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Secondly, There is nothing that doth discover more the Vileness of sin, than the Gospel. O the Gospel being Preached aright, (I say) nothing in the World can discover the heinousness of sin, the Vileness, the Abominable Nature of sin, more than the Gospel. All the Terrors of the Law, and the Curses of the Law, cannot discover so much of the dreadfulness of the Evil of sin, as the Gospel: And we know that Men that love their sin, cannot endure that which doth discover the Evil of it.

Secondly, There is nothing that doth discover more the Vileness of sin, than the Gospel. O the Gospel being Preached aright, (I say) nothing in the World can discover the hainousness of sin, the Vileness, the Abominable Nature of sin, more than the Gospel. All the Terrors of the Law, and the Curses of the Law, cannot discover so much of the dreadfulness of the Evil of sin, as the Gospel: And we know that Men that love their sin, cannot endure that which doth discover the Evil of it.

But you will say, How doth the Gospel discover so much of the Evil of sin?

Certainly, You may see more of the evil of sin, by the Ministry of the Gospel, than by the dreadful Threats of the Law: For the Gospel shows that sin makes such a dreadful Breach between God and the Creature, that only the Son of God made Man, and put under a Curse, can make up the Breach again: In the Red-glass of the Blood of Jesus Christ, that is Preached to you in the Ministry of the Gospel the evil of sin, is more fully discerned, than in the bright Crystal-glass of the Law; that doth discover somewhat, but this shows you more: It shows you that those beloved sins of yours that you have Embraced, and have had a great deal of Sweetness and Gain by, O they are such Snakes and Vipers in your Bosom, as makes such a Breach between God and your Soul; that only the Son of God, paying an Infinite price for the Satisfying for these, can take away from you.