354 In.flr•8i'HJ/or ~fright com.fwting . s~~·3· ly difcouragea an<! difabled for a chearefull difcharge of both their callings. Which is the thing Satan fpe- . dally aimes at, in vexing fo many ef Gods dear~fi: fcrvants with this fieriell dart. f. F..>r new f;irituall It m:t.y bee, that many ycares after thy new-birth · horror. when thou thinkeO: the worft is paLl:, thou maifr. be~ re- vi!ited and afflicted afrc:fh with (perhaps) for~r fipirituaU pangs, and more horrour, then at the firlt. ~ Pfal.u.. a lob q.1-u)'. 16 , And what then ? Heare how David, a man after b C~p.fi.4 , Gods owne heart, cries out : ;,; MJ honu waxed old; clfaa .3S·18 14· throNtTh mv roarinr ttll the tLt,, JontT • Foraa'll ~tndniiTht d Oportet n. • If' V • h 6 J _, "J ·" ' • " • ~ . . 1ft ~~·l~t .u ~ try hand w.u hellVJ ~epo• mee; My moifture u t~erntd mrm c ;actam meue, . h d h f , l h d '- , qua lmmiliemut atqstcentD .' e roug t o Su,;er. ~eA , An lov, a Gog.. daJ.ci•mur u/qu:ad ip· feanng man, and mofi: upnght : a Whcrifqre hideft [osznferos,&_,ofola~to· thou thr face, 11nd holdeft mee for thine enemie ? Wilt 11~ pro~tmotltMl ~e{iltu thou break.! a leafr driven to ~tnd fro? And wilt thou tt:OlllHl horrorup!cna .r;. h dr' ft 'bl . F h . ,/l. b' h' concipi11mru : quema(.. Pur;~e t e 1e ltfl e !' rJY t ou wntep , !t:er. t. ln[J modurn etiamborrore1 ~tgamft mte, ~nd mak...cft me tD .pojJejJe the tmquttw _cf ifios de(~riptos a Davi. my youth. b The ttrrowes of the eAlm~~hty are ll'i. hin de cc~mmu~, dum o;J~ mee, the poyfbn thereof drinlzes up my JJ;irit: The tcr• {ua dmumerata, /diu if G d d fi h iftl · 'iff r~ 1 ,, . d'/ rours o lJ o etteme:;esm~trrav~tiTatn me.e, 1Jat atv 'ymuw.a e 4 . y , 6 .. . m; anima 'ita tU7Uat?i c He~ekJ.ab,.that walked befi>re God 111 truth&. Wlth a inftros ap;rtiJs rf!e d!: perfec'l: heart: I reck.gned till m()rning, that M a d Lion, d~·~ice~i.m pioJ mter-fo I\• ill he break.; ~t!l my borm :from d£1] ,even to t~ight . . d~. J~dwo D! : te.rrrn wilt thou mak§ an end of mee: Lik$ a Crane or a Swal· nJMjfoe(l, ut bomtaw l r; · 1 ' J d'd · D • .(jrvJdefidtriomasu4- ow,Jo dt" l.l'lut.tter .: 1 mourne. ao, a. ove; m1ne fl'ciamur.CaJvjnJoc. eyes {If.] le 'Wzth l~ok!~ up:ward: 0 Lord, lam opprcft, ' undertaktfor me, · : ~. For ckadndfe of Doefr thou day after day pourc out .thy foule in h~au. prayer, before The throne of g-race, \Vith all the ear,- ncftnefTe, and in!l:ancie thy poore, dead heart (as thou cal-ldt it) can poffibly; and do'ft thou !till rif: up .dull, heavy-hearted and uncomfortable without any feniibk anfwer from God, or comfortablefenfe of his favour and love {hed into _thy heart? bee it fo; yet for all .this, · pray frill in obedience unto thy God ~ againft all difcourOlgements and oppo:itions whatfocver.
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