Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's

1. By way of concession; It is a just and a sad cause of complaint to have conscience fly in thy face because of ⟨p. 45⟩sin: our sins are called our debts: we may easily run into debt, but 'tis hard to get out; we may easily fall into sin, but not so easily recover our standing. But

1. By way of concession; It is a just and a sad cause of complaint to have conscience flie in thy face because of ⟨p. 45⟩sin: our sins are called our debts: we may easily run into debt, but 'tis hard to get out; we may easily fall into sin, but not so easily recover our standing. But

2. If sin be discerned, 'tis thereby weakened. A penitential eye hath a kind of fascination. It is in sin as in treason, if a treason be discovered before it break out, the treason it self is thereby broken. That soul that is truly sensible of its danger, is past it; though God may deal by thee as David by Absalom, keep thee for a while at some humbling distance, yet thou mayest beg of God, more confidently than Absalom did of David, that thou mayest see his face, because thou art not able to bear his estrangement, and thou shall not be denied, but shalt have either comfortable fruition, or profitable support.

2. If sin be discerned, 'tis thereby weakned. A penitential eye hath a kind of fascination. It is in sin as in treason, if a treason be discovered before it break out, the treason it self is th•reby broken. That soul that is truely sensible of its danger, is past it; though God may deal by thee as David by Absolom, keep thee for a while at some humbling distance, yet thou mayest beg of God, more confidently than Absolom did of David, that thou mayest see his face, because thou art not able to bear his estrangement, and thou shall not be denyed, but shalt have either comfortable fruition, or profitable support.