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Whitt

'hall

become

of them

that

rejoyce in

fin.

Hence

in

the

firft place

(

the ule might

be

very

large )

what

ball

become of thole that rejoyce

in fin,

thofe

that

can

be merry

in

fn,

thofe that can

fin and

laugh

in

their

fin,

thofe

that

are (rollick

in

their

wickednefle, that

make

their

fin

to

be

their

May-

game,and the chiefeil delight that

they

have

in

the world

;

1

here

are

many

men

that

have no

greater

delight

here

in this

world, then the

farisfying

themfelves in their

fin-

full

tvayes, and

in

their

lulls

:

ô dreadfull,dreadfull Condition

that

thou

art

in;and dreadful(

is

the

wickedne(le

of

thy fouler

hall

..hott

nothing

elfe

to

make

the

joy

of

thyfoule,

but

onely

that that

ftrikes at the blefied

God

himfelfe, onely that

that

caufed

jefus

Chrifl to

be heavie

to

the death

, and

to fweat

dodders

of

blood,

and

to

cry-

out,

My

God, my God,

why

haft

.

thou

fort

iken

me

?

is

there

nothing

elíe

to

make

thee merry;

here's

a

black

b,

and

of

a

man

that

is

ref

rved

to

eternal( for

roves,

that (hall in this world make

his

chiefe joy

to

be

in

finning

again((

the bleffed

and

eternall

God

in

the

fatisfying

of his

lulls, thole lulls

of

thine

that

thou findeff

fo

much plea

-

fure

in

now

,

they

will

be

bitter

one day

:

Remember

this

in

all

thy

Jollity;

And

if

thou

doeflgoe

on

in

a

way

of

Jollity

through

thy fin,

Remember

what

is faid

again(l

thee

this

day,

let

it

come

into thy mind

upon

thy

fick

-bed

and

death

-bed,

thy

.fin

will be

a

burden

:

Certainly

this is

a

truth,

every

man

mull

know and

f

elefin

to

be

a

burden

one day.

L

remember

it

was

a

fpeech 'once-that I have heard

Of a

very

Jovial! man,

that being

in Company; and

his

very life

lay in

Joviallity,

drinking

and playing

And having fome Inlightenings

in his

Confcience,

on

a

fuddaine

in

the

mid(i

of

his

Company he

clapps

his

hand

on

his

breaft and-faith,

well,

-one

day

I

muff

!¿new

what

a

wounded Confèie,,ce

meaner,

And

I

feare

-many

many have caufe

to

fay

fo,

Well,

one

day

this

breall of

mine

mull

know what

a

wounded Confci nce meInes

;

O

take

heed

of Rejoycing

in

fin,

ftirely

if

Jefus hri(l

loth

pronounce him

blefied

that

mournes for

fin,

then that

man,

that

woman

is

cur

-

fed that

on

Rejoyce

in

fin.

And then Surely

mourning for

fin is

not Melancholy,

for

one

to mourn.

and

be

troubled

for

their

fin

,

is

not

to

grow

heavie