7he.satalet efiúaa{lcalling to 53 a and worthineffe, and finfulineffe, and then bee dares not come to Chrift : hee viewes the num- ber of his finnes fo many, thenature ofhis abo- minations fo hainous, the continuance of them fo long, the foule of adiiftreffed man fends his thoughts atfarre orr, and viewes a11, both the abominations ofhis life, and the diftempersof his foule, and feeth his iniquities muttering up themfelves,and Satanhelps him forward;for this is his policy; Firft, hee will keepea firmer ifhee can, that hee !hall not fee finne, and then all will be whole ; and the finner thinkes there is mercy enough in a Saviour, and why fhould I trouble my felfe ? but when hee fees the finger will pore uponhis finnes, thenbee !hall fee nothingelfe but finne, fo that he dares not goe toGod for mercy: this is that I delire to trade in; and follow Satan as far as I can. Now the firmer that is in thiscafe, tell him that mercy is in Chrift, and redemption offered in a Saviour, her dares not hearsofit, hee dares not thinkeof it : what faith he, (hall I once imagine or thinke that there is any mercy for me ? that I have any title to,or interefl in Chrift ? that were ftrange,and the foule is here foyledand faft- ned upon his owne miîcry, and never goeth to the Phyfitian; he ftares in the wound andnever goes to a Saviour; fora man is as well kept from going to Chriff, by poring continuallyuponhis diftempers by delpaire, as by, refting upon his owne fufficiency by prefumption ; hee chat fecthnot his finnes, he thinkes he hash fufficien- cy, and therefore will not goe toChrifk, and when
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