ï he .Ezt?l of Evils) Or the nion 5 and he hopeth God Both not hate it fo much as they fay. Oh ! Brethren take heed of this op-inion, for ifGod fhouldhate fin leis then hedoth, he fhould ceafe tobe ; either he nut hate fin with in'inite hatred, or he ceafeth to be God : So evil and oppofite is fin toGods Na sure. And if there things be true, there is a great deal ofevil in fin. If there benothing fo oppo- iite toGod as Sin ; and if but the leaft drop of fin fhould get into God, it would make God ceafe tobe God; and if he íhould be but the ceafeof any fin in hisCreature- he wouldceafe tobe God; and if he should but like it in his Creature, he would ceafe to be God; and ir he Mouldbut hate it lets thenhedoth, he couldnot beGod : but al this is true; I hen we had need take heed to our (elves, and think certainly there is more evil in me heart, more opnoiitíon in myheart against God than I have been aware of. What fay you now ? Will you ventureto commit fin fora groat or fix penc;,ifthere be fo much oppofïtion againft God in it? Were it not better to beunder any Ari :Vtion than under the guilt of Sin, if there be in it fuch onpofition to God ? This is theFirft genoral Head, nothing is fooppofite toGod as Sin : I fay Sin is molt oppofite toGode 416MSAVITakkA4114Ma CHAP.
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