Pauls Converfion. 211 Firff, you muff labour to get fozne fezffe of holi- neffe, that is, you mull get the heart in a frame of grace, for except a man get the Spirit, he will not be humbled, but when there is holineffe bred in the heart, then hee will fee finne to be humble, he will fee finne out of his place. Take any heavy thing, efpecially water, and in its place, it is not heavy, but let it bee remooved out of its place and it will be a heavy burthen ; even fo will finne bee unto you; when you have once gotten the Spirir, you will then fee finne out of its place , and to be a heavy burthen,that you will not willingly beare ir,but you will aoope under it, and therefore the more holineffe that any man gets,the more will be his fight of finne; and where there is moll fight of finne, there will be moll griefe for finne, and this griefe is alwaics accompanied with this hu- miliation that I fpeake of; and where there is the greaten humiliation for finne, there is the great& doore of mercy opened; where there is molt fenfe offiane,there the heart is belt fitted for grace, and in this cafe, the more tender of confcience,the bet- ter Chriftian. Secondly , ifyou would be fit to bee humble, confider another thing, which is the punifirent of finne, ifyou continue in Panne, you (hall be damned, deprived of glory : you were once good, confider now, wherein your happpineffe confias, con- fider that you have an immortall foule, and that you mua be called to an account ; the ferious con - fiderations of there things, will make you to bee hum
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