• Part I. Chap. 13 • Ajfliefed Confoicnces. tom of thy broken heart with thofe Jfraclites,and poure down: whofelivcs, as it out {N:"ore the Lord in abundance of bitter teares, for dflebylbc ~o;'lteh,~n,. denru;! '}' r ffi . 1 d I' b . . d 0 ots' 10 e r .... thy never 1u c1ent y fvrrowe wr a ominatlons an lJeofcfearefulJ. eith!'r rebellions~ againfr fo bleifed and bountifilll a God. !cnlelcfie or uncom· - · fortable: fo dangerOIJi is it to queRch the fpirh in any parr. CulverwcU in hu Ttcati(e of Faith, p. 46·41• {_er- - tum cfl fin~ {uafupeccati & mi[eri.e P'imrlm, deinde libet-·ationis in Cbrifio Iefu abeadem ;U.i m5feria, 1mfJam irt Ch;·ifio cffe verf!m confolationcm. Nos !J.IIidem hodicrno die e:x peti:zmm no11 primum iUum, (ed{ecundum Chrifli advmtum. Vl igitur e11m wm aliqua con{itlatl~ne .expe~ Clemru, danda nobiJ opera eft in tota vita, ut magi& magi[que in fen/u peccati, & mifer~ nllflr.e pro[iciamU&: a!iJqui profdlo tantum -aberit, ab eo, ut &U11J con[olatione & gaudto eu'f11 cbrijliativcntum e:rpclirmU6, ut e contra '"m horroribU& animi & conftimti.e ntm tflm ezpe• llemU6 i!Jum dicm,qullln cum eo ever(emur. Rolloc.inlohan.p. 346. Perpetue refipr{camiU; Jn perpctua /ufla & perpetua refipi[centiafimru. Idem. Ibid. pag.337: Some are·ondy. ·ilightly humbled, and having got comfort are never more grieved: whereas a true Be· Jeevcr. even ~frcr Faith, ~rieve, fliil for his daily Gnncs: but thefc thinke it enough that they were once grieyed; and therefore now grieve nomore for their foule finnes. 7\pgers of Dcdham. DoClr.• of Faith, pag. 367. Cum (!mper nobiiagno[cmda fint pe"ata nofl~a, & crt:dmdttm, quodremtttantur nobu pucata proptei"Chrijlu~n, {cntimm [emper etiam rn hac vita nobis agendame[J'e p~nitcntiam. HarmoR. Confcfi: p. t. Wirtenbergica Confetr. depa'nir. pag. In. We are 10 note, that Repentance is a continuall courfe offorrow; an~ if we have this in truth, then may we boldly fceke for comfort out of God~ Word, and from His Minifiers,and'Iook what comfort they giveuson Earth, the fame lhallbc fealed alfo in Hc;aven. Wherefore as it is requiGte continually to till the ground, if we wili have frUit; and d:rilyro eate, ' if we will Jiv~: f<.J in fpirituall things, wee mufl be humbled with continuall forrow, that we may be refrefl1ed rvith daily comfert in Chrifi. Grwzham, Ser. 7• 0{ Repenttmce. I the rather quote thef.C DiYines for this point; to oppo(e th~ wicked and i15noranr folly of fome ill-tongued A ntinomifts, and other p~ev'i!h and prou rl Phanca • flicks. q t Sam · 7.6. Hauferunt aqutU e put eo cord~ fui, & ab-11ndC [acbrymati {urltcoram Domino, 'fJ!ipi[mtes . · ~ha!d. Paraph, Now the folemne times and occafions, when we are Time~ of renewing called to this renu:d Repentance, are fuch as thefe: e'lr Repenta :tce. I· When wee are to performe fome fpeciall fervi- r. Spcciall fervices. ces unto God; becaufe then out of a godly jealoufie we may feare, lefl: the face and favour of God the love and light of His countenance may not li; fo open nnto u.c;, by rea!on of the cloudy interpo:ition of . . . our former finnes. 2, When we feeke for any (f1eCiall t. Spemh fcrvtceJ . bleffing ~t Gods mercifull hands; becaufe th~n out of a ~rac10us feare we may fulpect:, tbat our old finne$ may Intrude J and labour to intercept and divert from T 3 our ...
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