Part r. Chap. 10. .AjfiiEled Con(Giences. --------··--------~------------------------------- that wee 111ill never c·ome unto him1 till Wee fee no other · remedy; . bc:ing at the P~ts. bdnke, rea9 y tu fiarvc, . hopele!Ie, &c. Vl(e Le It m tbe prod1ga~l Sonne: . He would never thmk ofany returne unto hts Father, till all.other helpes failed Htm, Mcny,frir:nds,acquaint~nce, all fortJ' of food; Nay, if Hee m~~ht have fed upon ht-uk$s with the Swine., Bee woJtn not have thottght of returnincr;;, any more to H u Father : Thu being dqzied . him, the Text faith, He came to Himfolfe: (hewing m, that when men .runneon in finfu/1 courfes, they are mad · men, out of themfolves; even .u we feet hofo in B edit?m are beaten, k§pt under, deniedcomforts, till they come to them{elves : rv1nd what faith Bee then ? I will arife, and goe to my father, and I will fay unto Him, Father, I have finned ~gainfl: Heaven, and againfl: Thee, &c. So it u ·nnth m, until! the Lord humble, and -bring m low in our owne eyes ,/bew m our mifery and · [pirituall poverty, and tb:tt in rvJ there uno good thing; that we 6e flript of ttll he/pes, in, anawithout our [elves; and fee that wee muft perifo, unlej[e we begge Hu mercy; I fay, untit!then,. we will not feek$ Hu face andfavour, L k 8 'lfPr hillve recourfo t.o Iefm Chrift, the roc~e of our falv.t- u ' ' 48 ' tion, it u with m in thu[afe, a'S it wtU with the Woman, 1+kom (hrift healed of the bioudy ij[ue. How long w<# it, ere foe came to Chriff? Shee had 6eene.}ick!, twelve year'es ; She hied jpent all her living upon Phyjitiom, nei- . ther could jbee bee healed of any. Now thu e.wre'mity brought her f.O Jefm (hrift. Thu thm is the meanes to brin.tt to Chrifl: To br~ng m upo11 our cyees., to drive m out of our fllves, hope!effe, as·fow as may be; To focw m, where hdpe JS onely to be found, andmak§ m runne unto it, The hunted Beafl: flies unto his Den : The Ifratlitu being fi:ung by-fiery Serpents, made hall: to the 0 Bra;;;:.~n Serpent, a Type of Chrifl:, for l1elpe: The 1 Man· killer lllld.er the Law, ~hafed by the avenger of bloudll ranne apac~ to the City of refuge. ?'oab being purfited for hts hfe, fled to the Tabernacle of the· Lord,
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