God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances

Use 4.

Vse 4.

Is this the design of God in delivering? then wisely make use of this as an Argument to invalidate all future temptations to sin. When sinful occasions offer themselves unto you, damp the hurtful influence of them by objecting to thy self the unreasonableness of sinning, after such mercies conferred upon thee. Thus Joseph did invalidate the eager assaults of his wicked Mistress, Gen. 39.9. How can ⟨p. 114⟩I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? He did not rashly admit the temptation, but consulted Conscience, and repelled it with this weighty Argument: How can I sin against a God that hath of late been so favourable to me, hath delivered me from death, and advanced me to honour? Oh I cannot slight so much kindness, to please a sinful humour: I will never do it. When then thou meetest with allurements to sin, take to thy self this corroborating dissuasive from it, and courageously oppose all unworthy motions to Rebellion by pondering on it.

Is this the designe of God in delivering? then wisely make use of this as an Argument to invalidate all future temptations to sin. When sinful occasions offer themselves unto you, damp the hurtful influence of them by objecting to thy self the unreasonableness of sinning, after such mercies confer'd upon thee. Thus Ioseph did invalidate the eager assaults of his wicked Mistriss, Gen. 39.9. How can ⟨p. 114⟩I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? He did not rashly admit the temptation, but consulted Conscience, and repel'd it with this weighty Argument: How can I sin against a God that hath of late been so favourable to me, hath delivered me from death, and advanced me to honour? Oh I cannot slight so much kindness, to please a sinful humour: I will never do it. When then thou meetest with allurements to sin, take to thy self this corroborating disswasive from it, and couragiously oppose all unworthy motions to Rebellion by pondering on it.