' ' '' • I I ioi' lleiVI-Treltftlre~ . .._ _ • y~ur p~cious fouls be like theSerpents ~tly; joined._,r:o:the ~ull:: .. :if y9u poffefs much:of the WArld, .let 1~ noc poffe{s you, fear ,you~ !elv~~ IP thts mofi : : Howmany Demals· are hereby.,fh1p-wrackc ·? ~ B.ow -many Sampfon' have .loft theitr beft ftreng£h by th~embraces of this.Dalilah? Ala(s ;. thou[ands have been cheated' qf their fpir!tu~l Riches by irs Syren ,fongs,_aud.. ~ewitchipg c;h~rmes : And. there– fore let our fouls fiand at a dHlance from it, .ma~~ yo.f~ie.ndihip wi .. ~b .it.' let- us qtore (uf1 pe6t It-s· faw-l)tQgs, then, f0ar 1ts frowos, a falfe Ft,icnd _will prej udic.~1 us more than an open Foe, .l~t no earthly tn:afure takeoff our fpi– rits'from an heavenly treafure, Jell w~abate of t~e~rtiyipe frock th~t our precious fouls are fw:nillit. .with : . . ., 3• Monifie t;he 'orruptionbf y<?ur hearts: · ca:ft out intefiine enemies, ca..rnal ·aft~~ions• . Sin&Graceare like twoScales, asonegoeth up, the other goethdqwn , or _like t,woBuc– ,kecs, .as t~Ae one tnounts up full ·, fo the .orher falls pownempty : the more full the heart is of fm, the more tmptie it is of goodnefie: Sin is the ~hief in die c;,andl~ tba·l 'dim~ our Jight andcomfort, it is .a.s dire in r.he~ channel · that fiop~ the Current of Grace: S~n 1s :t great .Prodigal that· w~lle$ a fair Reve'riue ; '-Adam by one fall loft all : ·Sin is ,theCanker and ,Moth ·tb~t marrs all our enjoyments, it is a Pul-back to high attainments , 'tis t}le only . J&.~9 2 • Make-bait betwixt God and the foul , which – hinders communion with Godand cornmu"" nitatiqns from God :. T~eDevil, the Wo~~4
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