JnflrNftions for a right Gomforting --------------~ without reG:itutionJ fo that he may hold his heart ll:ill tXfrtfod with covetou[nej[e. Hee can well enough abide, abandoning the grolfe ads 9f uncleanefi\::; f(} that Hee lie frying in the Hames ofhis owne fcorching concupifcence; and confume his thoughts 1n tb~ . adulteries of the heart,and contemplative filth, 0 the endlelfc Maze, unfathomed Depths, and deepei1 malice of that old red~ragon ! Hee will yeeld unto any thing, rake in th~ very darke/1: Nooke ofHell, for fome cunning 'Devlje,rather thenpart with a pretious Soule out of his Hellilb Paw~ If a Man be fo haunted with horrour of confcience, .that bee dare not for his life lie any longer in notorioufi1efi(>, but will needs into fume new courfe ; Hee c.an put him into many new fafhions, a11d yet no New-6irth, no New-man, He will fuff.:r him to paffe into amore tolerable converfation, and yet come lhort of_ a true converfion. Hee can afford him a morall Change, or a formal! Change., or a mentall Change; I meane it one!y in re- !peCl: ofthe fpirit ofilluminatio~, and general! graces; or a temporary Change,(ofwh1chfee~ ?JireClions for walk.f:ng with Goa. pag. 3 I o.) And yet continue him fiill within the confines of Hiscurfed ~ingdome, and _in a damnablefi:ate. He doth improove to the utmofi, as occafton of advantage is o1f..:red, both the gritfelieG: ·Jbape of a fowle Fiend, and the mofl: alluring light of His. Angelicall glor,r ; to. doe us amifcpiefe any way, either upon the rtght nand, or the left. How mai)y thoufimds, Ah pi tie ! even in this cleareft noone-tide of the Gofj>ell, doth Hec: keepe in a prefumptuous confidence, that they are converted ; and yet moll: certainely his owne frill, and in a willing t1averie to fome one or other predominant Lufl: at the .Ieafi: : Bee advifed then in the Name of Chrift, whofoever thou art, when the hand of · God, in greatmercy, lhall vifit and vexe thy confcience for finne, by the piercing power ofthe Minifrry: 1;. - • • Bee
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