Part 2. Chap.{. feeme to apprehend themfelves, an~ they comtnen~ to us the excellent fweethefi'~, wluch ·may be fuckt from the 6r~afh of corfolations in med.itating upon the Scriptures, by this their emphaticaU and effec-1uall expreffion :Let m ruminlilte, fay they,-and .u it were chew the cttdde, that we m<~J have thefWeaju_yce, jpirituall ejfolt, marroril, honel, kt,rne/1, tllj/e, comfort,' andconfo· lation of them. . .. . . I have faid all this, upon purpofe, lefl: melanchohck men lhould be mifled, or dilheartned by the curfed. coun1dl ofcarnall frieuds, and wicked clamours ofthc world ,from turning their 1adnefle into forrow for fin; and from plying Gods ble{fed Bo·oke, and the power· . full minifrry thereof, the on.ely well-fpting ofall true lightfomneffe,and joy; and able as I faid before,.ifthey will be convertc;d, and counfelled, to difjJelL the very d·arkndfe of hell out oft'heir hearts. Me thinkes, they rather aboue others, fhould be encouraged hereunto : I. Becaufe they have a paffive advantage,that I l}lay Melancholy men •- (o fpeake, when it pleakth God, to fanClifie for that bove otben fuould purpofe, and fet on worke the fpirit of bondage, by reade the Scriprures, reafon oftheir fad di{pofitions, and fearefuU fpirits, to becautr_, fi:ll,tbeyare b · £. ffi · h d. d d · .a. db · · f moft fenliblc of tf.tc e1ooner a ng te , an eJC:~,;le )y commmat10ns o 1hrcatnmg5 in thC!!IR j!Jdgments againfr Gnne; more feelingly to take to ' heart themiferies, and dangers of their naturall lhte; more eafily to tremble and O:o~peunder the mighty hand ofGod,and haq1mer ofhis Law.Guiltindfe, apd horrour, damnation and hell beget J.n their timeroos natures O:ronger impreffions of ftare:whereupon they ~re wont to tafl:e deeplier oflegall contriticn, and remorfe; and fo proportionably to feeleand acknow- ' ledge a greater neceffity ofJe[m C hrijl-; to thirft after him more greedily, to prize himmore highlv ; and at length to throwtheir trembling toules into his blefied 1 bof~me withmore eagerneffe,and importunitie. A.Hd ,.haVH1~ once entred Into the haty path~ their native fearefulnefii: being rectified, and turned the right way, 0 4 they
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