Sermons on the following subjects ... . fliould be confidered,as what they are, the fuggeflions of a de-ceitful and deflrudive fpirit, that infidioufiywaits every opportunity to feduce and ruinUS; and becaule he durft not appear in hisproper perfon, for that would be caution,andguard enough againft the influence of histemptation, he deceives us by ourfelves,calls in our pafiions to his aid, and his great artis, to make them fubfervient to his dQ{^gnof dedroying us. But we may eafily di(~cern his agency, if we will confider. For there io8 Confequmces of the lEnmity^ &c. Serm. 5. there can be no
Sermons on the following subjects ... . fliould be confidered,as what they are, the fuggeflions of a de-ceitful and deflrudive fpirit, that infidioufiywaits every opportunity to feduce and ruinUS; and becaule he durft not appear in hisproper perfon, for that would be caution,andguard enough againft the influence of histemptation, he deceives us by ourfelves,calls in our pafiions to his aid, and his great artis, to make them fubfervient to his dQ{^gnof dedroying us. But we may eafily di(~cern his agency, if we will confider. For there io8 Confequmces of the lEnmity^ &c. Serm. 5. there can be no ftrunger proof whence thetemptation comes, than its being a temptationto violate any one of the commands of watchful therefore that you never admitthem. Guard your minds againfl them by theprinciples and habits of religion. Strengthenyour refolutions of never complying with them,by fcrious and fervent prayer to God, andwhatever temptations you may be expofed to,he will find a way for your ejcapey and enableyou to bear SERMON [ 109 ] SERMON Vr. The Entrance and Prevalence of Sinand Death over Mankind. Romans v. 12. Wherefore, as by one man Jin entered into theworldy and death by fm; and fa death pajfedupon all men, for that all have fmtied, I Have confidered the nature of the tranf-grejjion of our firfl parents, and the threat-ening annexed to it, which was the punifli-ment of death. Thefe words, which I havenow read, give us an account of the pro^grefs of thefe two formidable evils, and theirpropagation from the iirft man amongft allhis defcendants. As by one man fin entered intothe world, and death by fin, fo death hath pajfedupon all men, for that all have finned. Both finand death came from one root, and are con-veyed by it to all the branches that have beenever produced from it. The fame man thatintroduced death amongft mankind, intro-duced no The Entrance and Prevalence Sernri. ^^ diiced fin, of which death is the wages j thefentence of death included his wh
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