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Sixthly, Observe, That, There is nothing more called for from a people, who have been given to folly, and have had Peace spoken to them, then to take heed that they turn not again to folly, To take heed that they fall not into the same sins that they seemed to have abandoned and turned away from: that it be not with them, According to the true Proverb, The Dog is returned to his vomit, and the Sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire, as it is, 2 Pet. 2.22. Under which similitude, the Apostle powerfully dissuades Professors of Religion from turning again to sin, by showing the loathsomeness of it: It being as abominable, as a mans licking up again that which he hath vomited. This then is the duty that the Lord calls for: First That you should abstain from the sins that you have been given to, such as tippling, drinking drunk, Swearing, Sabbath breaking, neglect of Prayer and the like, and do so no more: not only not to relapse into the same sins, but that ye abstain from every other sin: It is not enough that a man break off from one sin, and take up with another: It is not sufficient, ⟨p. 164⟩though a man will not be drunk in his neighbours house, if in the mean time in his own house he tipple, play the good fellow (as ye call it) and misspend his time. Secondly, Ye would Consider, what engagements and resolutions ye have come under, and that ye fall not back from them: In a word it is, not to be as ye were wont to be: and that ye be found in no known sin, nor defective in any known duty.

Sixthly, Observe, That, There is nothing more called for from a people, who have been given to follie, and have had Peace spoken to them, then to take heed that they turn not again to folly, To take heed that they fall not into the same sins that they seemed to have abandoned and turned away from: that it be not with them, According to the true Proverb, The Dog is returned to his vomit, and the Sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire, as it is, 2 Pet. 2.22. Under which similitude, the Apostle powerfully disswades Professors of Religion from turning again to sin, by shewing the loathsomness of it: It being as abominable, as a mans licking up again that which he hath vomited. This then is the duty that the Lord calls for: First That you should abstain from the sins that you have been given to, such as tippling, drinking drunk, Swearing, Sabbath breaking, neglect of Prayer and the like, and do so no more: not only not to relapse into the same sins, but that ye abstain from every other sin: It is not enough that a man break off from one sin, and take up with another: It is not sufficient,