The mischief of sin it brings a person low / publishedThe mischief of sinne it brings a person low / published

2. See from hence,¹ what a mischievous thing sin is, it brings a person, and a Nation low. ^*Hos. 14.1. Thou hast fallen by thy iniquity. Sin lays men low in the Grave, and in Hell too without repentance▪ Sin is the Achan that troubles. ^†It is the Gall in our Cup, and the Gravel in our ⟨p. 44⟩Bread. ^*Sin and punishment are linked together with Adamantine Chains. Sin is the Phaeton that sets the world on fire. It is a Coal that not only blacks but burns. Sin runs men into the briars, Job 30.7. Among the bushes they brayed. Sin conjures up all the winds; ^*all the crosses which befall us, all the storms in conscience, sin raiseth them. Never let any one think to rise by sin, for the Text saith, it brings him low. Sin first tempts and then damns. 'Tis first a Fox, and then a Lyon. Sin doth to a man, as Jael to Sisera, she gave him Milk, but then she brought him low, Judg. 5.26, 27. She put her hand to the Nail, and with the Hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his Temples, at her feet he bowed, &c. Sin first brings its ⟨p. 45⟩pleasures with delight, and charms the senses, and then comes with its Nail and Hammer. Sin doth to the sinner, as Absalom to Amnon, when his heart was merry with wine, then he killed him, 2 Sam. 13.28. Sins last act is always Tragical.