-------------~--------~--~-----~----~~--~ Part. I. _Chap. 6._ . . 4filiEle~ Confcie11_ces. . 'J.'-9.. lconfeffe, that commonly true Converts at the firfl: toud1,and turning,and afrer tc,l01 cry out mofl: of, and are extraordinaril}' tr6ubled' \.\riih fome onecapttall ' finne, and that which in their d.ayes Qf darkneife an4_ vallity, walled their conk:iencemofr, anddetained them with fi:r<:1i1gd\: e·n'tifements, a·nd hold-faH in the Devils bondage. Hence it was, that Zacchm-4 wasfo ready"" and .willing t~ refiore fourefold, that {o Hfe might bee tid of the ffing arid Jtorrour of His former raigning fitme, Lrik_; i9. ~· That Dldfed P aut, as !t feen'ies, arnongft' bther dreadfuir apprehenfiotls of Hts fdtn'l'er' unregeneta'te courfes,· vh:s fo much vexed and wottnded in l'lea'r(, fot rh'at i-Ie had been~ a Perfecutir, i'Titn. r. Ij. i Cflf, t) 9. But jietJhould they take on ne~ er fo Innch', HoulC: a-nd: roare for that one Gnne; · if befides, they didrriotb}" the· condutt of the bleffed Sp'ifit, dek'e'nd aff6 t~ a more particul-ar acknowledgmen'r, confeifrdn and repentance of ;ill other knowne fins (a·nd they ~ught, by clea~ing the eye of naturall c-onfeience, indd!ldous infpeCl:ion into tbe pm:e Cri· {htlt o'f Gods Law,cfffCover as many" as they carj puffi~ bty) all were n6tf1ing. Heewhlih is grieved, fay Di- · X vines J fat onejimie ~ruly I llnd unf~Zin'edlj from His heari' will p.rop'ortlqnablf~et grieved for ;r/1 the /innes that Hee ~nowetk to lie in.Him[elfe, Ifwefavour any ondirit1e · i'n our· heart" oi: fi'fe, or calling,we cannot erijoy God$ faY.our. If there be any fenfilallluft,or fecref corruption, . Which a man purpofely labours to COY er and COn• ceale from Gods pure eye, the fearch of his Word, and mortifying grace ; what hope can He h"ve, t:~at it is co,"erea with the·bloud·of Chrift from tlie wratb that i~ to come,or warranted by any prc:>rri)fe ofgra·ce from the ~amnation ofHellHn a true Penitent,there ought to bee an utter ceffitiori from all' gro!fe abhominablc finnes, and at leaO: dif allawance, dif..affeCl:jon, and all pollibleoppo!ition' even to un-avoidable infirmities, aQd infeparable frailties of the fleJh. · CHAr:.
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