so zSam,zi. i O. Veif'F;, The Praáice o f Pietie. finne ; for this proceedeth one_ .ly from the loue of God , for our good. And this is the rea- ,fon that when Nathan told Dauid,from the,Lord, that his fifties tvereforgiuen; yet that the ( ofchaflifement) íhould not depart from hie Hotafe, and that hais Gilde fJ;ould furely die. For GOD , like a skilfull Phylician, Peeing the Saule to be poyfoned with the fetling of firme .; and knowing that the raigning of %the flefh will prooue the ruine of the Spi- rit , mini{lreth the bitter Pill of affli &ions , whereby the Reliques of finne are purged , and the Soule more foundly cured ; the flefh is fubdued, and the Spirit is fang 5ìified. Oh, the odioufnefl.'e of finne, which caufet.h God to chaflen fo feuerely his Children , whom otherwife bee h'ueth fo deare- 'y. 2. God fendeth affli6bon, to
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