Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a
reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and
high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming
or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no
less than a contempt of God. In this, more than in any thing, sin
appears exceedingly sinful, that it despises God, whom angels adore.
Those that despise God's precepts, and will not be ruled by them, his
promises, and will not accept of them, despise God himself and all his
attributes. 2. Grace and sin in their true light. By this we may know a
man that has grace, and the fear of God, reigning in him, he walks in
his uprightness, he makes conscience of his actions, is faithful both
to God and man, and every stop he makes, as well as every step he
takes, is by rule; here is one that honours God. But, on the contrary,
he that is perverse in his ways, that wilfully follows his own
appetites and passions, that is unjust and dishonest and contradicts
his profession in his conversation, however he may pretend to devotion,
he is a wicked man, and will be reckoned with as a despiser of God
himself.