A caution to stir up to watch against sin. By J. Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1684 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B01830 Wing B5491 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[1] 99885164 ocm99885164 182487 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Sin -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-10 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A CAUTION TO STIR UP To watch against SIN . By J. Bunyan , The first Eight Lines one did commend to me , The rest I thought good to commend to thee : Reader , in reading be thou rul'd by me , With Rhimes nor Lines , but Truths , affected be . I. SIN will at first , just like a Beggar , crave One Penny or one Half-peny to have ; And if you grant its first suit , 't will aspire , From Pence to Pounds , and so will still mount higher , To the whole Soul : but if it makes its m● , Then say , here is not for you , get you gone . For if you give it entrance at the Door , It will come in , and may go out no more . II. SIN , rather than 't will out of action be , Will pray to stay , though but a while with thee ; One Night , one Hour , one Moment , will it cry , Imbrace me in thy Bosome else I dy : Time to Repent ( saith it ) I will allow , And help , if to Repent thou know'st not how . But if you give it entrance at the Door , It will come in , and may go out no more . III. If Begging doth not do , SIN promise will Rewards to those that shall its Lusts fulfill : Penny in hand , ye Pounds 't will offer thee , If at its beck and motion thou wilt be . 'T will seem Heav'n to out-bid , and all to gain Thy Love , and win thee it to entertain . But give it not admittance at thy Door , Lest it comes in , and so goes out no more . IV. If Begging and promising will not do , 'T will by its wiles attempt to flatter you . I 'm harmless , mean no ill , be not so shy , Will ev'ry Soul-destroying motion cry . 'T will hide its sting , 't will change its Native hue , Vile 't will not , but a Beauty seem to you . But if you give it entrance at the Door , Its sting will in , and may come out no more . V. Rather than fail , SIN will it self divide , Bid thee do this , and lay the rest aside . Take little ones ( 't will say ) throw great ones by , ( As if for little Sins Men should not dy . ) Yea SIN with SIN a quarrel will maintain , On purpose that THOU by it might'st be slain . Beware the cheat then , keep it out of Door , It would come in , and would go out no more . VI. SIN , if you will believe it , will accuse , What is not hurtful and itself excuse : 'T will make a Vice of Vertue , and 't will say Good is destructive , doth Men's Souls betray . 'T will make a Law , where God has made man free , And break those Laws by which Men bounded be . Look to thy self then , keep it out of Door , Thee 't would intangle , and inlarge thy score . VII . SIN is that beastly thing that will defile Soul , Body , Name , and Fame in little while ; 'T will make him , who some time Gods Image was , Look like the Devil , love , and plead his Cause ; Like to the Plague , Poyson , or Leprosie Defile 't will , and infect contagiously . Wherefore beware , against it shut the Door ; If not , it will defile thee more and more . VIII . SIN once possessed of the heart , will play The Tyrant , force its Vassal to obey : 'T will make thee thine own happiness oppose , And offer open Violence to those That love thee best ; yea make thee to defy The Law and Counsel of the Deity . Beware then , keep this Tyrant out of Door , Lest thou be his , and so thy own no more . IX . SIN , harden can the heart against its God , Make it abuse his Grace , despise his Rod , 'T will make one run upon the very pikes , Iudgments foreseen bring such to no dislikes Of sinful hazards ; no , they venture shall For one base Lust , their Soul , and Heav'n and all . Take heed then , hold it , crush it at the Door , It comes to rob thee and to make thee Poor . X. SIN is a Prison , hath its bolts and chains , Brings into Bondage who it entertains ; Hangs shackles on them , bends them to its will , Holds them , as Samson grinded at the Mill. 'T will blind them , make them deaf ; yea , 't will them Gagg , And ride them as the Devil rides his Hagg. Wherefore look to it , keep it out of Door , If once its slave , thou may'st be free no more . XI . Though SIN at first its rage dissemble may , 'T will soon upon thee as a Lyon Prey ; 'T will roar , 't will rend , 't will tear , 't will kill out-right , Its living Death will gnaw thee day and night : Thy pleasures now to paws and teeth it turns , In thee its tickling Lusts , like Brimstone , burns . Wherefore beware , and keep it out of Door , Lest it should on thee as a Lyon Roar. XII . SIN will accuse , will stare thee in the face , Will for its Witnesses quote time and place Where thou committedst it ; and so appeal To conscience , who thy ●s will not conceal ; But on thee as a Judge such sentence pass , As will to thy Sweet bits , prove bitter Sauce . Wherefore beware , against it shut thy Door , Repent what 's past , believe and Sin no more . XIII . SIN is the worm of Hell , the lasting Fire , Hell would soon lose its heat , could SIN expire ; Better sinless , in Hell , than to be where Heav'n is , and to be found a Sinner there . One Sinless , with infernals might do well , But SIN would make a very Heav'n a Hell. Look to thy self then , to keep it out of Door , Lest it gets in , and never leaves thee more . XIV . No Match has SIN save God in all the World , Men , Angels it has from their stations hurl'd : Holds them in Chains , as Captives , in despite Of all that here below is called Might . Release , help , freedom from it none can give , But he by whom we also breath and live . Watch therefore , keep this Gyant out of Door Lest if once in , thou get him out no more . XV. Fools make a mock at SIN , will not believe , It carries such a Dagger in its sleeve ; How can it be ( say they ) that such a thing , So full of sweet , should ever wear a sting : They know not that it is the very SPELL Of SIN , to make Men laugh themselves to Hell. Look to thy self then , deal with SIN no more , Lest he that saves , against thee shuts the Door . XVI . Now let the God that is above , That hath for Sinners so much love ; These Lines so help thee to improve , That towards him thy heart may move . Keep thee from Enemies external , Help thee to fight with those internal : Deliver thee from them infernal , And bring thee safe to life eternal . AMEN . London , Printed for N. Ponder at the Peacock in the 〈◊〉 .