The Cure of Malign.mt Haters of God and Qodlinrfs. tby only good a11d bappi;;lfl : and tbw thou c.znfl not choofe bm /o~1e them. Thy prejudice and falfe conceits ofGod and Holincfs eaure thy Hltred. Dirtll.4. 9· 13. Dircll. 4· Cajl dlV'J thy cu,[<d unbelicf: If thou believe not rvhat tht Scripwre [.ich o[G.,d ~JJnd mr.~rt, and of tbe fimiJ immortality and the life to comr, thtt' nilt thcrt /J.llt aU th. .u if H ly as ade. ctit,and needhji troub/(r uf tbe world: But if once thou btliLVC well the Word ofGod, and d.e Jiti; everlafiing, thou wilt have another hearr. . Dirc/1. 5 • 9· 14. Dircll. 5· Acv•y with thy btajlly blir.diltg fcnfitality: While thou ort a fl•ve to thy Adh and luHs, and appetite, and its interel\ reigneth in thee, thou cJ.nfi not choofC but hare that Holi~ . nefs which is again!~ i~, _and hate that ~od that fo_rb_iddeth it, and rdls thee that he will j'udge Per.e omnn thee and damn thee tor tt tf thou forfake H not: Thts ts the true caufe of the Haucd of God and ~e;~;; ~:~~~: Godl_inefs in the_ world. Gods L~ws condemn the ver~ life and pleafme of the fleO~ly man: Godli– f~>os: Q!.tot nefs 15 unrtconctleable to concuptfccnce and the carnalmtereH : Lay by thy fl:efhly mmd aud imercH genera pv:· or as fure as thou art a man, thou wilt be )udged and damned as an entrny to God : DoH dwu nu; aprorum feel that this is the caufe of thy enmity, that Gcd puttc:th thee on unpleafing (holy) cc.ur!ls, and will ~~~;f~rit~1 tu;1d~ not let the~ pk~fe thr fldh, but affdshcct~ ~hee,wir~ the .thr~arnings of HtH? Ro_m. 8. 6,7, 8. For Ji la:git:urm to be c.:rnaLy tmndtd u deaJb; but ro bt [pmtu.zby mmdcd K life a}4d pe.;ce : Becuuf~ the C<Jrnal mind etfc !11 cmni- H tmnily agJ,injl- God: fur it Hnot ji1bjtl1 to tbe Law of God, ueitber indeed C.J;t be : [o tbut thry th.Jt bus J.ubct art in tbe jl<{h c,mnot pleafe God· ver. 13· If ye livt afttr tbe jlcjh ye jhtlll dyr. It is harJ for thee ~~~;i~afci- to ki~k againll the prick/, AC\:s 9· 5· JYo to bim th3t jlrivttb with hU NI.~k._er ! 1f<~. 45· 9· Read cur:.fi par~- Luk,.e 19· 27' momam eu- ~ir, prodiguscxccr:ltur: Sfrmones futos, :mprob:, hofles fuos diccr.c. Sa/vi~i!. li. 4 ad EaU[. Ca11J. fed tu veraa1i. Hi.ron. i.J GJl. 5· Non rgo .tibi inimicu~, Dirr{i. 6. ~· 15. DireCt. 6. Drarv nvr and accziflome tby foul te flriom thought! b[ God: For it it ftr(t}rgemfs th.Jt ma~nb tbee tbe more <IVcr[t to bim: We have ldS pl(afure in the compJny of Hungers than ot J'J. .. milbr acquaintance. l~tconciliation mul\ be mJdt:: by coming nearer, and not Ly keeping at a diHance llil!. · Dirc/1. 7 •. 9· 16. Dir</l. 7· S~t~dy mU ihe wonderfi.t Love and Mc;cy n>IJich he h.1tb mJnifcjlcd to thy jo1tlin the ]{rdemptivn wroup,ht by 7rfiu Cbrjjf, in tbe Covenant of Grace, i1J all the patimce he b,1tb exercijtd toward! tba, and all hU ojfer1 of mercy and folv.Jtion, emreating tbce to turn and live. CanH thou remember what God hath done for thee all thy life, and how patiently and mercifully he hath dealt with thee, and yet canfi thou bate him, or thy Heart be againI\ him? Dirc/1. 8. 9. '7· Dircll. 8. Jrtdge 1tot vfGod or Holinefi by the fartltt of a>ty men tlw bJve fiemed b,ly: No more than you will Clnfure the Sun, becaufe Thkvcs rob by the light of ir, or becau{f: fomc men are purblind. God hateth fin in them and you, where ever he finderh it. Judge of God and bulinefs by his proper nature and true effects, and by the holy Scripture, and not by the crimes of rin– ners whic,h he condcmneth )':who if thty had been more Hul)', had lcfs oifenJed. Diret1. 9•' ~ ~~ rS. Dir.cfr. 9· Come amo1Z}!, the godly, and try a holy life a while, and jud1,e not of it or them tbat ufe it 1 by the reports t~J the Devil and n:ickcd men : Malice will fJ?ea}< ill ot Gcd bimfe/j~ and of his bvlicjl fervants >Can worfe be fa id, than was faid ofChril! himfclt, and his Apofiles' The Devil was not albamcd to bc:lye J ob to Gods own face, and tell God chat he was fuch a one, as th:u a little try~ alto his fle(h, would turn him from hisGodlinefs. Bur thofe that come near and try the wayes and fttvants of God, do find that the Devil did belye them. Dirtll. 10 • 9· I9• Direct. IO· Remember thy 'lte:lr appmaching end, and IJow dre<~dful it wiU bt to be found and judged among tbe maligHant fneth!eJ of Hulinc}i: And if the RigiJJeouJ be fcarcely {aved, whete then j/JaU the "fgod/y. a11d tbe fim~tr ~pptar l t Pet. 4· 18. Then what wouldfl thou give to be one of thofe holy ones that nowtl~.haredll '. and to be. jud~ed as,thofe that lived in that holinels which thy ma– ligna~t heatt could-not ~tde' Then thou ,..k'w~tha\thou hadll hved and dyed as the nghteous, that thy ~~~ter end might have been like his. , ~ ',l' "' -~. , ' ~v·; . "-:!,' 'i, Tit. 7· ·) ..
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