Spiritual Peace andComfort. 3 zS as by cuilom it would have done. 4. That the De. vil cannot Glory of that fervice which you did him, as elfehe might : and that the Church isnot fo much theworfe, as elfe it might have been by the mifchief you would have done ; and that you need not all your days look back with fo much trouble, as elfe youmuff upon the effeets of your ill doing ; nor with Paul , to think of one Stephen , yea many Saints in whole blood you firlf embrued your bands; and to cry out , I was born out of due time : 1any not worthy to be calleda Chriflian, becaufe/1" perfecuted the Church of God : I was mad againfi them, andperfetuted them into ['event/ Cities : 1 Was fometime foolifh, difo6edient, )(crying divers lofts and pleafures. Would you rather that Uod had permit- tedyou todo this ? 5. And methinks it fhould be a comfort to you,that your own father was the Inf'tru- ment of your fpiritual Good : that he that was the means of your Generation : was the means of ¡ our Regeneration : both becaule it will be a double comfort to your Parents, and becaufe it will endear andengage you to them in a double bond. For my part, I knownot what God did fecretly in my heart before I had the ule of memory and reafon , but the firf} good that ever I felt on my foul, was from the Counfels and Teachings of my own father in my childhood ; a`nd .I .,take it now for a double mer- cy, being gladder that he was the Inftrument to do me Good, then if it had been the belt Preacher in the world : How foul an overfight is it then,that you fhould be troubled at one of the choiceff mercies of your life, yea that your life was capable of and for which you owe toGod Inch abundant thanks 1 Aa3 DOUBT,
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