The Soulae,'effNab' catdíng toChriff. 265 told him, the Lordbath fbewedit into me : I know, faith theProphet, the true icy and venomeofthy fpirit though thou knoweft it not : Sowhen I fpeake ofthere things, men will bee ready to fay, what, arc there any fuchdogs todeale thus with the Lord Jcfus : I tell you the Lord knowes this, and the Word feeth all thy venome and fpight andhatred againft Chrift, the Lord feeth and knoweth ir. Mort men in their hearts doe hate Chrift, though they fee it not : beloved, your hearts aremorevile than you canconceive, and morebate than you can imagine, the Word will make it cleere. The greateft evill of all wee know isßnne, the Devil! is not tobe loathed but for his finne; and the reafon: why he is fo loath- force, is becaufe hee is fo finfull. Now marke what the text faith, this is the condemnation, that Iohn3. rs,. light is come into the world, andmen loveddarknef/ë more that the light:the Lord revealed light (that is, Chrift) to the worid,but the world loved finand the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of their ownehearts more than Chrift, and more than mercy that was tendered to them in the Lord jefas ; it is cleere therefore it was fo, it will be fo, and it is fo to this day M n love their bare lufts and finfull corruptions more than the Lord Jefas Chrift, and the power ofhis gracewhich he exprefTerh to their faules, and consequently they love the delufionsand fuggeftionsof Satan, 1"13.4. more than the motions of Gods Spirit, and the comfort thereof. Thus nowwe h,:ve laid dowse the .Inditement, let us alto plead it a little; wee L. 13 fee
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