.Affidlcd C~n[cience.r, ai1f~-9"p~cit of aM<~\1's(piriHia1lfhte) who~ l ha\'e t1Krvwly ~. ,own before for tbe r11a.nn,erof Hls .death. Th~<;nd of GodJ dcareH fervat.1t; aftc:t: an, ho.ly life and unb.lameable converfation, may n<llt a,p?eqre in the eye of man fo calme and comfort~ble,as, w~s exp:eled;. by. Firfl,_ tend erne !f.: of reafon of much tenderneff~ of Coufcience;·~·CllnC ftrong con!CJencc: fecon.dly= · · · fi · · 11 .J t: • • 1 :1 n. l itcon" rcmptauon • t~mptatwn, plrltua uCI::rtwn,_ V19 CQ:~ dnemper o"_thirdl·, fpirituall deBody; orbccaufeGod wo~1l~ h~vet~e mannfr ofHts f:mon; founhly, d 1death krve the glory of Hts JUfbce, 1~ ~ardmng thofe fiempcr of body: fi ti:- about him, who were fo. f(\rre froro being w~~1 by _His ly '· God, vo.i l ~ ~q_ har. god~y life, that tbey heartily hated it; or f0.r fome G- • aeo otbc~~ thereby. ther fecret an~ fa,cred ~nd feene, andJ~eming good to Divine wifd<;>m~, who eve~ ~ifpo!eth 'every circumfian~, ev:en of· tl,le Ieafl; ~ffa:ire mofl: /weet(y and rrifoly. And };et this, . as i~ .doth y~t prejQqice His falvation, IJeithcr fi10uld-it ~is. Clu:~~ian ~;~putation .. Hea:e that ( ) G. e h . h' great (g) .Dofl-or m the Art of nghtly comforung a£- . g c': n a 1 m 11m 'ds • ;'r• ; • • . · • · . grave oun e an f.hcted ~onfcl,e.nces. But what if yor1 fooujd dyq m tbu godiy Oblervatioo , difcomfo.rt. ? For my part ( a,s, I my folfo look! for np t.rcat. pag 9· things. i.~. my death j J, ·w,ould nl,t think$ mor~ hfl;:dly of Jou..;, neif,ker 1f0.1fl~ I v.:i/lutr'} to Jlt4ge 9the.rwife..r;fi c;jods. { hild~ i~ 4l?ar ftate,of detf.th.: Fo1· we foafl.no,t 6e j11d;:ed· acco,r.di'tg tp th~,t particu~ar inftanrofd,eath, /J~tt according~ tp o.ur, ge,»er.al!courfo of life ; not according to.our. dml1 in tht~rt p,r~fi»tJ 4ut 1tccording to the dcjiuof our 4MrU ~v£r:__ ~4~r:e: eA(1d the,refure \t.e ate not to mJftruft G;qds 11f5~l) i~ deqth, he w,e.r~ever fo uncomfortable,if fo bte it bath /Jeene hifore fealed in our·vocation and fan-. · {lification, On-the other fide, a notorious wretch Nou poieft male mori, which hatb fwumme downe th! current of the times, q~i be11e vi:mit.~ro~ and wallowed· in worldly P.lea!ures all his life long, ft-tsconfi)mdo?_,a_uuode- , . . · •- · ·cere L-re tut propter may fee~eto dye pemtently and ~efolvedly to b~e re- quod !oqtaet114 {um: fon11ed, tf He r,ecqver; and.yet Hts forrow of mmde, Non potefl male mori, but fuch only as the terronrs of an awaked auiltie quiben.evizerit.'Aug. confcience produce · and. Hisrefollltion to cad' away liD. . <!e Difcip!inx. H . r.. ' · · Clanfl: cap 1. · . ts Ilnnes, o_nely fuch, as a rp~n bath iq a fl:orme to · ' · · cafr away Ht~ gooqs, 1}9t b~ca~tfe he~ qoth not love - them,_ •
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