Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…

3. ¹Get a deep ro•ted hatred in thy heart to sin. He that hateth sin truly will not indulge himself in committing sin secretly: For true hatred of sin will set the soul with strongest opposition against ⟨p. 233⟩it, at all times, and all places: Hatred to sin as sin, will be to all sin, whether open or secret. He that hates a Toad, will hate it in his Chamber or Closet, as well as in the Field; yea, the nearer it is to him (if in his Bed) his hatred is raised so much the more: and, the nearer sin is to your heart, the more you should hate it. He that can sin secretly, when he will not openly, it is not because he hates the sin, but because he hates the disgrace, which that sin would expose him to before Men.

3. ¹Get a deep ro•ted hatred in thy heart to sin. He that hateth sin truly will not indulge himself in committing sin secretly: For true hatred of sin will set the soul with strongest opposition against ⟨p. 233⟩it, at all times, and all places: Hatred to sin as sin, will be to all sin, whether open or secret. He that hates a Toade, will hate it in his Chamber or Closet, as well as in the Field; yea, the nearer it is to him (if in his Bed) his hatred is raised so much the more: and, the nearer sin is to your heart, the more you should hate it. He that can sin secretly, when he will not openly, it is not because he hates the sin, but because he hates the disgrace, which that sin would expose him to before Men.

1. 1Deep hatred.