You that know not your sins, that you may see them Convictingly, 1get you home to the Law, and look into the glass thereof, and then bundle up all your sins thus: So many sins against God himself in the first Commandment, against his Worship in the second, against his Name in the third, against his Sabbath in the fourth: Nay, all our Thoughts, Words and Actions, all of them have been sins, able to sink our souls to the bottom of ⟨p. 21⟩Hell. And secondly, that you may see them clearly, consider of their effect, both in their Doom, and in the Execution: Only to instance in their Doom; Me thinks I see the Lord of heaven and earth, and the Attributes of God appearing before him, The Mercy of God, the Goodness of God, and the Wisdom of God, the Power of God, the Patience and Long-suffering of God, and they come all to a sinner, an hypocrite, or to a carnal professor, and say, Mercy hath relieved you, Goodness hath succoured you, Wisdom hath instructed you, Power hath defended you, Patience hath born with you, Long-suffering hath endured you; now all these comfortable Attributes will bid you adieu, and say, Farewell damned souls, you must go hence to Hell, to have your fellowship with damned ghosts: Mercy shall never more relieve you, Goodness shall never more succour you, Wisdom shall no more instruct you, Power shall never more defend you, Patience shall never more bear with you, Long-suffering shall never more endure you: and then shall you to endless, easeless and remediless torments, where you will ever remember your sins, and say, My Covetousness and Pride was the cause of this, I may thank my sins for this. Think of these things (I beseech you) seriously, and see your sins here, to prevent this sight hereafter.
You that know not your sins, that you may see them Convictingly, 1get you home to the Law, and look into the glass thereof, and then bundle up all your sins thus: So many sins against God himself in the first Commandment, against his Worship in the second, against his Name in the third, against his Sabbath in the fourth: Nay, all our Thoughts, Words and Actions, all of them have been sins, able to sink our souls to the bottom of ⟨p. 21⟩Hell. And secondly, that you may see them clearly, consider of their effect, both in their Doom, and in the Execution: Onely to instance in their Doom; Me thinks I see the Lord of heaven and earth, and the Attributes of God appearing before him, The Mercy of God, the Goodness of God, and the Wisdom of God, the Power of God, the Patience and Long-suffering of God, and they come all to a sinner, an hypocrite, or to a carnal professor, and say, Mercy hath relieved you, Goodness hath succored you, Wisdom hath instructed you, Power hath defended you, Patience hath born with you, Long-suffering hath indured you; now all these comfortable Attributes will bid you adieu, and say, Farewel damned souls, you must go hence to Hell, to have your fellowship with damned ghosts: Mercy shall never more relieve you, Goodness shall never more succor you, Wisdom shall no more instruct you, Power shall never more defend you, Patience shall never more bear with you, Long-suffering shall never more indure you: and then shall you to endless, easeless and remediless torments, where you will ever remember your sins, and say, My Covetousness and Pride was the cause of this, I may thank my sins for this. Think of these things (I beseech you) seriously, and see your sins here, to prevent this sight hereafter.
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