~----------~---=~~~--------------------- ~Jftiffed (onfciencei•. - 369 fiance, or fyllable ofhis immeafurable love, and. pro- 'mifes oflife, to any one th2t heartily loves him, an~ is true{>fheart. And therefore when thy thirlly foule rn:akes towards the Well oflife;by vertueofthatpromife,Rcv.2I ,6, 1 ·will !Jve to him thati~ a thirfl,ofthe fountaine ofthe,Water of life fteely; And upon fur~rey of the oveFfiowing Rivers of pleafures .and :bhffe, which everlafringly fpring thence, begins to retire from lt,as too good newes to be tnie ; I f.1J; then freele thy Faith,and comfort thy felfe gloriouOy, by confideration ofthat a6undai1t truth, with which he ' bath crdwned every word of His, llronger then a Rock ofbraffe, far furerthen the fillars of the Earth~ or foles of'Heaven;Nay I fpeakc an ad1nirable thing, and ofunutterable'confolation, 'l.vhich cannot be violated without Ddl:rud:ion of t11e Deity; mofl: bleff~d and glorious for evermore. .And let thls ever banifh; and beat backe all fcruples, doubts, ·feares,which at any time ofr~r thern:felves,and Pppo{e thy unfpeake2ble ioy andpeace in f}eakj_ng. 6. Well, faith another, I eafily acknowledge the 6. R.euf.ting of the incomprehenfible goodneife in this name of God;and meanes. hold them mofr ble!fed,who have tl1eir part and per.: J . : tion t11erein.But for my part,I am aff:.·aid,I come too late;For I have.obferved the courfe of the Minillery amongll us, and the difpenfation ofGods mercy irt it. At firll commii1g,ourTowne being full ofign~ ranee, prophane!Te, and much fuperfi:itioqs follies, baving never before injoyed tl1e Word with any lift; or power;we allllood amazed a good while, at the .Majefl:y and ~yfrery of this new heavenly Light~ The firll meffages ofthe Minil1:ery founded in ' our eares,ao the voyce of mA;:ry ~ate~.r, mi~hty ~nd great ; but confufed : not workmg m us e1ther JOY or ter 7 rour,but onely an extraordinary wonder, and fecret acknowledgement of a 'firange force, and more then hu~ane power! , But afterwards, when our .· ' rA a 3 WatchQ
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