The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Oh Lord, it was for my pride, and my contempt of thy word, and my despising of holy duties, and for the rest of my sins, I should have been forsaken, and thou wast contented to be forsaken for me. Oh can you consider of this and love your sins still, which have brought all this misery upon a Saviour? if you can love your sins now, do; and if you can harbour that pride and stubbornness in your hearts which would have plucked the heart out of Christs body, and his soul from his body, then do; can it be possible that men should harbour sin in them, if they did but know what it hath done to them, can you see it and not ha•e it. Oh behold that sin which hath caused God the Father to be angry with thy Saviour, and do thou hate it, and let thy soul for ever loath thy sin which hath caused Christ thus to do, to come down from heaven, and to be tortured by wicked miscreants, and to cry out My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me? and as sin hath caused God the Father to punish thy Saviour, so go thou and be revenged upon thy sin, and say, Oh my pride, and my stubbornness, and my looseness, and uncleanness, and base drunkenness; ⟨p. 237⟩these were the nails that pierced his hands a•• his feet, they pierced his sacred body, and […] the wrath of God the Father upon his soul; therefore let me be for ever revenged of this proud stubborn and rebellious heart of mine, and let me for ever loath my sin, because it brought all this sorrow upon my Saviour.

Oh Lord, it was for my pride, and my contempt of thy word, and my despising of holy duties, and for the rest of my sinnes, I should have beene forsaken, and thou wast contented to bee forsaken for me. Oh can you consider of this and love your sinnes still, which have brought all this misery upon a Saviour? if you can love your sins now, doe; and if you can harbour that pride and stubbornnesse in your hearts which would have pluckt the heart out of Christs body, and his soule from his body, then doe; can it bee possible that men should harbour sinne in them, if they did but know what it hath done to them, can you see it and not ha•e it. Oh behold that sinne which hath caused God the Father to be angry with thy Saviour, and doe thou hate it, and let thy soule for ever loath thy sinne which hath caused Christ thus to doe, to come downe from heaven, and to bee tortured by wicked miscreants, and to cry out My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me? and as sin hath caused God the Father to punish thy Saviour, so goe thou and be revenged upon thy sin, and say, Oh my pride, and my stubbornnesse, and my loosenesse, and uncleannesse, and base drunkennesse;