344 General direaionsfor it thole very fame finnes ;. that thereby thou mayeft uttcey quench all Satans fiery darts, prevent drawing towards de- ipaire ; nay, preferve thy fpirit iu fweeteft peace, and uncon- querable comfort againft, if it be poifible, the !call difiruft- full intrufionof any flaviffi terrour. 4. Vpon the holiefi men that ever breathed the life of graceupon earth, and the moil renowned in the Church tho- row all generations, for all fpirituall fufficiencies and excellen- cies ; and thou ihalt find them ever moil humble in their owne conceits, vileft in their owne eyes, nothing in their um. 7.24. owne account. Me thinkes holy 'Paull heavy complaint, 0 wretched man that Iam, who fhalldeliver mefrom the body of it 3, this death ! Heavenly David' continuall cry, lam a worme ., and no man : There is no rep in my bones, becary.le of my finne, tfryfinne is ever before mee, &c. Bleffed Bradfirds abafing himfelfei who was oneof the worthieft Martyrs, and the Heavenliefl mindedman that ever breathedout his laft in the flames, and afeended toheaven in a fiery chariot, as himfelfe FoxepopS63, fpake at theflake : I am as dry as aflone, faith he,ac dumbe as nafie ; asforeflows praying, as he that never knewany tafle of it. He fometime fultifcribed in this manner to thole Let- ars which were full of fpirituall life,clivinefl ftraines,and de- monflration of the Spirit : The moll mifirable hard-hearted linthatztkefidfinter , lobs Bradfird. A very, painted. Hypo. ,trite, I. B. &c. I fay, Me thinkes, the humble deportment: of thefeand all tritely holy Ones fhould rather make thee finke yet lower in thineowne conceit, then fwell with the poyfon of Pharifaicall fdfe- conceitedne Ile. Keepe in a readineffe, and'in fiefh remembrante Inch confiderationsand cooling cards, as it were, as thefe ; when thy heartbegins to fwell vaine glorioufly ; That thou had- dell thine hand in that fire-worke, which blew up all man- kind ; I meane, in a/fdams trantreflion, that brought forth fucka bloudy Sea of finne and forrow into theWorld ; filch a)worldof miferies and mifchicfes upon all the fonnes and daughters ofAdaia;, all torturesupon earth, and torments in fell thorow all eternity : That thoucanna into this awfioarikt
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