. Part. t·. Chap. I 6. · bloudy Goa..ies in the fides of theSaints, and again!t their fincerity; and now at lafi t~etl)fdve~. are cau~ht with a witneffe, and lie upon thtJr bed~ or extremity and terrour lik.§ wilde Bui!J', andBeaffs m a mt. full of the furJ of the Lord. . · . · · . 2 • Others there are, ~ho findmg the1r finncs.d1f: :. They whofeckc re,-. covered, and their Confc1ences wounded _qy the light medic from c2rnal! and power of the Word; and now feeling fadneff:·, plc.afurcs. . heavie-heartedneffe,uncouth terrours, much perplexl-' c Some men arepr1c~ ty and anxiety of fpirit comming upon them, addreffc. ke~, and to put aw~y themfdves prefently, and have fpeedie recour.fe to rhmflrorrow,~l~.Y w~1 1 1 1• . l ll goe tcpc, tney Wl the ~rme of jlefo, outw~rd nurt J, carna content- goe fport • they will . ments, and fuch other mtkr;1ble comforters. They get t.> merrycompany falfely fuppofe, and to tbei( o'Y'~leUtter,and everla- and palfe aw.ty ~he · fiing overthrow, ·that thefe fpmtuall pangs that arc r1.me; ~nd fo, as tL7y · h h" h 'f . · h I d · h termc It they wdl now upon t em ; w 1c 1 · ng t y manage , mtg t · · a? d ·ve·"'way l . d L 11 d . . purge, :m n .. . proovc an 1appy preparattve,,an ega . Petar ' as It the raoe gf melanchowere, to breake the iron barres, and open the'everla- ly: th~y never g~ to· fiing doores of their Soulcs, that the King of glory any P!·eacher, to aske mioht come in · bee nothing but fits of Melancholy, of the Lord,. or a~ 1 .he · b ' d · - f mouth of lm Spmt: or fowre .and. unfea~o1!ablc eft.:Cl:s an tmpre11t.ons ~ 'they never ri::fpetl:. fome Puntamcall Mmtfl:ry, and dange:ous temptatl- prayer, norfeekoany.· . ons to defpaire. And therefore they c hte out of them comfort ia the Word . as fail as they can, by pofling after worldly pleafures), of G0d. But ~o put~- . . . way forrow on .rh1s fort, ia to eaU it.agair:e, and to fee le it more frclbly either in the ~oure of death I orin . Hell. Grcmham, i;J his Sermon of 'l{epcntance. The reprobates in their !orrow.run tlway from God, even as a Dog from him tl1:tt whippeth him.. ]uda&.in liisJerrours ran to the high · _ P ic!h, the enemies of Chri!l,and to the H:~lter. Cain to buildingpfCities. SaHito Mu~ ~ckc,toa Witcb,and 2t la!l toHis fword. Dyke of Repmtancc, c:~p.; .• But alas ! the fran .. tlcke dcalin~ ofmen in thiscafc is.roopalpable)!lnd to be wondr.ed a,t; when Gods Word . firikesu~n them; when they feclc thekccneueffe of ir; when the :hreatnings have cur,fo that theyfooarr for it; rhen.thcy run to dicing,cardin?, drinking, dancing. i:!u. asit were of~t purpofe to drive away the Spirit ~f .God, that was comming tnwards them, to heale .theu Soule. . Wh~ttely, l<.eiJcmptiiJn of t1me, pag. 6:.. l t illth~ property of ungodly men, ~o . remove the dlfcomforts of their h~rt by worldly delecratioris; asSaut called fc.r Mulicke , wh~n he was troubled with an evillfpirit. A~d to this purpofe men that be afr2id of cle.., rp:u.rC',-.-and love not to be bumbted under themighty bai!d er co'd:. doe ure their wives, then fnc~1dss their meat,and their drinlc with all the P;1fiimc that canbe devifed, to rejoyce rbcmfeJv~s w,itball, that they may, put th~mfelvcs out of th~ij::~u~pes, as.they.caU it', ; MarbNr. 111 hH SermDn upo11 'Pfolm.:31-• . · - · Pafiim~s>
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