a HOLY LIFE. 103 



Rtibet Auditor cut frigida mens ejt 



Crimmibm, tacitdfudantfracordia culf4. 



. He whofe Spirits feel 



Cold guilt, bis Crimes laid open, 



Blujhmg hears 

 His confcious Intrails /we at. 



Nay, fometimes they are in fuch diftrefs, 

 as to be a burthen to themfelves, as holy 

 Job * fpeaks, and weary of their very Be*- 

 ings, fo as to chufe Strangling rather than 

 Life ; or elfe to be their own delators, and 

 publifli their guilt. God hath implanted in 

 our Natures (as I noted before) an averfa- 

 tion from, and diflike of Sin : The Reafon 

 of Man cannot be reconciled to it, but rnuft 

 needs difapprove and condemn it. We 

 know (as the Apoflle fpeaks, Rom. 7.) that 

 the Law and Commandment of God is 

 holy, and jufl, and good ; and therefore he 

 that lives in Sin, is a felf-condemned Per- 

 fon, and can have no inward Peace, You 

 will objeft, Confuetudo feccandi tollit fen- 

 fum feccati : The Cuftom of Sinning takes 

 away the fenfe of Sin : And forne Men have 

 their Confciences cauterized, being pail 

 feeling, and go on fecurely in their vicious 



* Job "}'. 10. 



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