l'att I. Chap. 13· Affli£1ed Confoimcu. by rea{on of the uncouthnelle, an'd exquifitenc:Be of this invifible fpirituall torture, without true turning to le[ m (hrift. Ifwhen the aow-troubled powers of thy foule, which the wound of thy confciencc ha!h call: into much difl:racted and uncomfi1rtable corYfufion, ihall recover their woAted cahneneife and quiet, thou turne unto thine old bias, humour, company and converfation ; it will then be more then mani~efr, that this furnace of terrcur and temptation, where- "in thou now lieO: and languifheO:, was fo farre from . working thine heart to heavenlineffe and grace, th~t it bath hammered it to more hardndfe and ungratloufneffe: from purging and refining; that it hathoc.. cafioned more earthlineffe, epicurifrne and raging ~ffections in fenfuality and finfull pleafures. But 1f, when thou art up againe, and raifed by Gods mercifilll hand out of the Depth ofthis fpirituall difrreife, into which the horrible fight, and heavy waight of thy fins have fimke thee ; if then thou expreffe, and . tefl:ifie thy true.heartednetfe in thefe prefent folemnc: proteil:ations made now, as it were, in thy hot blood; r. meane, ofthy hatred againft fin:, by an earncll: eppofinon, watchfulrieffe, and fl:riving again!\ all, ofpecially that, which in thine unregenerate time Ruck clofeO: to thybofome: ofthine hunger and thirfl: after a comfortable fruition ofGods face and favour, by a confcionable and ·confiant purfuit, and exercife of all good meanes and opportunities~ ofall his bleffed ordinances, appointed and lanctified for growth in grace, and bringing him neerer unt~ Him: ofthy fu- ~ure _New-~bedience,- and Chrifl:ian walking,by plymg mdufin<:>ufly, and fruitfully with thy bell endea.. vour, ~n~ utmofl: ability' th()fe three glorious workos ofChnfrtanity; Prefervation of purity in thine owne Soule an~ Body: righte?us dealing with all thou· ha~ t~ do-wtt~ : Holy carriage·towards God in all rehgtous duties, In a word, by denying ung~dlineffe ~tnd Tit; 1 • 11 , u. T .~ · ' :world!J
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