Sermons preached

2. It is Filth to be covered, which renders us odious in the sight of God. It is said, Prov. 13. 5. That a Sinner is loathsome: To whom? to God: certainly he is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. To good Men: the wicked is an Abomination to the Righteous, the new Nature hath an aversation to it. Lot's righteous Soul was vexed from day to day with the Conversation of the Wicked. A wicked Man hates a godly Man with an hatred of Enmity and Abomination; but a godly Man doth not hate a wicked Man with a Hatred of Enmity, that is opposite to good Will, but with ⟨p. 15⟩that of Abomination, which is opposite to Complacence. It is loathsome to an indifferent Man: for Holiness darts an Awe and Reverence into the Conscience. The Righteous is more excellent than his Neighbour, and a wicked Person is a vile Person in the common esteem of the World; horrible Profaneness will not easily down; nay it is loathsome to other wicked Men. I do not know whether I expound that Scripture rightly, but it looks somewhat so, hateful and hating one another. We hate Sin in another, though we will not take notice of it in our selves. The Sensuality and Pride and Vanity of one wicked Man is hated by another. Nay, he is loathsome to himself; why? because he cannot endure to look into himself. We cannot endure our selves when we are serious. They will not come to the Light, lest their Deeds should be reproved. And we are shy of God's Presence, we are sensible we have something makes us offensive to him, and we hang off from him when we have sinned against him. As it was David's experience, Psal. 32. 3. That was the Cause of his Silence, he kept off from God, having sinned against him, and had not a Heart to go home and sue out his Pardon. O what a Mercy is it then to have this Filth covered, that we may be freed from this bashful Inconfidence, and not be ashamed to look God in the Face, and may come with a holy Boldness into the Presence of the blessed God. O the Blessedness of the Man, whose Sin is covered!

2. It is Filth to be covered, which renders us odious in the sight of God. It is said, Prov. 13. 5. That a Sinner is loathsom: To whom? to God: certainly he is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. To good Men: the wicked is an Abomination to the Righteous, the new Nature hath an aversation to it. Lot's righteous Soul was vexed from day to day with the Conversation of the Wicked. A wicked Man hates a godly Man with an hatred of Enmity and Abomination; but a godly Man doth not hate a wicked Man with a Hatred of Enmity, that is opposite to good Will, but with