[5.] What is implied in the bad being cast away. [6.] And lastly, the consequence of this is declared: “There shall be wailing.” From the words that have been read, several observations may be raised. The conversion of sinners may fitly be compared to the taking fish in a net. And that, on the following account: First. Men in their natural state are like fish at liberty in their element, wild and ungoverned. Natural men in their sins, and in the enjoyment and pursuit of their lusts,
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