Reas. 1. The first ground of the point, why carnal men do so, is namely, they cannot endure to have their sins removed, the refore of necessity, the blessed Word must be resisted, every sinner loveth his sin, therefore ye shall observe when a man speaketh against drunkenness & pride, &c. he saith, he met with me, he speaks against my sins, why he spoke against sin, against drunkenness, Sabbath breaking, &c. Nay, he speaks against my person; sin is as near as the soul, will not any man strive for his life? I beseech you observe it; his sin is his life, ⟨p. 40⟩therefore when the Word of the Lord would plucke• the cup from the drunkard, the Whore from the adulterer, he plucks his life; every thing seeks to preserve his life, and will not sin do so too, to contend for hi• life, so sin seeks to preserve it's life; If that the Ministers prevail, you and […] must part, therefore do all you can to stop it, the reason is, because a mans sin, is• mans soul. Here is the very ground, as it was in tha• remarkable passage of H• rod, touching his brother wife, he reformed many things, but when John said▪ It is not lawful for thee […] have her, when he must either kill or be killed; Herodias ⟨p. 41⟩must down, or John: he loses his Harlot, therefore he would part with all. If the Minister meet with a man, though he never knew him, the Word meets with him, his heart then rises, and either he must be gone, or the Minister gone. Why Brethren, what do you do? it is your sin we oppose, a day will come, when ye shall be content to part with them, oh the time will come when ye shall be content to be rid of your money, the drunkard would fain be rid of his cups, and the adulterer of his Harlot; No, then these will go down to hell with you, you cannot abide them that would kill that which would kill you: the ⟨p. 42⟩faithful Ministers of God would kill your sins, that to a corrupt heart is his life.
Reas. 1. The first ground of the point, why carnall men doe so, is namely, they cannot endure to have their sinnes removed, the refore of necessity, the blessed Word must be resisted, every sinner loveth his sinne, therefore ye shall observe when a man speaketh against drunkennes & pride, &c. he saith, he met with me, he speaks against my sinnes, why he spoke against sin, against drunkennesse, Sabboth breaking, &c. Nay, he speakes against my person; sinne is as neere as the soule, will not any man strive for his life? I beseech you observe it; his sinne is his life, ⟨p. 40⟩therefore when the Word of the Lord would plucke• the cup from the drunkard, the Whore from the adulterer, he plucks his life; every thing seekes to preserve his life, and will not sin doe so too, to contend for hi• life, so sinne seeks to preserve it's life; If that the Ministers prevaile, you and 〈…〉 must part, therefore doe all you can to stop it, the reason is, because a mans sinne, is• mans soule. Here is the very ground, as it was in tha• remarkeable passage of H• rod, touching his brother wife, hee reformed many things, but when Iohn said▪ It is not lawfull for thee 〈…〉 have her, when he must either kill or be killed; Heredias ⟨p. 41⟩must downe, or Iohn: he loses his Harlot, therefore he would part with all. If the Minister meet with a man, though he never knew him, the Word meets with him, his heart then rises, and either he must be gone, or the Minister gone. Why Brethren, what doe you doe? it is your sinne we oppose, a day will come, when yee shall be content to part with them, oh the time will come when yee shall be content to be rid of your money, the drunkard would faine be rid of his cups, and the adulterer of his Harlot; No, then these will goe downe to hell with you, you cannot abide them that would kill that which would kill you: the ⟨p. 42⟩faithfull Ministers of God would kill your sinnes, that to a corrupt heart is his life.
