InftruClions for '.a right comforting . Secl:. I• I thank! God they 4re e.afetiin gr;odmelt[ure, wherefore I dejire that I bee n~tbrandedwiththenoteof a caft·~- , way,. orreprobate. Such quefliom~ oppo/itions, ~tnd all t.ending thereto, I renounce. Concerning mineinconjiderate jpeeches in my temptation, I humbly, and_heartily Mk.! mercy of God for the'!! all. Afterward by litde and little, more light did arife in his heart, and he brake out into fuch fpeeches as thefe ! I doe, God bee praifod, feele fuch comfort, frfim th~t. what foal/ I call .it? Agon;, faid one that fiood by; Nay, quothhe, thAt i$ too little ; that had I five hundredworlds, I could n~ ma~ fotisfaClion for .fuch an iff'ue. Oh the Sea w not mor-e full of water, nor the Sunne of light, than the Lord, ~J mercy ! yea, hw merciu are tenne thoufond times more, , Wh~tt .~re at caufe hav.e I, to magnifte thegreat go~dnej[e of God, that hath humbled, naJ rather exlllted, foch a wretched Mifcreant, and of fo haft condition, to an eft ate · fo gloriom and ftately ! The Lord hath honoured mee -wi.th hi& goodnefTe. J am fore hee hath prol((ideda_r,lori·- , .0114 kj_.ngdonu for. me. The jay that I foelein minehem:.t, .(u? Aaund Monu~. i4 incrediU1. For the third, heare (u) M. Fox: Thou_f.h lbul,. thh lood flrvant of God fujfered many yearu fo /b11rpe \ · temptations, andftrong hujfetings of Satan: yet the Lora, -who gracioufly prefer"!ed him all the while, not only at !aft ' -aid rid him out of all difcomfort ~ hut al(o frt~med him thereby ro fuch mortification of .lift, M the !if?.! light!; bath not heene feme; in [uch /i~p·~~ h~e hein,_r, hi<! ont J_ltt.ced in heaven lllrearf], and fle.ftd m thu world, hothm w~rd andmeditation, leda life altogether t:elt.ftia/1, a/;horring in hi! minde allprophane tbin.(s. 1· ItidrremediabZe. 1· No arme of Relb, or Art of man; no earthly comfOrt, or created power can poffibiy heale or helpe in this qeavieft cafe, and extreamefi horrour ; heaven and earth,men and Angels, friends and phy!icke; gold . and filver, pleaft1res and preferments, favour of Prin· ces; nay, the utmoft poffibility ofthe whole creation muft let this alone for ever. An Almighty hand,and infinite
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