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Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles
Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwrecked on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]Compassions called for. An essay of profitable reflections on miserable spectacles. : To which is added, A faithful relation of some late, but strange occurrences that call for an awful and useful consideration. Especially distresses and deliverances, of a company lately shipwreck'd on a desolate rock, on the coast of New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green, 1711
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But then, I must add, That Abhorrence is another affection, which belongs to the Spectacle. Our Affection must be an Aversion, for the Sins that we see in other People. When others make void the Law of our God, Therefore, Therefore, Let us Love it above Gold, yea, above fine Gold; and Hate every False way. When we see Ill Things, Vile Things, done by other men, it should so Affect us, as to make us Avoid those Things, and be able to say with him; Neh. V. 15. But so did not I, because of the Fear of GOD. I have known some, who have Lived with Parents or Masters, which took very Bad Courses. The fight of the Sin in those whom they Lived withal, it looked so Odious to them, it has made them abhor those Bad Courses. Children, You make an Excellent Improvement of what you see.
But then, I must add, That Abhorrence is another affection, which belongs to the Spectacle. Our Affection must be an Aversion, for the Sins that we see in other People. When others make void the Law of our God, Therefore, Therefore, Let us Love it above Gold, yea, above fine Gold; and Hate every False way. When we see Ill Things, Vile Things, done by other men, it should so Affect us, as to make us Avoid those Things, and be able to say with him; Neh. V. 15. But so did not I, because of the Fear of GOD. I have known some, who have Lived with Parents or Masters, which took very Bad Courses. The fight of the Sin in those whom they Lived withal, it look'd so Odious to them, it has made them abhor those Bad Courses. Children, You make an Excellent Improvement of what you see.
This is not all. The sight of the sin in Others, must affect us with a Fear of our Selves. Be afraid, be afraid at what you see. Think, If the Sovereign GOD should leave me to my self, I should soon do as Bad, as the worst in the World. We see no sin any where, but we have in our own Heart, the Seed of that very Sin. Christian, Thou dost not Know thy own Heart, if thou dost not Fear thy own Heart. It is wholesome Advice;