Vasanos alåethinåe, the true touchstone which shews both grace and nature, or, A discourse concerning self examination, by which both saints and sinners may come to know themselves whereunto are added sundry meditations relating to the Lords Supper / by Nathanael Vincent ...

MEDITATION. XII.

I am in my self a lost Creature. My sins, my sins have ruin'd me, the sins which I have lov'd and pleaded for, and taken so much pleasure in have done me the great∣est harm. Wo, wo is me, that I have sinned. I have broken the best Law, and rebelled against the best Lord. I have sided with the Enemies of my Salvation to destroy my self. 'Tis an endless task to number the Stars in the Firmament, or the Sand upon the Sea shore or the days of Eternity; and I may as well do all this, as number my ini∣quities, Innumerable Evils have compassed me about, my iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to look up, they are more then the hairs of my Head, therefore my heart faileth me. And if the wages of the least sin be Death and Hell, what large wages, and what a low place in Hell have I deserved? Gods anger is just, his power is terrible, his patience is wonderful, his mercy is utter∣ly undeserved; I should be all despair,

were it not for the Grace of God, and the Blood of God, but these are sufficient grounds of hope and Everlasting Conso∣lation.