But that which I will mainly press, is, Sin is only opposite to God, and cross as much as can be to that infinite goodness and […] which is in his blessed Majesty; it's not the […] […] distresses that men undergo, that the Lord distastes them for, or estrangeth himself from ⟨p. 64⟩them, he is with Joseph in the Prison, with the three Children in the […], with Lazarus when he lies among the Dogs, and gathers the […] from the rich Mans Table, yea with Joh upon the dung-hill, but he is not able to bear the presence of sin: yea, of this temper are his dearest servants, the more of. God is in them, the more opposite they are to sin where ever they find it. It was that he commended in the Church of Ephesus, That she could not bear those that were wicked, Rev. 2. 3. As when the Stomach is of a pure temper and […] strength, the least surfeit or distemper that befalls, it presently distastes and disburdens it self with speed. So David noted to be a man after Gods own heart. He professeth, 101. Psal. 3. 7. I hate the work of them that turn aside, he that worketh deceit shall not dwell in my house, he that telleth lies, shall not tarry in my sight. But when the heart becomes like the Stomach, […] weak it cannot help it self, nor be helped by Physic, desperate diseases and dissolution of the whole follows, and in reason must be expected. Hence see how God looks at the least connivance, or a faint and feeble kind of opposition against sin, as that in which he is most highly dishonoured, and he follows it with most hideous plagues, as that indulgent carriage of Ely towards the vile behaviour of his Sons for their grosser evils, 1 Sam. 2. 23. Why do you such things, It's not well my Sons that I hear such things: It is not well, and is that all? why, had they either out of ignorance not known their duty or out of some sudden surprisal of a temptation neglected it, it had not been well, but for them so purposedly to proceed on in the practice of such gross evils, and for him so faintly to reprove: The Lord looks at it as a great sin thus feebly to oppose sin, and therefore verse 29. he tells him, That he honoured his Sons above God, and therefore he professeth, Far be it from me to maintain thy house and comfort, for he that honours me I will honour, and he that despiseth me shall be lightly esteemed, ⟨p. 65⟩verse 30. Hence it is the Lord himself is called the holy one of Israel, 1. Hab. 12.
But that which I will mainly press, is, Sin is only opposite to God, and cross as much as can be to that infinite goodness and 〈…〉 which is in his blessed Majesty; it's not the 〈…〉 〈…〉 distresses that men undergo, that the Lord distasts them for, or estrangeth himself from ⟨p. 64⟩them, he is with Joseph in the Prison, with the three Children in the 〈…〉, with Lazarus when he lies among the Dogs, and gathers the 〈…〉 from the rich Mans Table, yea with Joh upon the dung-hil, but he is not able to bear the presence of sin: yea, of this temper are his dearest servants, the more of. God is in them, the more opposite they are to sin where ever they find it. It was that he commended in the Church of Ephesus, That she could not bear those that were wicked, Rev. 2. 3. As when the Stomach is of a pure temper and 〈…〉 strength, the least surfet or distemper that befals, it presently distasts and disburdens it self with speed. So David noted to be a man after Gods own heart. He professeth, 101. Psal. 3. 7. I hate the work of them that turn aside, he that worketh deceit shall not dwell in my house, he that telleth lyes, shall not tarry in my sight. But when the heart becomes like the Stomach, 〈…〉 weak it cannot help it self, nor be helped by Physick, desperate diseases and dissolution of the whol follows, and in reason must be expected. Hence see how God looks at the least connivance, or a faint and seeble kind of opposition against sin, as that in which he is most highly dishonored, and he follows it with most hideous plagues, as that indulgent carriage of Ely towards the vile behavior of his Sons for their grosser evils, 1 Sam. 2. 23. Why do you such things, It's not well my Sons that I hear such things: It is not well, and is that all? why, had they either out of ignorance not known their duty or out of some sudden surprisal of a temptation neglected it, it had not been well, but for them so purposedly to proceed on in the practice of such gross evils, and for him so faintly to reprove: The Lord looks at it as a great sin thus feebly to oppose sin, and therefore verse 29. he tells him, That he honored his Sons above God, and therefore he professeth, Far be it from me to maintain thy house and comfort, for he that honors me I wil honor, and he that despiseth me shall be lightly esteemed,
