Part.I.Cap.I5. Afftiflcd(on[i:ienceJ, houre, as I taught before, when all tcar~s fhctll ~'ee: e\'erlaftingly wiped a1way with Gods mercdhll hand:: · And that the Sunne of Righteouf~e{fe did not. pre- . rently br:eake forth llpon th~t happ1e S?ule? to dlfpell - the Hellifh clouds of fenfL1ahty, lurt, lying In fin, &c. and to illighten, inflame,' and fill it with the !erenity, and cleare skit, as it were, of tancHfication, and purity, a kindly fervour of Zeale for Gods glory, good cau~s, good men, and keeping of a good Confcience, and fruttfull influence of fobriety, righteonfitdfe and holinefle for en~r after. And therefore if upon recovery out of trouble of confcience, there foUow not a continued exercife of Repentance both for finnes paO:, prefent, and to come, as you heard before; an uoi,·erfall change in every power and part, both of Souk and Body, tho not in perfection or degrees, as the Schooles fpeake, , yet of Parts ; an heart·rifing hatred and oppoGtion againfr all f1nne ; a fhaking-off · old companions,brethren in iniquity,all Satans g<ilodfellow Revellers; a delight in the word, waies, f::rvices, Sabbaths, and Saints ofGod;a confcionable and conftant endeavour to expredc the truth of proteftal tions and promifes made in time of terrour, 'as I told yo~ before, ·&c. In a W cird, ifthere follow not a new life, if aD thingsdunotbccomenew, thereisnoNew- t.Cor.pr. . · bir~h in truth ; .all is naug~t, and to no purpofe in the - _ . Ptnnt of falvauon. They are then miferableComforters; Phyficians · of no value; nay2 of notorious fpirituall bloud-fhed,., ~ho having neither acquaintance with,nor much ea• - _ ru:g for the manner, meanes, methode, any heavenly wtfdome, fpirituall difcretion, or experimentall sk1U; . in ma~aging aright fuch an important bufinetre; if a- • ny Wales they can affwage the rage, and fiill the cries of a vexed guilty Con!cience, they_thinke they have done a worthy worke-; :Tiro after their dawhing, the.e bee nothihi ,left' behinde in it1 ·but a fenfeleffe skarre; . ,,
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