. .. . . ' ; -14~ • 'The Saints fllre . inchained withOt1t all redemption,to de!paire·and horror, and the hatefnli feUowfhip of the Devill and his Angels: and (that which is the extremi. I tie and upl110t of all hdlifh miferie} bee f11oulcl . have had the fierce and horrible wrath and ven. geance of God poured in fLill ·meafure upon his body and foule ; which would have fed upon them,as fire cloth upon Pitch and Btimftone,for ever and ever. Out of thefe conliderations, mee thinkes a man fhOuld rather with humilitie and 1 thankefu!ndfe admire and. magnifie the mercies .of God, that hee is not alreadie a Fire.brand in ' Hell ; than any wayes be puffed up with ar1y worthineffe in hirnfelfe, or dote upon his owne notbingneffe. . . · 6 · When a Chrifl:ian is tempted to fpirituall Confider the Pride; let him deepe1y and rhorowly weigh with .fearfull effetts himfelfe, what fearefull inconveniences and dif- .of Pride. comforts will enfite, if bee give way , to' fuch ' temptations: For fo, many follow, in the courfe of Gods jufi judgement, upon fpirituallVanitie; · and Pride~ dullne!fc, and deadneffe of heart; a l ' refiraint of the influence of the Spirit; a dimi· nution and 1eff~ning, or a !lumber and ceffarion of rhe operations of grace, a cooling ofzeale)and . fi1l1ing from the firft Love. Or, when hee fees us ' .fo prcfumptuou!ly to truft to our ftrength' and ftayourfelves with dLttowne fiaffe; he may quire ·give us aver.) in fome gtear temptatioil, to fome groffe finne; fo that we may take the foile it1 the - ·Conflict. AnGl then, if wee once be over-taken with the old fiveet finne of our untegeneration, . : or
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