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show you the greatness and hateful ness of your sin, which required such an infinite ransom; and the infinite love of God in Christ towards you, even when you were his enemy; in providing for you a sure remedy, which will free you from both the guilt and power of this sin. The thoughts hereof will (if any thing will) even melt the heart into godly sorrow for sin, and withal, give hope (in the use of means) of mercy and forgiveness.

That the former aggravations maybe more pressing, observe these directions:

1st. You must consider sin in particulars, one after another; for generals leave no impressions; therefore David cries out of his bloody sin in particular, 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. Psa. li. 14.

2d. You must judge the least sin to be damnable, James i. 15, until it be pardoned, and repented of in particular, if known unto you; at least in general, if not known.

3d. The greater any sin is, Heb. x. 29, the greater you must judge the guilt and punishment to be.

4th. Sins committed long since, unrepented of, and the punishments deserved but deferred, are to be judged to be as near, lying at the door, Gen. iv. 7, and exposing you to condemnation, as if committed at the present; so that you may look for God's hand to be upon you this present moment. They, like the blood of Abel, or sins of Sodom, cry as loud to God for vengeance now, as the first day they were committed; nay, louder, because they are aggravated by impenitency, and by the abuse of God's long-suffering, Rom. ii. 4, 5.

5th. Your humiliation must, in your endeavour, proportion your guilt of sin, Ezra ix. x. 1 - 14; Matt. xxvi. 75; the greater the guilt, the greater the humiliation.

Know, therefore, that sins against God, of the first table, all things considered, are greater than those of the second, 1 Sam. ii. 25. Matt. xxii. 37, 38.

The more grace hath been offered you by the gospel, Matt. xi. 21 - 24; and the more means you have