. "66 lnj/rutliensfor·"ll_right comforting . Scct:.z. Lord, and laid fafr hold"upon the hornes oft he Altar: A wounded man hies unto the Surgeon : Proportionably a poore Souk, broken and bruifed withthe in~ fupportable burden of all his abvminations, bleeding at heart-roote under fe1-lfe of Divine wrath, by the cutting edge of the Sword of the Spirit, managed aright by fame Ulla/ltrs of affimhiiu, chafed furioufly ' by the Law, Sinne, Confi;ience, and Satan, fomtimes even to the brinke ot defpaire, &c. will be willing with a witndfc, to cafi: it felfe into tht: fweet compaf.: . ftonate inviting armes, and embracements of Iefur Chri.R, brcken and bleeding upon the Crolfefor our finnes, and fo be made His, for ever. · . . z. For our {ftnClification a!fo, it is good for m,, ~hat %. , 01.1r Sanchficatton. the Comforters firft work! he, to wor/is feare in m. For we are naturally fo fro~en in our dregges, that nrJ fire in a mAnner will wa.-me, w thawUJ. Wee lutllowinour ownc\ 6/oud, "'ee flic-k! faft in the mir.uj--fome-sp.to the chinn~, that wee can11ot flirre. So that this fe/lre is [e"nt to pu)i UJ violent(1, tU it were, [ro11Hur corruptions; to m11k,.J m holJ, and look! unto our ways for the time to r:ome~ Now to effeEE thu, foarpejlthi 7Jgs are beft; _ M arc t'k.,_e Law, andthrcatningsof condemndtion, theope• ning of.· [fell, the rackjng of the con(cimt:t, ~end 11 ftnfo 1{wrath prefint, and tocome. Soh~trd-hedrted~trewee hy nltture, hei.n,t; tU 'the Children of the bt~na•womAn, t.o whom violence mHjl6e u{ed. E11en M we ree "tJJ.fan rs· ding 11 yosmg andwi!Je Horfo to tame him ; He -wilt rHn him dgitinft 11, wall, thAt bee m9 mAk.! hinJ lljr~tid, rille him in deepe ana rough pl11ces; or if this wiU not doe, ta~ him up to fome high rock_t, ~tndbringing him to $he hrin'k! thereof, Bee threAtneth to throw him fiown1 head· Ion.{; mak.!th him fh•k! ~rndqN~tkf, 'Whereby at lafthee u tll.med. So deates th~ Lord with m : Hee 1,ives UJ a .fight of (inne, and of the pnnsfl;ment due thereunto, A fenfeof wrath, fttteth the Conftience-tn fire, IU it were; filleth the heart with feArtJ, horrours ~tnd difquietnejfe; openeth
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