Exceeding Sinfslnefßof Sin 7 Martyrs ? they could endureal tortures on their Bodys that could bedevìfed,rather than to com- mit any known fin againfF their Confciences; and thou wilt venture to commit a known fin a- gainfl thyConfcience, rather than to be found out in fome fault, and have an angryword, or a little fhame : Ifit be but togain two pence they wil tel a Lye, and are willing tochu('e fin rather than endure the leaft trouble; a mighty differ- ence between thee and them. You know how it was with Paasl,whenhe fpeaks ofAffliCticns the!e be his Exprefli ns, but light and naJmentary, but for a rnornoit, lut They rccrk an exceeding weight o t=lory : (mark) light Afilic ions, what were they ? you would account them heavie if they were uponyou. Blefled Paul (that great veffel to bear thename of God as great an inPtrument ofGod s gloryas any in the world except Chriff himfelf and yet this Paul) was whipt up& down as ifhe had been a Rogue, put into the Stocks, had not Cloathsto cover his nakednefs,had not Bread to eat, andwas accounted the off fcouringof the world ; and yet he accounts all this but Light : But when he comes to Sin , that is hea vie, oh wt.»chrd manthat l am! Thus he gives a dreadful fhreek at fin; fee what a difference he makes between Aiítierion and Sin,and accounts it abun- dantly more evil to be in lin, than in aifii:? ion. And fo C?r: fl him cif that is the Wifdom of the rather, and therfore could not chufe but judge right, and yet he was content forthe fake of poor Sou's, tocome and under-go al kind ofAf- flicôion, and lain, and Sorrow, fo ase() be made a man
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