Rda- . I
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