Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.

5. Because this sin continually besets us, 'tis the sin as I told you, that lies down with you, that riseth up with you, that keeps at home with you, that goes abroad with you; as the Covetous man is Cove∣tous at all times and in all places, even when he is at Church, then his heart is set on his Covetousness, a Drunkard is so at all times, thinking of it at Church, and continuing it a bed. Now if it be so, we had need be the more careful of it: A man that is subject upon the taking of any little cold to get an ague, had need always to keep himself very warm: In dangerous times when men lye at the catch for any word, a man had need consider well be∣fore he speak: O Brethren, sin is the great∣est

trapanner in all the World, it lies at the catch continually to deceive our Souls, oh we had need be careful and watchful over our Souls, a man may be undone by sin before he is aware of it; and therefore the Apostle upon this account gives us a special charge against this sin and calls it 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 the sin which doth so easily beset us, 12. Heb. 1.