An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

And (which aggravates the point to the highest) Not only is a man repenting abominable to himself, but even a wicked man upon a clear discovery of himself to himself becomes an abomination to himself, though he be far from repentance. That's the reason why a wicked man cannot abide to search his own heart, or return into his own bosom. (Isa. 46.8.) Remember this, show your selves men, bring it again to mind; The Hebrew is, Bring it to your hearts: They who love their sin, love not to look to their sinful hearts: they dare not turn their eye inward or upward, not upward, because ⟨p. 68⟩there is so much holiness in God; not inward because there is so much filthiness in themselves. Hence the Lord threatens (Na. 3.5, 6.) because they would not look on their own filthiness, that he would show their filthiness to all the World, He would show the Nations their nakedness, and the Kingdoms their shame: And howsoever a natural man hides his abomination from his eye now, or will not see it, yet all shall be laid open to him in the day of judgement, which will be as a day of the revelation of the righteous judgement of God: So a day of the revelation of the unrighteousness of man: And then he shall (though too late) abhor himself for ever. There hath been a dispute whether the sins of Believers shall be opened at that day, but there is no question but the sins of Unbelievers shall, and that not only to shame them, but to punish and torment them; yea possibly, the sight of sin will be a greater torment to them then all their other torments, and to be led about (as the Prophet was in reference to others) from one unclean room of their hearts to another, there to behold all the abominations of their hearts, will be the very pit of Hell, O how abominable, and as it follows in the Text.

And (which aggravates the point to the highest) Not onely is a man repenting abominable to himselfe, but even a wicked man upon a cleare discovery of himselfe to himselfe becomes an abomination to himselfe, though he be farre from repentance. Thats the reason why a wicked man cannot abide to search his owne heart, or returne into his owne bosome. (Isa. 46.8.) Remember this, shew your selves men, bring it againe to minde; The Hebrew is, Bring it to your hearts: They who love their sin, love not to looke to their sinfull hearts: they dare not turne their eye inward or upward, not upward, because