. Part. I. Chap. 14. .A!Jliaed C()n.fciences• containe, but exceffe of love unto thy crucified Lord, and leofe of Gods mercy, !hed into thy Soule thorow his merits, will make thee weepe againe, and fairely force thine heart to burft out abundantly into fi·etb, and filiall teares. (See how frefhly Davids heart bled with repentant farrow, upon His affurance by N athan of the pardon of His fin: Pfal. p.) Thou canfl: not chufe, but mourne more heartily,Evangelically, and that which 1hould paffinglv pleafe Thee, and fweetly perpetuate the fpring of thy godly farrow, more pleafingly unto God. · Take therefore fpeciall notice and heed .ofthefe two Rules f'or the avoydepths of the Devlll, that I have now d1fclofed unto ding of thofeforroei" thee :. errours r. When thou art truly wrought upon by the Mi- I: Let the humbled :t1ifrry of the.Word and now fitted for comfort • Be- gtvc ea:e to comfort, ' · ' for clfe·· leeve the Prophets ; tbofe Ones of a thoufand, learned ' in the right handling of afflicted confciences,a"d thou foalt profper. As foon as thy Soule is foundly humbled for . fin ne, open and enlarge it joyfully like the thirfl:y ground, that the refrefhing dew and Doctrine of the. Gofpell may drop and diO:ill upon it,as the frnall raine. upon the parched graffe. Otherwife; . r Gods mercy is difI, Thou offi!rdl: difhonour, and difparagement, as honoured. it were to the deareneffe and tenderneife of Gods x And thercfote will ' 1 • · c '· 1 ' · d d the LoRD waite that mercy; W 1? lS ever lnomte ymore ~ ·rea y, e an Heem2y bee gra~iouc forwa!d to bmd up a bro~en heart,then It to bleed be- unto you; I(a. 30 • r8. fore htm. Confider for this purpofe the Parable of the Oh thou afflicted, tofprod~~aJl Sonne, Luk,; I 5. He is there faid to got, but fed with rempefi, and ·y_, the Fatherran. , ~ Th ·/'\. b h r_ 1 d • 1. Thy tclfc·difabled z. ou lllal:•r, y t e un1ett e nefie of thy heavte for good du·ies. - hea:t·unneceffarily, unfit and dif-abl~ thy felfe for the ~ duties, and d.Ifcharge ?f both thy callihgs. ~ •3• Thou fhaltgrattfie the Devill; who will labour. 3. The dcYJlJ hath ad- - ~mghtily by his lying fuggefrioJ?S~ (if thou ~ilt not vantage.~ ~ , bee cou~felled . ~nd com~orte9, wnt:n therets caufe) nS1Prnr~~ Be· tQ detame thee m perpetuall .~orrour here, and in an hold, 1 will lay .thy etemall.
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