Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.

§. 167.

I. HEADS for Meditation of SINS.

Use some of the Meditations set down, p. 187. §. 114. and §. 141.

For discovery of your sins use some of those ways pre∣scribed before, §. 77. p. 155.

Then for the measuring their true guilt, some of those Considerations such as most move you set down, p. 1, 2 &c. To which add this consideration; That many (dying with∣out repentance, and out of God's Grace, in their youth, or at that age when you also were (if you are not still) impeni∣tent) now suffer, and so must, world without end, Hell torments, for much lesser sins than you have committed.

Lastly, for exercising your affections, and resolutions; Imagine with your self, what one remitted hither out of those torments (from which the merciful God preserving you, is all one, as if he had released you) had that poor wretch a new time allowed him here to make his peace, would do: And then do you so seriously, and anxiously go about your thanksgiving for God's long suffering, (equivalent to a release,) your penances, your reformation of life, I say as such a frighted Soul would do. O that thou may'st know in this thy day &c; for (then) they shall be hid &c.