Inflruflions for a right comforting· SeCl:.i. attended by his Keeper; and continue a Retainer to the !dngdomc of darkendfe. Hee will be content, to give him the cencfit of the fewefl: firipes in Hell, and the leaH: meaftire ofdamnaticn ; tho that alfo bee more then infinitely terrible, and intolerable, rather then Hee fhould bee undamned at all. And therefore in fuch a Cafe, Hee will ea lily ft1ffer Him to proceed' to fome kinde of Rep~Jltance; and reformation, of fame one or moe outward groffe notorious finnes ; - remorfe whereof, perhaps, did firfl: raife the terronr and trouble in his minde; fo that Hee will there reft, and remaine unmortified ami unamended ir;J the refr, Or, Hee cares not much, tho Hee be uni\'erfally, out- . wardly reformed; and unblameable,for the 1il1ofr part, in his vifiblc carriage, and converfation; Tho Hee reil:ore ill gotten goods with Juda~; fay his prayers, give almes, fa-fr often, give tythes of all that Hee pof:.. felfes, with the Thar-lfee; hold out aLamp ofgoodly profeffion to the eye ofthe world, wirb thefoolifu J/irl.ins-; o6(erve godly Minifiers, reforme many things after their Preaching, and h~are them gladly, with Herod; So that for all this plaufible and unpernicious outfide the heart continue unchafre; impure, unholy, unheavenly fiill ; and Hee fiill hugge i? his bofome, fome fecret lufis and fenfuall corruptions., with willing delig!Mt,. and loathneffe to leave them, Or, if a man, befides outward religiot1s reprc:fentat~ ons, and conformities, defires alfo to finde andfede in himfelfe fome kinde of inward worke; Hee will . . . .. not bee much troubled wi"th addition ofthefpiritcif u Spmtu;z.lu be~tdz{lz9 n illumination temporary Faith fome · x jo; in the dt<plez e{l;l~tna zmpe1 fe- ' h' Id ..,_ lla&maTJca;llltera,fer Word, Y tafle.of. th~ pow_ersoft ~War. tocomc, ~c. jella & plea,omniliqne ·So that the fpmt offpeCiall fanchficatlon be w!ntu~g Jpirit~alia .don.a compte: fiill, and that fome darling delight bee rnaintamed m fienr. Ilia prtorz mttln heart hfe or callin('J' · which the Man by no meanes . b'd ' ' b ' ttsa'? r~pro 1 o~a·~tllr. would have meddled with or mortified. Or that,. T~lutn'!!'ben~dsCIJ~,efl • l · h' f h · 11 · f hich Fzdes teporarlll,ar1q«a wh1c 1 lS a notable Dept o , t e D1ve , o W lleTlt'Dci cognitio,guJIU& take
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