Part I. Chap. 1 J• .AIJliffed Cmfdenctt. 2Sj , th~tnael for ever :{o all the dreadfull eBCch ofhis angt"y Iuftice will at length feiZeupon the Soules, and c~' found the con{ciencesofall un-holy men with extremeft feverity, and.terrour. Let it be thus then, and let our Mini!l:eriall diipenm fat ion be in this manner: if thou bee an impenitent Perfon; I would tell ~bee, That t~e utmofl: wrath of , Go n, · unquenchable and everlafl:mg vengeance, alf . earthly and infernall plagues, are thy certaine Portion : But I would mollifie and fweeten the bitternefle - of this fentence, with affurance of mercy upon Re"" pentam:e, to prevent the afiimlts of defpaire. . On the other fide, If the Minifl:ry of the Wora · bath wrought upon Thee effectually: and how th:r · truly humble~ foulethirfts -afcer Chrifl:with a fincere hatred and oppofition again!l all finne; I would alfure thy troubled and trembling heart in the Word of life and truth,of al thole moll: precious blet1ings 1 and fweetefi: comforts, which the Book of God dothpromifCr, and the bloud of Chdfl: bath bought : But withall I would commend unto thee fome Cooler.s and Coun- ' ter- peifons againfl: prefumption, and falling to Pharifaifine. For which purpofe, and for prevention of danger, and fpirituall undoing by unskilfitll, and undifcreet dawbing in the Cafepropofed; I come now to tender fuch Counfels and Caveats as thefe, or the like; which the faithfuU Phyfition of tlie Soule according to occafions, circumfiances, ·and prefent exi- ~ents, may thinke fit to bee mingled with adminill:ration of mercy, and wifely propounded to the afflicled Party. • . I. It may not prove unfeafonable to fpeake thus, or m fame fuch manner, to thy fpirituall Patknt, · _ I. If thefe things bee truly andfoundly fo: IfThc firlhcJ~icerobe thou finde and feele indeed fuch amollified and mel- given to the affiitleld · ting fpirit, fuch broken and bleeding affections in ccnccr.ning c~mfo~t. ' 1 . · , - T . - thy · . . '
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