Part.I.Cap.n. fuch an heavenly Dod:our. But Aliens commonly fe!i :e~litud~nem i!Liu-s make no great account of ,godly Minifters any lon· 711wrmn D;:lmc&,w~ ger, then they have prefent need of them, and that P~~~ ·d {..;! ' "o • • ut:[ Ul!: U t 1Cr Ot 1 ' ' troubl~ o1 rmnde m~dH:s them Melaucbohke, and o_ut onely tor , he pt cfe:1c , with mirth. They feeme to reverenae them, wh1le ~') from their generall difcanrfes of n1ercy, and ·.Gods fhUlmam, et <~~ lf ~<IJJima, free grace, ofmercifi11l itwitations to Chnfi, aL1d cer- gu~ernatzonem ·ne.~, . . f . ('f h . 11 - .. '& · Th quallie ergaamnesho- talnty? acQep~atton 1 b ey ";'1 ' corn: In) c. '-_ ey mi1zes, & inpr1 11 ,il af-· fucke 111to their fal{e hear.ts before the ttme, and truth jlt ftos utitur. Po!an . i r~ of humiliation, fome fuper-ficiaH ~limmerings, anal: Ezcch. cap.zo. flafhes of comfort and cooling. -But if once thehea.te of their gujlty r.age begin to afiwag.e, and they find agai ne fame c:afe from their former ~errours, and wonted relli{h in earthly d'elig.hts, they turne fuch holy men out of their hearts, cafl: them out oftheir eonfciencc:s, and hold no ht·§'her, or further eon'ceitofthem, then of other, and ordinary men; ifthey forbeare to perfecute them with thoughts of difdaine and con- ·tempt. . · 5. The true Penitel'lt, having finarted under the ~. Itis ever after fear~ fence ofdivine wrath, incl frig.hted with the flames offulL_ horrour for fin',doth grow fearefull for ever after to of. fcnd, and with much gracious care dreads that canfuming fire. But the Alien, whileheeJs upon the Racke 8 h h . tr. . · d d dh h h h · 1i rr:. fh' · dH ll ·utt cot erts no .o, In ee , an at t e amou neue o · 1s fins, an e frelhly in His eye, will eafi-ly make n1any glortous protefiations and promifes, what a rare and refolute Convert Hce will become upon his recovery. But if once the fiorme bee over-blowne, Gods hand withdrawne, and his painefull confcience cafl: again into a dead lleepe by the power, or rather poifon ·of-fame fenfuall r~ceit, He performes-jufl: nothing : But ltke a filthy fwme, wallowes againc in the mire and mud of .canhltnetfeand carnality, and againe w.iththe beaiUy dog,returnes unto,and refumes his vomit. · 6. H~e that bath -favingly paffed thorow the 6. f tpicricsochers that -Pangs of fuch fpirituall afilidions, is wont t•be very arc mthe bke care. S 3 kindlily
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