Sin Compared to Vomit

    SIN COMPARED TO VOMIT

    "Moab also shall wallow in his own Vomit,'" &c., Jer 48:26.

    "The dog is turned to his Vomit again" 2Pe 2:22.

    A WICKED man, or one who turns to his old evil and wicked courses, is compared to a dog and Sin to Vomit which a dog licketh up.

    PARALLELS.

    I. A Vomit is a very loathsome thing, but a dog's vomit is most detestable: so Sin is a very loathsome thing, but apostacy is the worst of Sins; no Sin is more abominable in God's sight than that.

    II. A Vomit is cast up sometimes by reason of the sickness of the stomach: so a Christian being very sick of his Sin, casts it up, or vomits it out by repentance.

    III. Some men finding themselves oppressed by means of some obstructions, or by reason of the foulness of their stomachs, take something to make them Vomit, to free themselves of that which otherwise may endanger their health, if not their lives: so a Christian, being sensible of internal obstructions, and pollutions of his inward man, takes a fit antidote of Christ's preparing, by which means he vomits up the filth and pollution of his heart and life, and thereby attains a healthy soul, and flourishes in godliness.

    IV. Some men on a sudden are made to vomit, by eating something that offends, or agrees not with their stomachs: so many sinners, by hearing of a soul-searching sermon, and by the rebukes and continual gnawings of their own consciences, Vomit up some of the Sins of their lives; but in a little time they grow more sick of religion than ever they were of their sins, and so, with the dog, they lick up their old vomit again, i.e., turn to their former ways of sin and error.

    V. What is more hateful, or causeth greater shame, than to see a man wallow in his own filthy Vomit? So it is hateful to see a wicked and an ungodly apostate, who hath turned his back upon Christ and his ways, wallowing in all his former Sins, and brutish lusts.

    INFERENCES.

    Let this teach us to hate Sin and apostacy.