Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

117,ral.Te The Evil of Evils, Cr the Members that God made thee to honor him withal, thou takeft them, and with his own weapons fighteft againft Unfelt': not only figh- teft againft him, but with his own weapons, fa_, culties and gifts he hath given thee, thou figh- teft againft him. Thus thou wrongeít God the Father inhis work ofCreation. Secondly, Thou arrangeft Chrift in the Writ of Redemption. z Becaufe the leaft fin thou coma-uitteft ( if ever it bepardoned) it is that which ftab`d Je- fus Chrift to thevery heart : I fay, thy fin was that which pierced Chrift, and brought forth blood and water from him ; it was that which whipt Chrift ; it was that which put Chrift to death, that flied thebloodofChrift, that cruci- fiedChrift. l may fay to every Inner that ex- pe&s to be faved by Chrift, as Peter in the 2. zas laid to thole Jews, Whomyou have crctcfiecl, and the text faith, that then they were pricked to their hearts. Certain it is, thou finner ( man or woman,whofoever thou art) that doltexpeec to have part in the blood ofChrift, Thy fin cruci- fiedChrift, made Chrift cry out upon theCrofs, My God, myGod, why haft thoufsrfa(en me ? What doff thou thinkofthy fins now ? And ifthoube fuch anone as hath never been affeCted with the BloodofChrift that was filed for thy fins, then thou wrongeft the Blood of Chrift more, for then thou dolt trample the Blood ofthe everla- flingCovenant under thy feet, and accounteftit a common thing. Moft men andwomenbe fuch that live under thelight oftheGofpel, that like Swine

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