Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

The eighth Motive, to move you to hate sin, is, because sin is not acquainted with God, it ¹hath no familiarity with him, it is not accustomed to stand, or be in his presence; it stands in such terms with him, that the sinner dares not look upon God, or draw near him without shame and fear: no wicked man dares do thus, so long as any uncleanness cleaveth unto him in any degree. But grace breeds an holy acquaintance with God, and doth beget in the heart a kind of noble friendship and familiarity with God, which will make a holy man to abhor sin as a base thing, which beseemeth not that pureness of that friendship which he hath with Christ: hence is that speech of Ezra, in Ezra 9. ²O my God, I blush and am ashamed to lift up my face to thee, my God; for my iniquities are gone, &c. that is, because of my sin, I am ashamed to have any familiarity with thee.

The eighth Motive, to moove you to hate sinne, is, because sinne is not acquainted with God, it ¹hath no familiaritie with him, it is not accustomed to stand, or be in his presence; it stands in such termes with him, that the sinner dares not looke upon God, or draw neere him without shame and feare: no wicked man dares doe thus, so long as any uncleannesse cleaveth unto him in any degree. But grace breeds an holy acquaintance with God, and doth beget in the heart a kinde of noble friendship and familiaritie with God, which will make a holy man to abhorre sinne as a base thing, which beseemeth not that purenesse of that friendship which hee hath with Christ: hence is that speech of Ezra, in Ezra 9. ²O my God, I blush and am ashamed to lift up my face to thee, my God; for my iniquities are gone, &c. that is, because of my sinne, I am ashamed to have any familiaritie with thee.

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