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humbling sense of the odious nature of sin; not searching out my offences, but hiding and extenuating them, Rom. ii. 3, 4. Not abasing myself for my sins (so many and aggravated) against all the love of the Father, the grace of the Son, and the strivings of the Holy Spirit, 2 Cor. vi. 2. No resolved and vigilant forsaking of sin, and bringing forth fruits meet for repentance, Matt. iii. 8.

Despair of God's mercy in Christ Jesus, saying, There is no hope, Jer. ii. 25.

Presumption, and turning the grace of God into lasciviousness, Jude 4; continuing in sin, that grace may abound, Rom. vi. 1, 2.

Making light of Christ, not esteeming him as the pearl of great price, and being willing to part with all to obtain it, Matt. xiii. 45, 46.

Slighting the benefits of redemption, Luke xiv. 16 - 20; such as peace with God through the blood of Christ; the gift of the Holy Spirit, as sanctifier; meetness for, and a title to the kingdom of heaven; and communion with God in the way to it.

Undervaluing the means of salvation; the holy Scriptures, secret prayer, public worship, the sacraments, &c. and not being spiritual in, if attendant upon them, John iv. 23. Heb. x. 25.

Great coldness and indifference about the honour of the sacred name into which I was baptized; and all the peculiar doctrines of the gospel, Phil. iii. 3.

No joyful progress in the works of faith and labours of love, to the full assurance of hope, even where faith is unfeigned, Phil. iii. 12 - 15.

Inconstancy and fickleness in the service of God, with the natural consequences thereof, despondency, diffidence, and the spirit of bondage again to fear, Gal. v. 7. Rom. viii. 15.

Slavish fear and cowardice, 2 Tim. i. 7.

Declensions in the love of Christ and the fruits of holiness; and growing conformity to the world, luxury, gaiety, pastimes, &c. with increasing inattention to the soul's immortality, the approach of death and eternity, the coming of the Lord, the resurrection and