B01830:13
A caution to stir up to watch against sin. By J. Bunyan
A caution to stir up to watch against sin. By J. Bunyan.
London: printed for N. Ponder, 1684
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
VIII. SIN once possessed of the heart, will play The Tyrant, force its Vassal to obey: 'Twill make thee thine own happiness oppose, And offer open Violence to those That love thee best; yea make thee to defy The Law and Counsel of the Deity. Beware then, keep this Tyrant out of Door, Lest thou be his, and so thy own no more.
IX. SIN, harden can the heart against its God, Make it abuse his Grace, despise his Rod, 'Twill make one run upon the very pikes, Judgments foreseen bring such to no dislikes Of sinful hazards; no, they venture shall For one base Lust, their Soul, and Heaven and all. Take heed then, hold it, crush it at the Door, It comes to rob thee and to make thee Poor.
IX. SIN, harden can the heart against its God, Make it abuse his Grace, despise his Rod, 'Twill make one run upon the very pikes, Iudgments foreseen bring such to no dislikes Of sinful hazards; no, they venture shall For one base Lust, their Soul, and Heav'n and all. Take heed then, hold it, crush it at the Door, It comes to rob thee and to make thee Poor.
X. SIN is a Prison, hath its bolts and chains, Brings into Bondage who it entertains; Hangs shackles on them, bends them to its will, Holds them, as Samson grinded at the Mill. 'Twill blind them, make them deaf; yea, 'twill them Gag, And ride them as the Devil rides his Hagg. Wherefore look to it, keep it out of Door, If once its slave, thou mayest be free no more.
X. SIN is a Prison, hath its bolts and chains, Brings into Bondage who it entertains; Hangs shackles on them, bends them to its will, Holds them, as Samson grinded at the Mill. 'Twill blind them, make them deaf; yea, 'twill them Gagg, And ride them as the Devil rides his Hagg. Wherefore look to it, keep it out of Door, If once its slave, thou may'st be free no more.