Inftrutfims for a rigbt Gomforting Seer.~. r o[tenditu1· n?bi• pc1· rites here, and the Heaven of Chrifl:s Martyrs in the h:c r;c.' ''~' }uoJ tt!O.m world to come. r Thefe men are wont in this la£l:J tc!!po,eMt.rangu{ltas . , k • 1 .. t.. • diz,crfi;t':fllt wrorli vi- extremity ~to ta e 01: extreme y; But 1t IS ~;ut hke · diHcs :e f. eccatom, a."t the,r I-l owltnl, upo;1 thar bedJ", H~(. 7· 14. Becauk tlley ' :xic.bun_tur & cummt are pinched with fome fenfc of preknt horror and h1tc &~ 'l:tc_:'d facer~~- expetl:atio'n of dread full thincrs. They cry out tes do[frma & pcem1 e- • l ·1 f( ., • • :::. 1 1 1· · til fibiqwcrentes. d!ij 1mg_1t1 y or mercy; Bu~ 1t 1s no ~t 1er,,t 1en t 1e1r ~ar~ aut'eil! tmog7ztcs,q11id feckp;x,, Prov. I. 2 8. Becaufe diflreffe and anguifo u Q,Osoportw fame,[cd come upon them: They enquire eagerly after God and [eflin?i.ti judici~, & ne- would now bee gladly acquainted with Him; 'Bbt cef!itattl•f!$ alt]s [llpe;· jufl: like them 'P(alm. 78. f When hee flew them th attasvementtblvs, c1m. ? . ' en non fit docendi licentin, thry fought Hsm: (flnd they returx-ed, andmqutredearly nee t'ep11,s faciend<e ju- after God, e_A,_d they remembred that God was their ftiti~,aut ~gcn~&pm i- 'R!Jck§, and the. hi~rz.h God their Rtdeemer, Neverthelejfe, tenttil'.{c~mat~oe?rttm they did flatter Him with their mouth: eAnd they lyed vacua ant. Hoc enur. & h · · h h · rr · F h · h in quotidiano rtfl! vide· u~to m~ wz: t etr ..1. ongue~: or t e:r eart w.u not m_u-$ fieri. ~otidie e. r~rzht. wtth btm, They prom1fe very (:ur~ .. and p:otefl: '!;mfacerdotesclamant glonouOy, what mended men they wlll bee, 1f the M.E cclef!a:~tpecca. Lord refl:ore ,them: , But all thefe goodly prornifes -:!/ ,p(eam;tenttt:z agaht:- are but M a inorftintr cloud, lttJd M theearlv Jew, They -\.e'/; e<uJCI17i HS Oil(}• • f 6 • c · "./ res, & diviti~ temfo- are ltke thofe o a Thtexe or murtherer at the Barre, rafts; quia tempus vc· ' jtrfi frope eft:Et (t con[ummatio veflrti. tal'd:~.'!.'cri.t,mrmveJlta no~ tardat ,& ntnta crtdit,ne; mo obat~dit: .1r1m aut em 'f)~nerit [~Jper if/us mors; fiflirqnt , -q. an>.:iantur. vocant facerdotes, , ptenitmtiii. 'f'OlU'flt agere~qiS~JJdO j.am paj1itenti~ {OCU6 ttOJt ; ft, jtarfj dum uponuttt peccata (11p, & capitur anima eamm & vadunt wwii,magis autem tigati jttqo J"dic,ifJ 'Dei; quia nan ptopttr odiullt pecGatorum difP!icentes fibi valebant pmnitentiam .-.gere,j(dpropter morti&timorem. Adhuc enim jivivm pntuiffe~tt,noJZ Jibi di!plicuiffent. lncermsailthor. Hom.5'z. in c. Mat zf, Vlt~lctrJt quidem in C,llbifibiM, id vero doloris impatientiafaciunt) quem ex pomuconcipiunt mm quod peccata {ua deplorevt. Gualt. in c. 7,Hof. FJtturtu eft is (en(:M ,ect. con{cientia pcc~ ~-a# & miferi.e,pr.efortimver"Q confcten!ia tanti contempzm_oblat.e l~tcu,idque e1 judicijr. qu.i· " b;M ~ub1mtur, ttt tum quidem feria uuciandi fit de(ideriB Chriftj: Non quzdem, quod id defidcrium fi~futurum Ch,l/fi,propter ip[ttm Chr~ftum,-aut proptmdiu Peccati, fo~ propter fenfum mifmt~, qu~mjerr1 nonpotmmt. 1\olloc. m cap. S.loba~. t And to [eeke Film th~n, is not to (eeke H&m. Non qu<ercbant E:Jtm. No: they feeke Htm not; they dll{emblewith Him (faith .4(apb in the ne~t vc~fe.) For, when God to trie the~ ;-epric:v~d the11_1 never fo nttle time, they fell to t~e;r ?Id by~s .; and when a~ He ce~fed k&~&~~· thw fcekmgwa~ ;U an end, 5o are :.11 forcedfcckmgs: hke to a Bow-fumg brou?,ht to his(ull b!!nt, butrc:mtt you never fo link, it fiarteth back again. Nay ,it is not qll~trtbant,no ki!ldly !eek.iilg ; b~tt . a bare ignoble creeping to, :wJthquHll in_genuity 1 when we~ mwll eithc.uiie, or d~e 1t. Jfi?J,bttfers., SIY111lJnS1f:agd 81 •
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