The application of redemption

Thus he proceeds against his own sin, but there this §2hatred […] not; but he labours also the removal of sin in whomsoever he finds it, wheresoever he is, and with whomsoever he converseth: If there be any corruption stirring, his enemies appearing, his hatred stirs presently, his heart riseth against it, attacheth the Traitor; if any be under pressures, he pities them tenderly; if in distress of Spirit, he comforts in much compassion, and fortifies against the common enemy: If he sees any go out of the way, led aside with their own distempers, Satan's delusion, he cannot keep off from counselling, reproving, persuading. The Servant that could side it with fellow Servants in stubborn, idle, and […] […], […] with […], and consent with them, suit with them, give them counsel, keep their counsel, before, they were brethren in iniquity; but when his heart ⟨p. 689⟩comes to be pierced, and the soul transported with hatred, you shall […] the wind in another door; if he see them lazy and idle, he will quicken them; if stubborn and perverse, he will seasonably advise and pursue them with reproofs, and if his […] cannot take place, he will make his complaints to the Governor for redress, he cannot endure to see sin thrive, and the Traitor live. But if the Lord put any Authority into his hand, he will express it to the utmost of all his power, and that with the utmost indignation that the nature of the thing will bear. As good Josiah, 2 Chron. 34. 4, 5, 6. He commanded to break down the Altars, cut down the Groves, carved and molten Images, made dust of them, and burnt the bones of the Priests upon the Altar in the detestation of their Sacrifices; nay, he took away all the abominations of all the Countries that appertained to Israel, and made all that were present to serve the Lord: This Indignation expresseth it self against sin, and all that appertains to it, and have been Instruments to the commission of it. As an Adulterous woman in […] of conscience, tore the hair that she had crisped, and disfigured the face that she had painted, and prided her self, Joathed to look upon the tyres and garments which she had worn to make her beauty a bait and a […] to others. So Mary Magdalen, &c.

Thus he proceeds against his own sin, but there this §2