The crown & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…The crovvn & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…

Fourthly, A holy heart knows, that the indulging of §4of the least sin is ground sufficient for any man to question his integrity and ingenuity towards God; he hath ⟨p. 118⟩much reason to suspect himself, and to be suspected by others, who dares break with God, and with his own conscience for a trifle; he that will transgress for a morsel of bread,¹ will be ready enough to sell his soul for a groat. He that will pervert Justice for a few pieces of silver, what will he not do for a hatful of gold? he that will sell the poor for a pair of Shoos,² will destroy the poor for a brace of Angels. He that will sell souls dog-cheap, that will slay the souls that should not die,³ and save the souls alive that should not live, for handfuls of barley, and pieces of bread, will make no bones of making merchandise of souls for silver and gold:⁴ He that will sell his Saviour once for thirty pieces of silver, will sell him as often as you please for a greater sum. He that makes no conscience of betraying Christ into the hands of sinners for thirty shillings,⁵ will make no conscience of betraying his own soul into the hands of the devil at the price of a halter. He that dares lye to save a little of his estate, what will not he do to save his life.⁶ These things a holy heart well understands, and the serious remembrance of them stirs up in him a holy indignation against the least transgression. But,

Fourthly, A holy heart knows, that the indulging of §4of the least sin is ground sufficient for any man to question his integrity and ingenuity towards God; he hath