part I. Chap. 17· AjjliCled Co.n(cimc-e.r, therefore cafr about to get out of trouble of mind~ and fence of divine terrour with as gr:at impatiency and precipitation, as the former; ondy more plauiible, and with fcemingJy fairer, but truly falfe .. ~tisfachon tb · their owne Soules. For the former ruih with furious indignatiof! out of:thefe fpirit~all deje'-'l:ions of Confcience, .as unrnaniy f~ares, not fit fur worthy fpirits, and men ofroviall refolution, into greater cxcdfe, and variety of worldl_y de• lights, and 1en1uall loo{eneife; and fo ordinarily be- .come afterward very notorious, and more defperate enemies to the Kingdome qf Chri.ft : Becaufe the power of the Word hath once l1ung their carnall hearts with fome remorfefull terrour, they ever after heartily hate the found and fearching Miniflry, and managers thereof, the Inflicters oftheir fmart.; for no other reafon in the world. but that they tell them the truth, an.d thereupon torment them before their time ; that fo, if they bee ·not wanting unto themfc:lves, they may efcape the torments of eter~ nity hereafter, And they fc:t themfelves againfl: godly ChrifHans with incompatible efrrangement, and implacable fpite ; onely becaufe they are Pro~ mtrours of Selfe-deniall, holy l1rid'netfe, inconformity to the world, repentance, mortification, &c. the entertainement and exercife whereof they furioufly more detefl: and flie from, then the death of their Bodics,and damnation oftheir Soules. But thefe latter, pa£fe more plaufibly out of trouble ofconfcience, and take a fairer courfe of the two, tho it proove but an imagiJ;tary and .counterfeit Cure, For they labour to clofe up their fpirituall WO\lnd, with comfort out oftheWord; and promife Reace to their troubled hearrs from t_he promifes oflife : But herein. they faile, and fearefillly deceive themfelves, in that they conceive, the firft fits' and qm1lmes, as it were, of Legall tertour1 to bee ,faving repentance ; . X 3 ageQ /
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