The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

All thy pride, and envy, and malice, and covetousness, all thy sins are of a poisonous viperous nature, but if thou art a believer, if a true penitent and convert, thou hast the promise, that the sting of the Serpent, sin, shall not hurt thee, it is taken off from thee, and laid upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore shake off the guilt of all thy abominations, and go on cheerfully and comfortably to Christ, and yet humbly too, and praise his Name that he hath been pleased to take that guilt of sin upon him, which thou wert never able to bear: therefore, though all thy pride, thy rebellion and other sins should come in against thee; as the sins of Manasseh, if thou repentest and forsakest them, yet they shall never be able to fasten any guilt upon thee to condemn thee. Look as it was with the three children, the fire in its own nature was able to burn them; therefore they that put them in were consumed by the flame, but the three children had no hurt: the Lord stopped the power of the flames, that it burnt only their bonds, but not one hair of ⟨p. 194⟩their head was singed, nor there was no smell of fire upon them; it was not because the fire would not, or could not, but the Lord stopped the acting of the fire. So every sin is able to fasten guilt upon thee, and to condemn thee, but upon thy repentance, the Lord hinders it in the act; and therefore though sin doth send the wicked and impenitent down to hell to fry in torments, yet it shall never send thee down, nor fasten guilt upon thee: Thus it was likewise with Daniel, Chap. 6.22, 23, 24. when he was put into the Lions den, the Princes of the king Darius had a spleen against Daniel, because he was a holy man, and had gotten some interest in the kings favour, and they could get no hold against him, but in the matter of his God▪ now he that loved God better than himself, He opens his window boldly towards Jerusalem, professing Gods truth when he was called to it, therefore they went to the king to have him to be cast into the den of Lions, according to the decree; now he was cast into it, and though the Lions were hungry, yet God shut the mouth of the Lions, they had power, and were able to hurt him if they had not been restrained, but God had shut up their mouths that they could not hurt him;

All thy pride, and envie, and malice, and covetousnesse, all thy sinnes are of a poysonous viperous nature, but if thou art a beleever, if a true penitent and convert, thou hast the promise, that the sting of the Serpent, sinne, shall not hurt thee, it is taken off from thee, and laid upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore shake off the guilt of all thy abominations, and goe on cheerfully and comfortably to Christ, and yet humbly too, and praise his Name that hee hath beene pleased to take that guilt of sinne upon him, which thou wert never able to beare: therefore, though all thy pride, thy rebellion and other sins should come in against thee; as the sinnes of Manasses, if thou repentest and forsakest them, yet they shall never be able to fasten any guilt upon thee to condemne thee. Looke as it was with the three children, the fire in its owne nature was able to burne them; therefore they that put them in were consumed by the flame, but the three children had no hurt: the Lord stopped the power of the flames, that it burnt onely their bonds, but not one haire of