j~ook IV. 5 I N D E B T . 8St TH . I E VE~ PARALLEL TriBes, it cheats them of moll: bleffed Pearls, for forry Pebbles; they like Idiots, take J;lrafs Counters, before Guineas and yellow Gold. (2.) It makes them believe ftraoge Things, contrary to Reafon: As firft, that though they fowTar~s, yet they {\J~ll reap Wheat; nay, though they fow not at all, yet they !b~ll have a great Crop at Harveft ; furthermore, that that Work may be done when they arc Old, a.nd ready to drop into thy Grave, which is fo hard and difficult, that all the D•ys of their Life, and the greateft of their Strength is too little to accomplifh; and tha.t it is time enough to fow their Seed, when they fhould, with others, be a ga– thering in their H arveft. Laftly, It makes fuch Fools of Men, as to content to fee the ,Knife to their own Breaft, and be willing to let out their own Heart's Blood. IV. Bloody Thieves and Mur– derers, are a great Terror to honeft 'JVlen ; and they will avoid them, if poillble, and provide themfelves with fuitable Weapons, to with– ftand and vanquifh them. IV. Sin is fuch a bloody Thief and Murderer, th:h all godly M en dread it, and endeavor to avoid it, as much as poillbly they can ; and not only fo, but alfo take unto themfelves the whole Arnior of God, that fo they may be able eo fubdue and over– come it, Eph. vi. N F E R E N C E ~ J. JF Sin be a Thief, a bloody and treacherous Thief and Robber; what Folly are · thefe Men and Women guilty of, who are fo ready and willing, at every turn, to entertain it as a Gueft in their Houfes? Nay, and fhall lie in the chiefeft Room of their Hearts ? I!. It fhews th~ Folly of thefe Men alfo, who hide their Sin, and defire nothing more than to have their beloved Lufts fpared 1 Who would hide, and plead for a curfed M urderer, or fufr<r a bloody and venemou• Serpent to lie in their Bofoms 1 Ill. le fhews the Folly of fuch that play and make a fport at Sin. Fools make a mock at Si11. IV. T ake heed you af< not beguiled and robbed by it. V. When you are hard put to it, call for help, cry om, Thieves, Thieves! Pray for the H elp of the Spirtt. VI. Be fure watch againft it; you are ready to have a watchful Eye over aThief, nay over one who it bm fufpeCl:ed fo to be. VII. Keep the Door fhut againft Sin. And, Laftly, Be not fo foolifh as to believe Sin and Satan's Promifes. S I N A D E · B T. Forgive us our Debts, Matt. vi. 12. SIN is called a Debt, '~"""f""T"' Debita, in thefe Words, Sins and Debts are. ~1fed prom•fcuoufly, as L uke Xl. 4· compared wnh this m ·Matt. v1. 10. L uke xiil. 4 • Luke was learned in the Greek, and wrote "1'-"Pn~,, Sins; whereas Matthew hath '~"A"I"''T"• D ebts. Canin in lac. N . T. Page 86, 87. Now when Sins are called Debts, or faid to be forgiven, it is a Metaphor from pe– cuniary Debts, as the Debtor was faid luere when he paid his Money; and it is acne– rally ufed of any that are obnoxious to Punifhment ; fo the Grecians fay '~"""' J....,, and the Latins pumas debere; fo the Hebrew W ord :l'i'l, is ufed both for Debts and Guilt, Da11. i. 10. Ezek. xviii. 7· as alfo for Sin, Exod. xxxii. And '"X@', which is applied to a Sinner, James ii. 20. is allo frequently ufed of Punifhment, as Matt. v. 21, 22. In Sin there is tfie Obliquity and Di'!fonancy from the Law of God, and this is not called a Debt, for we do not owe this to God, but the contrary, Obedience, and Holinefs ; in Sin the(e is Guilt and Obligation pnto et.ernal Pu~ifl1ment, and this is called a Debt, &c. · MET A PH 0 R. I. DEBTS are varioufly taken, and may be contracted . PAR ALL EL. I. so Man by Sin, bath taken away or robbed God oLhis G!oq; ddam gave more credit .J..O p ••
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