Part. t.Cap.I6. Afjli[led(onftiences. ake,. Hee ihould knocke ouf his braines ; or when He • is fiung with a Wafpe, J11ould rub with a Nettle th.::! · fmarting place; or finding no good by Phyficke , fhould runne unto Wife-men : as if in extremity of · thirft, He lhould drinke ranke poyfon to quench it ; apply a venemous plaifl:er to his fore, and prop up his falling Roofe with burning fire~brands : Reme- . dies farre worfe,_and more peHilentiall then the Malady; for they either plunge them deeper into the Dungeon of melancholy, and heavie-heartedndk; • or elfe draw askinne only over the fpirituaU wound, whereby it kfl:ers and rankles underneath more clan- . gerouOy : for thus fl:opping the mouth ofthat neverdying worm, that infauable Wolfe in the mean time, doth make it, when there is no more fi.tpply ofcarnal! pleafures, whereupon it feeds for a while, to fall more. furiouf1y upon the Con{cience that bred it ; and to gnaw more ragin~ly ,by reaf0n ofit's former rdhaiut:. and enforced d i.v.erfion. , s 1 d f 11 I know full wtll, ~~tan ~sright··wellplea(ed; and 4~t;:C~. 10 0 u - clothmuch applaud this pefhlent courfe ot theirs ; and therefore Hee helpes forward this accurfed bufindfe · all He can, of abandoning and banilhing all trouble of rninde for finne with worldly toyes. ·For ordina-, rily out of his cruell cunning, thus Hee proceeds in . tbe.fe cafes. . I. In the firfi Place, and abO\'e all; Hee labt>urs '• To ~~ep the hft·dmight and maine, to detaine men in that heightofned. · hard-heartedneffe, that they may not bee mooved · at ~1.1 with the Minifiry, or fu.tferJhe Sword of the Spmt to pierce, And then, like a flron" man armed,· Hee po£fdfeth their Bodies and S'oules~ which ~re ., . his g p lllace, with much peace . and difpofeth them r. . ~o~ra .noseoveh:,meh 11 • ll 'fh · ' · tms mc:tat~tr , quo ex w o y 1n_ any ~e 1 ferv1ce at H1s pleafLtre. . Thus mde 1raPro qu~fi cz Hee prevalles Wlth a. world of men amongll us. They i11.re prap~i.t b.tbir~ti•· heare Sermon after Sermon, Judgment upon Iudge- nu expellltur.Gre.mc. ment, and yet are no more ftirred with any penitent H lob.Col.f:'o7aftoniihmcnt
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