18. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat. Appetite
departs from men when they are sick. And they draw near unto the gates of death. From want of food, and from the destructive power of their malady,
they slide gradually down till they lie at the door of the grave; neither does
the skill of the physician suffice to stay their downward progress. Thus it is
with souls afflicted with a sense of sin; they cannot find comfort in the choicest
promises, but turn away with loathing even from the Gospel, so that they
gradually decay into the grave of despair. The mercy is that though near the
gates of death they are not yet inside the sepulchre.
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