264 necfouo gfLítbi; could, annihilate its oppofite; Faith (hews it to be an Au -evil, a Mother of abominations. Some particular Sins are fuch monilers in Morality, that when viewed only in the light of Nature, they appear very odious ; filch was the cruelty of Nero, Effeminacy of Sardanapalus, and the like, much more odious, when inlpeted by the light of Faith, mutt that appear which is All -fin in one, a 11.00.7d4M,ia, or univerfal Se- minary of iniquity. Anthony holding Cefars bloody Coat up to the People, moved them againft the Confpirators; Faith holding up the Murders, Adulteries, Blafphemies, Villanies in the World,unto the Believers eyes, ftirs his Heart againfi the venemous root of all thefe. Faith thews it to be an univerfal evil, all over the Soul,breaking north like the boyls of Egypt, upon man and upon beafl, upon the intelle- dive and fenfitive faculties, and all over the Believers duties; lying as the locufts there upon everyherb and green thin. ,upon the ver- dure and glory of every good work; it is a Jble- mifh in the Believers eye,a plague in his Heart, an ataxy in his Affections, a damp on his Prayers, a cooler to his Charity and Zeal, and a dead fly in all the precious Oyntment of his duties and good works. Faith (hews it to be an utter enemy to God, Antichri/f- like, oppo- fing every appearance of him in the Heart, quenching every good motion, trampling on every holy beam, flightiug at the two great periods of Mankind, Heaven and Hell ; and jeering at that holinefs and iniquity which lead thi-
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