2;O clay ï 5. z. NoCea 8.7. Efty K.ow.6,zr. Aug. de ',Kilda. ad Cowfertàim, The fin fulneJfeof Sinne. thould doe it ; and thus another maus loffe was our jell. And after all this, his meditations upon it are excellent ; with David he goes to the roote, Ecce car melon `Dew mews, ecce car meum. O Lord, what a nature and heart had I. that could commie finne without any illecebra, without any incentive but f om my felfe ? and againe, What Ihall I rcturne into the Lord, that Ivan review thefe my fins,and no to he afraid of them ? Lord,I wilt love thee, I will praiíe thee, I will confefle to thy Name, it is thy Grace which pardoneth the limns which Have committed, and it is thy Grace which prevent -ed the fìnnes which I have not committed -: Thouhat} faved mé from all fumes, tholè which by mine owrie will I have dune, and thole which by thy Grace I have Beene kept from doing. If every man would tingle out fome nota- ble fins of his life, and in this manner anatomize them, and fee how many tins one fnne containeth, even as one flower many leaves, and one PomegränatQmany kernels, it could not but be a notable means of humbling us for tin. Sixthly, not evill circumflances onelyy but unprofita- ble ends adde much to the life of fin : when men (fend moray for that which not bread, and labour for that which fat if fiethnot ; when men change their glory for that which loth not profit, forlake the Fountaine, and hew out bro- ken Ciflernes which will bold no water; fow nothing but winde, and reape nothing but Ihame and reproach. Our Saviour affures us, that it is no valuable price to get the whole World by finite : and Saint e 1ufien bath af- fured us, that the làlvation of the World, if poflible, ought not to bee procured by but an officious ly. But now how many times doe wee tin even for bare and dif- honoul:able ends ? ly for a farthing, fweare for a- comple- ment, fAragger fòr a falllion, flatter for a preferment, murder for ,a revenge, pavvne our foules which are Fnore worth ,titan the whole frame.of nature for a very trifle ? Seventlily,
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