Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

ii Exceeding s:nfx!nejs' of sm. r'eeth it, and God will deal with a finner actor ding to this if he come to anfwer for his fin him (elf. For (Frethren) thus it Hands, we cannot enjoyGöd and finful wales both together; fo far as anydecline to finful wales, fo far they ven- ture the lofs.ofGod eternally, and all that good inGod. It may beGod may have mercie upon thee, and bring th to intoChrift, and Chrift may fatisfie God for that wrong thou didfl to him this is nothing.tothee, but there is this evil in thee, there is not one finful way that thou clo left with, but thouventurefr the lots ofall that infinitegood to be in joyed in the bleffedGod, in that fin : here is the evil offin.: And is not this wrong toGod. ? what is God, ifnot better than a bale loft? TheDevil himfelf is better than ..a bale luft, that is, theDevil hath an Entitie in him, he is of God, though he be a.Devil by fin, yetahe isa being that is ofGod ; but fin bathno good, ltd therfore fin is worle than theDevil: It is that which makes the Devil fo evil as he is, an et thou in thy finful way doeft profefs, tl aecountefr more good tobe in fin than in all the good ofGod hlmfelf, as if fin were bet- ter than God himfelf: For thou venturefl the lofsofGod that thou maiefl have thy finful way. Ohfinner.! flop in thyway, and confider what thou doeft : and know all thy life long which thou haft lived, hath been nothing elle but a continual.profeíiionbefore all the world by thy finful life, That thouaccounteft more good in a luft, than all thegood in the bleffed God, to be enjoyed toal Eternitie. T I. Thou

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