a zio 2,Meaner. Pauls Converfiou. evill by nature : Againe it is evill, becaufe it de- prives us of the greateft good, both within us, and without us, it is the caufe of all difeafes, fhame, and reproach ; fuch an evill that nothing will Neale, but the blond of Chrift : looke upon finne thus cloathed , and it will appeare the greateft e- viIl: Make confcience therefore of little urines, for they bring great evils ; though the fands of the Seas be but little , yet a many heaped together, make great burthen; fo franc though but in an idle word, thought, or behaviour, feeme to be but a little frnne, yet lay many of them together, and they will breake the foule, and make it barren, and unfit to good; if a man owe but little debts, yet if they bee many, if bee looke and call them up in the totali, bee will find himfelfe prefently to b e but a bankerupt; fo it is with finne : what though the finne be but a little frnne, yet give this a little vent, put it ro aEìion, and this finne will provea great frnne; give once conferir, and in time it will bee a raigning finne : and when it is thus, then it turnes the foule into evill, fers it on a rage, impri- fons ir, makes it to obey, and to bee a llave to Sa- than; now what greater evill can there bee then finne : thus much for the firfl meanes to get the judgement reáified, which will fee finne, fo as to humble ir. The fecond meanes to bee humbled is this, you mua labour to make your hearts fit to be humble, and that you may doe this, you mull doe thefe things. Fira,
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