The Life of God in the Soul of Man by Henry Scougal

Let us suppose that we are utterly destitute of any
supernatural principle, and want that taste by which we
should discern and abhor perverse things; yet sure we
are capable of some considerations which may be of
force to persuade us to this reformation of our lives. If
the inward deformity and heinous nature of sin cannot
affect us, at least we may be frightened by those dreadful
consequences that attend it: that same selfish principle
which pushes us forward unto the pursuit of sinful
pleasures, will make us loath to buy them at the rate of
everlasting misery. Thus we may encounter self-love
with its own weapons, and employ one natural
inclination for repressing the exorbitances of another.
Let us therefore accustom ourselves to consider
seriously, what a fearful thing it must needs be to
irritate and offend that infinite Being on whom we hang
and depend every moment, who needs but to withdraw
his mercies to make us miserable, or his assistance to
make us nothing. Let us frequently remember the
shortness and uncertainty of our lives, and how that,
after we have taken a few more turns in the world, and
conversed a little longer amongst men, we must all go
down unto the dark and silent grave, and carry nothing
along with us but anguish and regret for all our sinful
enjoyments; and then think what horror must needs
seize the guilty soul, to find itself naked and all alone
before the severe and impartial Judge of the world, to
render an exact account, not only of its more important
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