The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

USE 1. For INFORMATION, in two Particulars.

1. Learn hence the great folly of those who make no great matter of sinning against God. The generality of mankind have low and slighty thoughts of sin, and therein discover themselves to be egregious fools: nor are the Children of God free from the remainder of this folly; but we have a clear evidence of the madness of it, in that hereby they lay themselves open to the anger of God, and provoke him to lay his hand heavy upon them, and this is the very consequent upon such an esteem of Sin; it is a weighty question the Psalmist propounds, Psal. 90. 11. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Surely there are very few that believe it, they would else alter their principles and practices; The burnt Child will dread the fire, but Sinners have not felt the scaldings of Gods anger, the weight of his hand; and so they despise, otherwise they would think it a more dangerous thing to sin than they do. Sinners! did you but know what some have felt, you would ⟨p. 184⟩feel to the truth of that, Psal. 76. 7. Who can stand when once thou art angry? Well look to it, if you do not know, you shall know, and you are in the ready way to bring it upon your selves. When once you come to feel how heavy h• hand is, you will wish you had believed it, and •ought to avoid it.

1. Learn hence the great folly of those who make no great matter of sinning against God. The generality of mankind have low and slighty thoughts of sin, and therein discover themselves to be egregious fools: nor are the Children of God free from the remainder of this folly; but we have a clear evidence of the madness of it, in that hereby they lay themselves open to the anger of God, and provoke him to lay his hand heavy upon them, and this is the very consequent upon such an esteem of Sin; it is a weighty question the Psalmist propounds,