Part r. Chap. r6. AJJliCled Con[ciences. ~. But -if it fall out by Gods bleffing, that the,.lfth~yarenl<>v~d. Word once begin to get within a man, and to wod<e terrour and trouble of mind for fi.nne ; f..> that Hee b::s him grow fenfible of his Oavery, weary dHis former waies, and like enough to breake the Prifon, . .and bee gon; then cloth Hee [\:riouOy obferve and attend, which way the Partie enclines, and how bee maf bee eafilieft div.erted, that hee may thereafter proportion His Plots and Attempts againft Him, the mqre profpcrouO.y. Firfr, if hee finde Him to have beene an horrible r. rr_ they arc melan. , finner, of a fad and Melancholi-cke difpofition, much clnlrck and n?torious affliCted with outward croffi:s, &c. Hee then laies for .Gnn~ t~ dnve d1cm 1 d . ffi. h d l . h 11 h' . ,to aefparre. oa upon Hts a ng· te Sou e, wtt a IS cunmng and cruelty : that -if it bee poffible, Hee may drive Him to defpaire. For this pur1>9fe Hce keeh·~ the 0 ing of the guilty confcience it telfe, all bee can; iharpens the empoyfoned Points of his owne fttYJ darts ; addes more grHfelineffe to his n1any hatefull tranfgreffions; more horrour to the already flaining .vengeance againft finne, &c. That if God fo per•. r mit, Hee may cee fure to fi:rike defperately home, and finke Him deepc enough into that abhoJ;r~ Dungeon. . ·a ff .merry and -not Secondly But if bee N"rceive Him not to have no onous. for tinnc re b . r. ' r- . good fdlowfl1ip een tnramous and noted for any notonous finnes,; · · By naturall confritution, to bee merrily dift=o(ed; . impatient of heavy-heartedneffe, and formerly much add icted to good fellowlhip : Ifhee fpie him, to i Tntuaur rn_imicruge4 flrive and firuggle for dif-intang1ement out ofthefe Rem hiiii'JilRJ uniri4cuuncouth terrours ; and re-injoyment of his former z;.:JP 11 :opmz.orer? cu~l'''&itic ldl d 1. h d . 11 . r:. h P· nqut ,ct z •ll op- Wor . y e tg ts, an Iovta compamons : I .ta~?t en pcnit antefacie, atl qu.e Hec IS mofl: forward to follow and feed Hts 1 hu- cognoftit faciftiJs imlimour this way alfo : that fo Hee may fiifle,and utter. 'J.tri m:nteiJJ:?:tt blandu ly·extinguilh the worke of the !Jpirit DJ bondaot in Lac ~-r~u mmbm. f ttpc . h b ~ . A d . h . b • h uxuna'!l propo?Jat,&c. t every eg~nmng. n to tbt~ end, e blunts, Wlt Greg. m cap. 1,p, lob. all the cunmng bee can~ the !bng of a Mans owne C ol. 456. ·X · Confcience,
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