.AfflitledConftiences. to plague fl wide5dman. 7Jnt the truth u othrrwife : For indeed a man ma1 dye lr~e ~ Lambe, andyet goe to Hell: and one dying in exceeding tormmts, m~d ftrange brhavi- . OH'r.f ef the body, mtq rf.Oe to hMven.: • 3· Thc.depth of fome others is mixt.,to Wlt,offear- 3 • ·Afier amixt man~ full tcmpdluous fiormes,and aln.lofr,ifnot altogether, n:r;as q efpai refull agonies ,in the beginning oftheir lafrfickI1d1e, and a faire refrefi1ing gloriqus calme,and joyful! triumphs over temptations, and feare, towards the conclufion of their liG. For fame fecret end and holy purpoJefeetn.ing good to his heavenly wifdonie, God fuffcrs fometimes even his deare!Hervants, to tatl:e, as . it were,. of the fire of -Hell, and for a while: to fede in their con(ciem.es, thofe damned flames, as a_preparative to· drinke more fweetly of the \Vell of life, and :Rivers of endleife pleafures. So himfelfe is moft hono:Ired,by helping when all hope is pall: : The heart of his Child more ravifht with the firfl: fight of thofe unutterable joyes, being fuddcnly rais,d to tho height / ofhappineffe,from the depth ofhorrour. The enemies to the narrow "'ay dafht and confounde~ by obfer· ving his deliverance, whom, out of prophane blind· .ne!f::, they deemed an Hypocrite : · Gocily ChriiHans gratioully reviv·d~ when they fee, That though the ;Lord hide Hw face frtm His Child for4 moment, yet at lafr with everlafiing l<indneffe will He have mercy ,on Him : And that He will never utterly, and finally --- forfake any ofHis. Thus dyed thofe ble{fed Servants of God, Mi~ris Bretergh, Mall:er Peacock!, .&c. MiUris Mifirdfc Breterg'· 7Jrettrgh 111 the heat of temptation, wifhed tbat:/hehnd ,never heene borne, or thAt foee h~td beene m11de any other Creature,rather than awoman: But when that Helli{h fiorm~ was over-blowne by the returne of the glorious beames of the Sunne of righteoufuelfe iQto Her Souk; She turn'd her tune, and triumpped thus ! oh happy. am I, thttt ever I will hDrne, to foe thu.hleffed DAJ! I&onfolfo 6tfore the Lwd hi4lovimr kj11inef[e, and ~ 6 h'io
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