------y-.--- ... the Epiflls tot it Galstsasu. Chap.6. s 29 heart, becaulc men want fpirittsall life , and retire todifcerne it. All then can take pittieupon a beat},ifhe lie underhis burden, and will be readic to helps himvpagainc,But all haue not the like fight and fente of the fpirituall burden of finne, nor fym- pathyof themiferieoftheir brethren,groaningvndcr it. Sixtly,whcreasPaul faith,Etneryman blarehir carne bair- 1en,he meetethwith the prophaneneffe and Atheifene ofour time,whenmen make a mocke at theday of iudgetnent,& the flri& account that euery man is to giste for himfelfe . The so Iewea were woont to leali at the threatnisags ofGo:d,desaoun- ced by the Prophets,and to call the vifionsof the Prophets, e. NKr Jeboxt, the 6tirdenofthe Lord, in amerriment , vfing it as a by,,word. lercm. 23.34,36,3a. Thereby Pgnifying that the threats of God, werebut vainebugs,or karre-crawes,which t:5 might perhaps terrifiechildren,.but could net hurt them.The like prophanenefre,infidelitic, atheifrne,.bath crept into the rnindes°fsnany, who othervvifeprofere the G ofpcl , which they teílihe by their fpeechcs, in laying, theyare fure,finnc is nothing fo ougly,hell isnot halfc fo hotte , nor the deuill halfe fo blacke,as preachers fay they are r or ifthey be,they are lure they (hall not goe loaden alone, with theburdenoftheir fìnns,, but (hall haue c6pany, & fhall perhaps abide the brunt as well as their fellows.Butàlas,theyknownotthat the hurda of finne is intollerable,that it will eternallypre ffe thE down to the guile 25 ofhell,& that they (hall neuer be able to be ridde or eared of it. Scuenthly, we are here admonifhed to take heede ofeucry finne , for there is no finne foYmall but bathhi waight,and fucka waight,as will prd&downc to the bottomleffe pit, Ro. 6.23.And thoughfornebe greater then othcrs,and finnea nil ,3° deeper into condemnation,yet many (mall fames will as eai- ly condernne, as a few great. Like as fands, though but fnsall in quantitie,yet becingmany innumber,wil as footle flukerhe fhip , as if itwere laden with the greaten burden; hightly,feciugthe guilt andpunifhment °flinty , is fohca 35 we aburden,wcare to cafe and disburden our feints thereo And that we may doe this,we mull labour toBede the intolle- rabic waight of it, preffing, and opprefhng the confcience. Thereforeas :thole who in their fleepe are troubled with the Ephsthe or rears, feeling (asit were) agreat mountaine lying vpon thcm,and.preffing them_down,wouldgiuc all the world 3hß ..*h ------_--- --- .
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