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[ 1760] As to beware of all Sins, so especially of beloved Sins.

LOok upon a City besieged, how wise Governors will take care of ever Postern∣door, and so every part of the Wall, and repair the least decayes thereof; but it one Gate be more likely to be entred then another, or if any part of the Wall be weaker, or more easily to be thrown down then another, they will be sure to set the strongest Watch in that place, where the danger is most. And so it is, or should be with us in respect of our most pretious Souls, We have here a Fort to keep, which is every day assaulted by our Enemies, and we have a diseased Soul of our own, distempered with many spiritual maladies, but some of them are worse then other, and some parts of the Fort are weaker, and more in danger then others are, that is, there are some sins, as sins whereunto by constitution of body we are most inclined, such as are Dalilah, bosome, beloved-sins, by which the Devil more easily surprizeth and captivateth our Souls: And therefore as we should set diligent Watch against all sins, so we should especially bend our forces against those that do or may in a more especial manner breed our harm, and hin∣der our Salvation.

Notes

• St. Marshall Se••m. at Westm.
• Gravius est pecca••um dili∣gere quam por∣petrare. Hieron. in epist.