Inflru.Elions for a righ: comforting SeCt.,. ------- fou.ndatiO!H with Sa· eternall hell hereafter.Some find him tU (urioujly nndma. }H>htres. C:ap•. H·II~1. litioujly bufte tfJ k£ep themfrom comfort, when they are fit .. e rctlmethnot~e IS d fi' ft .rr.ofi ,f.: anger f0 r ever, be- te ; as rom tne11 e or comJ ort. . . . c1nfe He di:lightethin 4· . Thou art extremely un-advtfed, nay, very crucll mercy, Ho(. 7· 12. to thine owne foule. F<;>r whereas it might now bee · 4.Thy foule too much filled with unfPeak!ah!e and- gloriom joy, with peace to 1 r)mrcd. 8 •that paf[eth all t·tnderflandino-, with Evangelicall plea- ' 1 er.,. ' .t: h' l r. l 6 • h h h Phi1. 4 . 7 • ·1ures, w lC 1 are ILlC 1, as ne1t er eye at feene, nor eare 1 Cor. z.. 9• heard, neither have cntred into tht ht:art of c../Uan, by .taking Chrift; To which thou haft a{l:rong and manifold calling: Jjai. 55. I, Ho, every one that thirfleth, -come yee tothewaten~ &c. Matth.n,1.8. Come unto me af1 yee that llfbour, and are heavie laden, andTwill giveyourefl, Joh.7.37· If anymanthi;-ft, lethimcome unto me, and drin~, Revel. zz. 17. ~nd let him that u a thirft, come. And whofoever Will, let him take the \Vater of life freely_. Yea, a Commandement ; 1 1oh+ 23, e.And thu uhu Commandement, that we .fhoutd he· leeve on the .Name of his Son11e lefm Chrifl: And·yet for all this, Thou, as it were, wilfully frandeft out, wilt not !Jeleeve the Prophets , forfakeft thine owne comfort, and lieft frill upon the Racke ofthy l1nreconcilement untoGod. Secondly,lctthe c:om• • 2. On th~ other .hand : when the angui{h of !by f<>rted continually pra gutlty Confctence, . IS ~pGn fure ground fomethtng aifehumiliation. allayed, and fuppled Wtth the oyle of comfort; and thy wounded heart warrantably revived with the fweetnelfe of the Promifes, as with marrow and fat- . . . nejfe: Thou muO: not then, either !hut up thine eyes Y Rtjpifteitt14 . J!Ja non from further fearch into thy fins or Y d7 them up eft vera ac /o!lda qu.e fi · ' r · IY! non virtualiter ;onti· rom any more mo~rmng. But coq1rort o remtuto.n 11HiltNr, & a(/16 rena· muft ferve as a pretlOUS eye-fa.lve, bo~h tO cleare thetr '?atur {ubindc, a tem- fight, that they may fee moe, and Wtth moredetcfl:a· 'm cs~v~rfioni~ ad fi- tion; and to enlarge their Sluces, as it were, to poure 1t.em u[{j;vlt.e. Am~Gus out repentant teats more plentifully. Thou muO:con.; Medulla Illc:ol. hb. x. · • • - d r. k' h h ll'lh Heapc: eap. 16 • . ttnue rtpptng up, an. ramac mg t a.t e 1 . of thy former rebellions. and pollut1ons of youth : . , • I 0 frill
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