And since the work is so weighty, and makes thee to go groaning on,
I will for thy help give thee here a few things to consider of: And,
1. Remember that God sees thee, and has his eyes open upon thee,
even then when sin and temptation are flying at thee to give them
some entertainment. This was the thought that made Joseph depart
from sin, when solicited to embrace it by a very powerful argument.
Genesis 39:6, 7.
2. Remember that God's wrath burns against it, and that he will
surely be revenged on it, and on all that give it entertainment.
This made Job afraid to countenance it, and put him upon departing
from it: "For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason
of his highness I could not endure." Job 31: 23.
3. Remember the mischiefs that it has done to those that have
embraced it, and what distress it has brought upon others. This made
the whole congregation of Israel tremble to think that any of their
brethren should give countenance to it. Joshua 22: 16-18.
4. Remember what Christ hath suffered by it, that he might deliver
us from the power of it. This made Paul so heartily depart from it,
and wish all Christians to do so as well as he. 2 Cor. 5: 14.
5. Remember that those that are now in hell-fire went thither for
that they loved iniquity, and would not depart from it.
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