I . '-. 68 The Lift of GOD n1any things to be finful and heinous which pafs for very innocent in the eyes of the world. Let us th~refore ilnitate the pfalmifi, who faith, concerning th~ w orks of men, by the words of thy lips, I have kept my.felf from the paths .of the deflroyer *· Let u~ acquaint ourfelves well with the firiCl: and holy laws of our reli– gion. Let us confider the difcourfes of • our blelfed Saviour, (efpecially that divine fermon on the n1ount), and the writings of his holy apofrles; where an ingenuous and unbiaifed mind may clearly difcern thofe limits and hounds by 1 which our acrions ought to be confined. And then ·let us never look upon any fin ,as light and inconfiderable; but be fully perfuaded, that the Jmallefl: is infinitely heinous in the fight of God, and prejudicial to the fouls of n1en; and that if we had the right fenfe ofthings, we fuould be as deeply affected with .the lcafl: irregularites, as now we are w-ith the greateft crimes. But now, aniongfl: thofe things which we difcover to be finfu] ,, We mull: rcfifl the there will be fome unto temprations tu fin, . by confideFing the evils they will draw on Qs. • I whieh, through the difpo-· fition of our nature, or long cuftom, or the endearments of • l'fal. x.vii, 4-•
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