C~z) r -~~ The evil things ofthe S~int.r,prep~tre thenJfor better things:that they may work good for ~hetp,they · a re werking-them to ·good ; working out .their fin·~e and iniquity,weary.ing them of fin,Hof~a. 2 .6.lwtll }Jedge:t>tp her way with thorns,thenf/ra1l (he fay.! wilt return: Sin brought in AffliCtions into theW9rld; and AffliCtions help to carry Gn out ; the Croffe, to which fin was once nail' d,is now na.il'd to Sin: The Saints can feldom be medling with Sin,but they .(ind it too heavy for them ,; T~e Crofs, that is nail' d at the farther end of it,makes it a Burthen whlch they cannot bear. In fame .fence , not only the Bloud of the Lamb, but the Bloud9f the Sheep may purge ;w~y Sin : though only the t'71f()7tg~f<g,;-m x~:; can exptate and take away the guile, yet the ~~~~ff9'-~ ' may have their place' in pu rging away the filch of fin.: !lY ~his [foal/ ~he Iniquity ~f J~cob he ,purged,& thiS tJ all theftutt to tak...e fnsv.aj hzs fin. Our Lord beats · the Devil ' with his own Weapons; by th0fe · very means,purging hisS/t ints, by which he endea.~. vours topollute the1n: making tho[e very Pcrfecut£- · ons,by which he labours toforce them fromHoline[s; . to fix them in h: Afawning World d9es them more mifcheif, than a fumiNg Devil. By that ~he Devil' hath caH up his Cards, he will find himfclf a·Lofer by an his Rage. ' . . Chri1iians , con1fort your beans : thofe Flouds that are c1H forth againft you, (h ~ ll but walh you.the whiter, .and make you m~re meet to be partake~s of / the inhedcance of the Scu'ntJ in Light: your Purga. tory prepares you for your Parddice~ No ur1clean. thing mull: enter ltl thi'tl1er: and you ar~ - not ·like to · be.made fo_ clean,as b.y- falling into the hands of the . ~Unclean, The S11mts never look fo vvdh like Shecp-- Gome ' \
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