Pauls Converfion. 217 are pall as prefent : confider that the finne that is part is as great a finne as ever it was , though it feeme afarre off, that is, committed long agoe : it is mans weakeneffe to thinke otherwife of finne; a malefactor that hath committed a foule fad a long while agoe,if his pardon be not fued our, bee may be condemned for that faeì,though there hath beene along time betweene the fad and the execu- tion: fo,what if thou haft not committed a finne a great while, yet if thou fue not out thy pardon, God will judge thee for that finne, as prefently committed : looke then upon finneas prefenr,and it will humble thee; this lob did , I poffeffid the finnes of my youth; that is,though they were a long time agoe committed , yet he lookt upon them as prefent;and this wrought humiliation in him : and thus it was with David Pfal. 5 i. My finnes are ever Pfal.si. before me : that is,they are all feene of me as frefh, though never fo old, as if I had now prefently committed them. Secondly, you muff looke upon things to come 2. as prefent, bring things within the compaffe of a fpirituall underftanding , or elfeyou will not bee humbled;looke upon the wrath of God as prefent, Tooke upon death as prefent, look upon the brittle - neffe of thy nature, that thou art in the hand of the potter: confider how Toone the bubble may be blowne out , looke upon falvation and damnation with an equal! eye, confider your felves now as if you were to appeare and make up your accounts before God. Confider what you would do if you G g 3 fhould Astignime
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