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These things that I have delivered, though they be comfortable to the people of God, they will be terrible things to the wicked, and will be a dreadful aggravation to sin, as Heb. 10. 29. Of how much sorer punishment do you think those worthy of, that in neglect of these things do even tread under foot the blood ⟨p. 628⟩of the Son of God, as cap. 2, 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? If the salvation that we speak of were not great salvation, it would not deserve such great punishment for the neglect of it: See how great the mercy of God is in revealing such great salvation, so great shall the punishment be of those that neglect such great salvation: We use to say to some that will be bold to venture upon such ways as others will not, They may say and do what they will, they have nothing to lose, but if a man have any thing to lose he is more wary; it is true, if we had nothing to lose, it were not so much for us to go on boldly and carelessly in our way, but know we are capable of abundance of glory, that we are in danger to lose if we go on carelessly: Consider what you are like to lose, and let that raise your heart against the ways of sin, nothing can make it up. For one to do any thing that shall prejudice the right to a Crown, this is counted a great offence, and is not past by without blood: Sin seeks to deprive us of a Crown, of Heaven, of immortality; O the mischief that is in sin! let our hearts rise against it with hatred to death: when any temptation comes, let us use this argument as a help to answer temptation, O in this temptation there is that will deprive me of all my hope of heaven, & of glory, and of my crown, and of all my good, if I take not heed; and therefore now shall I sin? will any sin do you that good as will countervail the cutting you off the hope of all this glory? will it make you amends for this evil?

These things that I have delivered, though they be comfortable to the people of God, they will be terrible things to the wicked, and will be a dreadful aggravation to sin, as Heb. 10. 29. Of how much sorer punishment do you think those worthy of, that in neglect of these things do even tread under foot the blood ⟨p. 628⟩