they
will
never
reach
their
end.
Those,
therefore,
who
have
not
sinned
so
grossly
as
others,
should
advance
much
more
rapidly.
This
usually
is
the
case,
and
yet
it
seems
as
though
God
took
pleasure
in
making
"
grace
abound
where
sin
has
most
abounded"
(Rom.
v.
20).
I
believe
that
one
of
the
reasons
of
this,
to
be
found
in
those
who
have
not
grossly
sinned,
is
their
estimation
of
their
own
right-eousness,
and
this
is
an
obstacle
more
difficult
to
sur-mount
then
even
the
grossest
sins,
because
we
can-not
have
so
great
an
attachment
to
sins
which
are
so
hideous
in
themselves,
as
we
have
to
our
own
righteousness
;
and
God,
who
will
not
do
violence
to
liberty,
leaves
such
hearts
to
enjoy
their
holiness
at
their
own
pleasure,
while
He
finds
His
delight
in
purifying
the
most
miserable.
And
in
order
to
accomplish
His
purpose.
He
sends
a
stronger
and
fiercer
fire,
which
consumes
those
gross
sins
more
easily
than
a
slower
fire
consumes
smaller
obstacles.
It
even
seems
as
though
God
loved
to
set
up
His
throne
in
these
criminal
hearts,
in
order
to
manifest
His
power,
and
to
show
how
He
can
restore
the
dis-figured
soul
to
its
original
condition,
and
even
make
