Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

2. A secure sinner thinks all is well, because all is in peace. He hears others speak of a Spirit of bondage, and the terrors they have felt for sin, he thanks God he never Knew what Trouble of spirit meant; he thinks his ⟨p. 28⟩Conscience is Good, because it is quiet. When the Devil keeps the Palace all is in peace, Luke 11.21. The Philosopher saith, one Great sign of an Earthquake is excessive Calmness of the Air: ungrounded peace doth presage an Earthquake in the conscience.

3. A secure sinner is careless about the main Chance.¹ The Soul is the princely part, which is crowned with reason; it is a glass of the▪ Trinity, as Plato calls it. A secure sinner provides for his Body, but neglects his Soul; like one that waters his Flowers, but never minds his Jewels. Behold here a secure person, who is in a spiritual Lethargy; he hath no sense of the life to come, he is destitute of the fear of God.

3. A secure sinner is careless about the main Chance.¹ The Soul is the princely part, which is crowned with reason; it is a glass of the▪ Trinity, as Plato calls it. A secure sinner provides for his Body, but neglects his Soul; like one that waters his Flowers, but never minds his Jewels. Behold here a secure person, who is in a spiritual Lethargy; he hath no sence of the life to come, he is destitute of the fear of God.

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