An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Hence let us learn what to do when any temptation ¹comes to any sin: What, is it thus with God? doth God say when we are in danger of being destroyed, how shall I do this? Then when any temptation comes to us to sin against God, Oh let us say, How shall I do this, and sin against God? As Joseph (you know) it was his reasoning, when he had as fit an opportunity to fin as almost a man could have had, with his Mistress, yet presently comes there this reasoning in his heart, How shall I do this, and fin against God? Oh! there is reason it should be so with us, when God hath fit opportunities to destroy us, there comes the reasoning of Gods mercy into his heart; so when we have our temptations to sin, there should come these reasonings into our hearts, Oh! how shall I do this, and sin against the Lord our God? Let us present all these reasonings to our souls. Men will gather reasonings for their sin: and so we should gather all the reasons that possibly we can against our sins. It were well my brethren, if men after they have sinned would say, Oh, what have I done? But it's better if men before they have sinned would say, How shall I do it? Oh! certainly our mind: are very barren that we have not upon every occasion when a temptation comes, reasonings to move us against it; Indeed after a sin is committed, men then can think of this reasoning, and the other reasoning, Oh! if God should thus deal with us, First deliver us up and and destroy us, and then God should think of this and ²that what might have been to have preserved us, it would have been ill for us; therefore God, just when the danger ⟨p. 150⟩comes for our ruin, then he thinks of all that might keep off ruin from us: And so when the temptation to a sin comes then should we think of all things that might keep us from this sin. How shall I give thee up Ephraim, &c.

Hence let us learn what to do when any temptation ¹comes to any sin: What, is it thus with God? doth God say when we are in danger of being destroyed, how shall I do this? Then when any temptation comes to us to sin against God, Oh let us say, How shall I do this, and sin against God? As Joseph (you know) it was his reasoning, when he had as fit an opportunity to fin as almost a man could have had, with his Mistris, yet presently comes there this reasoning in his heart, How shal I do this, and fin against God? Oh! there is reason it should be so with us, when God hath fit opportunities to destroy us, there comes the reasoning of Gods mercy into his heart; so when we have our temptations to sin, there should com these reasonings into our hearts, Oh! how shall I do this, and sin against the Lord our God? Let us present al these reasonings to our souls. Men wil gather reasonings for their sin: and so we should gather al the reasons that possibly we can against our sins. It were well my brethren, if men after they have sinned would say, Oh, what have I done? But it's better if men before they have sinned would say, How shall I do it? Oh! certainly our mind: are very barren that we have not upon every occasion when a temptation comes, reasonings to move us against it; Indeed after a sin is committed, men then can think of this reasoning, and the other reasoning, Oh! if God should thus deal with us, First deliver us up and and destroy us, and then God should think of this and