~· Confeliuenrs. ln.ftruaions}or aright comforting , Secb.. thereof to embraceHis bletfed crucified Lord, in the armes. of a lively FGith. Thirdly, infeparableconf:- quents rude companions : firfi, an hearty and everlafiing falling out with all finne: fecondly, far1Cl:il1cation thorowout, in Body, Soule, Spirit, and Calling and in every power, part and paffage thereof, tho ne~ in perfection ofdegrees, as they fay, yet in truth and effectually : thir·dly, A fet and folemne courfe of New-obed'ience, fpent principally in Selfe-fobriety, · right.:oufnc:ffe towards our Brethren, and holinefle towards God. · · Many unfaithfull men in the Minifl:ry, both in their publike ·teaching, and pri...·ate vifitations of the ficke). have much to antwer for in this Point : who for want of skill. in tHat highefl: Art offaving foules, offamiliarity with God, and fecret working efhis Spirit, of experience in their owne change, and ef the fpirit of dikerning, &c. 1nany times concurre with fucb mi~ . krable men to marre all, in fl:ifelling the very firfi.. ·fiirrings ef l.egall.remorfe, by healing the wounds . of their confcience with fweet words, before . they bdearcht, and founded to the bottome; and by an . un-leafbnabl~ and rtndifcr~t heaping a great deale of ' -c.pmfort ' ti.:Jere, _where as .yet, a g<wd groun.1-worke · of true humiliation is not lfoundJy laid, _Many ·and lamentable are the fpirituaH miferies in thof~ Places, where fL1ch ·nawbers with unteinpere_d -~orter do- .niineere ; who never palled thorow the Pa~~gs of the _ New-birth themfelves~ were · ne\·er· feelingly acquainted w1th tne wonderfull dealings of God ·in , that great Miracle of a Man~ converfion ; or tr~ined up experimentally in the Schoole of temptations, • painefull exercifes· of mort-ification, and counter- - minings againfi the'D~pt.h.t,' Wile!,, Devifu, ~t~~d fora.._ · tag.ems()ftheDivefl. The bielfecft>rophetpa•int,sthem OLlt to the lite, and denoUnces -a d~eadfi.11l woe a• gaina fuch flattet~ing'and fboliib Prophets, E:t.u-h. I 3·. . ~ A
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