:Suhje8s for bolJ tboug~ts: 3oj wil fing a ·new, and another kindeof fang amor}glt the heave9ly Quire of :bleffed Saint$ ,and Angels ineternal Manfions; in cbe mean time, oh my foul, be winding up 'thy·heartj skruing up chy faint affections, b~ much in· tbe Wqrk of rhankfulnefs, lay our thy felf for the~'ory of thy ,Rede~mer, fin no. mqre~ ' {etvehtmbetter, walk Wtth God, watt upon him·, worfiiphim wi~h all thyh'earr,· do all · the good rhou,canH: in .thy place, ~ie apace· towards Heaven, and hft up thY, head witlt expe6tation,defire, and eXt1lration, ti1 theday · of Redemption draw neer; ~ .· ~ .. 1s. Thinkmuch and ferioufiy of the evir of finj· how o£fenfive1 it is eo God, how de.:.· ftruStive to the foul; that fo you.riray efchew - and 4bhor the very rifings and . a:ppei.:.-.· · ranee thereof~ thus let your thoughts be em;. · ployed, whac amonfttoi.1s, prodigious, ven~' mous thitig is fin.' it is., the very Epitomeof all evil, worfe tba~ the Devil himfdf, 'the m·oft loat~ComeCreature that crawls is .very .Rood, if' compared With fin, 'tis a heart~· · Plague, more evil than all ~he Plaguesand· difeafes· ~ha't are incident to thebodyofmatt, . 'cis worfe than ·l:fell.it{elf: oh fin, what haft' tboudone?. was it not 'fin that caft Jhe An· gelsout of Meaven, .Adllm out of Patad~ anq thoufands, yea:, thou(ands ot·millionS- ol . fouls.{1ea:dlong into ·Hel? w~s .it tiqt fin that · drow·aed the old W.or ld~ burnedSoaome, and wil fee the .. whole World in a flameat tl4e !aft day?. is it not fin ·only that provoketh ' the .eyesof Gods.glory~ .};tiev.ctbhis fpidt, break- · -.· · · ' eth \·· ~ I I' ' / ' I • J ' ' \'
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