184 The Saules efrRuallcaßing ta Chrifl, evillof punifbment, and;makes knowne a greater good to the heart than cafe, and the removal! of the outwaLd plague and _ horrour : The Spirit of God undermines thefed:ftempers and corruptit ons : the corruption of t.ce foule would faine have cafe, but the, Spirit faith there is a better good than cafe, that faith horrour is terrible, but the Spirit faith finne is mdre miferable. Loo',ce, as it is with a good Cordiali , it will worke out a diftemper, though it lie long in the heart of a man, yet it will drive it awayat length: So it is with the almightie worke ofGods Spirit, which poffef eth theheart ofthe foule tru- lyhumbled.(I would faine expreffe my (elfe more fully) You mull know that there (hiftsoffpirit, and privy prankes ofheart, whereby the Devil!' windes himfelfe in upon a terrifiedconfcience, they are the laft cafe, themaine holdof Satan, he is nowdriven intohis trenches, and therefore hewill play fall and loofea long time, and difco. verdefperatc fubtilties. Original!corruption is like a fountaine ; now a fountaine bath many Conduits, force nearer, force further : but if there bee any-water in the Fountaine,, theneereft Conduit will have it foo. neff. So iftherebe any originali corruption (as there is inall) it will be fure tobee feene in this Conduit offelfe-eafe and felfc-confidence in horm your to bee avoyded, andduty to be performed. The Naturalitobferves, theheart isthe laft that dies; therefore though the eyes beedime, and the tongue falters, and the hands bee feeble,. yet;.
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