IrJiructions for" right comforting Sect.,., '~Indeed fom e tim~s, rituall !tate, and How itfl:ands with them bttweene and ~ofi ~ommonly God and their owne ConfCiences · I thank! God no~ confcu:nce mmany t ' . • · • . 1 • . · fecurc at ch : time of tht.ng trouMes me. Whtch, 1:hougb they thtnk tt makes death . God in hi; ja· much for their ownecredit, yet alas ! ' It is fmall corrt· fhce pl_agui~1g .an --~- fort to jud icious By-fl:anders, and fuch as-wiih well fe_Cled._lecuurr m th! s to · their Soules; But rather a fearefull confirmation ltte, With ,an tnfltCled 1 h fi' 11 · · 1 r. · · f 11 ' fc:curityatdeach.And tlat t ey are na y gt~enover.to~1ClJ?lrlto u~mtbeLordlecmstofav ber, and fealed up by dtvtne P JU(bce-, In thefotulba$ once to tht ;Pr~' neff'e and fecurity oftheir owne fenf~le!fe hearts, for phet? goe,make th~ir mofi: deferved condemnation. Thus thefe men, as con~ctences a Jlcep at One fpeakes, live lik.g ftock$s, anddie lik$ blockfs. And tbetr .death, as they . , . · l r. • h G h ·11 jl ·11 have made ita fleep al yet tr.Je t,~norant pefJp e; 1a1t 1 r:eeue am, wttt w eo mtheir life, le.fi confci-mend fuch fenrefull deaths, faymg,\ He departed t!IS meek:.· eo~e fhould fee ~nd ly, as a Lambe, Hee went away as a bird in a [hell; when fJ-?ea~e,and they heare they might df well Jar, (but for their featherbed, and and be faved ·-Ther- h ·11 ) h. d df.'l., l ,a d ;n. d rl., 0 fore they die tho not t etr ptttOW e rye ~~tit oea;-, an per.tJuC tt~ an xe ·G~ in a Ditch. . 3 .. some d,etnrmaJly. 3· Others d1e formally; I meane they make very ~~ goodly. fhewes and reprefentations of much confidet~er.ae as Sau~and dence and comfort. Havin!T formerly beene fcrmall '4b;ttJphel;yet fomfhly r. 11'. d r. fi · h bi · h c. f without <"o:nfort and PrOieuours, an 10 urm{ CL Wlt . !?any JOr~es o fee!ingof God~love ,godly fpee~~1~s, a~1~ outwa_rd <;=~r.tf'~tan1 ~ehavtours ;_ 3'! , Nabat.Drkeofcot:~ And the fptnt ofc:clufion, ana tpmtuaH Sclfe-coufefc!ence,cap.t2., nage, which in. theirlifetimedetained themincon- !tancy of f::cnrity, and Hfe-conceitednetfe aboutth~ q. Whom Satan (cc:rh fpirituall fafi:ty of their foules, q without any fuch ' ~u1 t of GHodskfavo,Jrh, dot1bts,tro)lbles ,fi:ares,.temptattons, whiCh are wooJt w 1om .ee now et · h c, h f h (c r 'I to be hi~ flaves, and to haunt t ·o,e w o are true o _eart, wr oru ~na~l 'f ready to bee ea a into fuch is. the peace of unkund Profeffors) contmumg Hell _f.ire; thole doh their itnagina,ry gr@undldfe perfwafion and pre• H.e tallely perlwade 'fumptiun in the Height and fl:rength unto the end for tbatthey are our of alt h. · · ·11. h b fi · f · LOR' e-n ~- ,.. &ncverfuffert eirverylatd:reat may e pentln aytng, . .v, u-dng.r, . d { . h fi /'(];. 77: • d t!H: ~ 0 much as to .per. Lor , open unto m, as we ee 111. t e oo l;rJ r trgtns, an ccivc theirbmcma.bk thoG, Matth. 7; I fay {uch men as thefe, thus w.:>fully dlm: But whom He deluded :mi fearefully deceiving others, may cafl: out fe.et:l God doth fnour' upori their hit beds many g-lorious ~peeches intima· whom He knowe .. h to • ~: · · fi. · f d' ' n Lee CiuiQsb1ethrcn, tmg much 1eemmg con , dence o . a goo ettate to " God-:ward, r
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