---------------------------~-------------------~ fiart :t.Cap.I6. Afflilled(on[r:iencn. leave a man to the Devils fi:ill : and for all his faire warning by the fmar t of a wounded fpirir, drowne Him in the works of dar!mdTe,and waies of death. 1'. Some, when by the piercing power and ap- t. Tb~de lj > erare. · plication of th~ Law, their Con{ciences are prdl: . with the terrible and intolerable waight of t heir firmes; and the W orme that never dies , ·which bath beene all this while dead-drni1ke with feu{uali pleafures, . is now awaked by -the hand of Divine jufiiee, and beg ins to fl:ing; they prefently with unfpeakeable rage and horrour , fall into the moll: abhorred, and irrecoverable Dungeon of defpaire. The flames of Eteri1all fire feize upon them, even in tbis life; They are in H;ellupon Earth, and damned, as it were, abore ground. Such they are commonly, who all their life long have becne contemners of the conkionable. Mi11ifl:ry; : Scorners of the go!Jd \Vay; Ql.el:chers ·of the Spir~t; Revolters from good beginnmgs, and profeflton of grace ; Harbourers of fome fecret, vile, abominable lufl:s in their hearts againft the light of their Confcience; clofe Agents for Popery and Prophaneffe; plaufible Tyrants againllthe power of godlindfe; and fL1ch other like notorious Champions of the Devill, and infamous Rebels to the highefl: Majeftie. Whom, fith they have bin iuch, and have {o defperately,. apd.fo long deJPifecl · the richeJ' of Hu goodneffe , and forbearance, 11nd Ion,'{- · fufferinGe;, leading them to Repentance; God moO: jufily - leaves now in the evillday~ when once the hot tranfitory gleame of worldly pleafures is palt, an.d His judgements begin to grow upon their thoughts, like a tempefl:uous fl:orme; and death to O:and before them unrefifl:able, like an .armed Man; and lin to lie at the doore, like abloudhound ; and the gui1ty Con{cience t o gnaw upon the heart,iikea Vulture~ &c. I fay ,then Hee Ie~ves them in' Hu righteom judge'!lmt to finke or .fwtmme , to eAte the fruit of their O"R'ne W~el, to ,.
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