~--------------~~,-------------------~ Part. t. C,bap.5. ~JfliEled (onfciencu. droffe be wafted ; they thorowly purified,and fitted for fome ·excellent ufe;as our gratious God lovi~1~ly . waits, to take thee out of trouble and temptatiOn; when the ruft is removed from thy fpirituall armom ; thy graces 1hine out, and thou heartily: hum~ bled, and happily fitted, to doe him more glorious. n~nice for the time to come;I meane,when he bath attained the end, which he mercifully intended in loYe,and for thy good. 6. In conceits ofour unworthineffe. 6,When vve fteie our 'Dilv;d commanded Joah,and the other Captaines, ovvne unvvoubi:tdfe" to entreat the youngman Abftdom gentry for hufttkt. 2 Sv~m. I 8.5 .A rebellious traiterous Son,up·in armcs againfi his owne Father,graceleOy, and unnaturally thidling out of a furious ambitious hiunour, · to wring the Regall Scepter out of his hand,and to fet · the imperi81l Crowne upon his owne head : How dearely and tenderly then, will the Fat her ofmercies deale with a poore htimbled foule, that fighes, and fceks for his favour,infinitely more,then any earthly ireafi.1re, or the glory of a thoufand worlds? 7. I will h1ppofe, thou·hail: broke fome fpeciaH 7. Ifwe breake (omc vow,(which were agrievous thing)ma,de before the fpeciall vovv. Sacrament,upon fome day ofhumihation, or f~ch other occafion ; and fo forfeited thy (elfe, as it were, and thy ioule,into the hands ofGo~ts jufHce,to be dit: pofedoftothe dungeon of utter darkndfe, if thou wert ferved,as thy finne bath deferved. An.d thereupon,thou art much afflicted,& fore troubled in min~fe, to have fufr~rea thy felfe to be fo fottiibly enfi1ared againe in fuch a <ti!:avowed fin, againft fo {hong a purpofe.But here confider,whether thou, being a fa.. ther~would'ft take the forfeiture of abond, and. adv~nta&e ofbreakingday, efpedally full {ore againfl: fus. will, fiot? thr dearefi Childe,. in treating thee to !ntreate b1m :kindly; Much, nay infimtely ld{e, WJli thy heavenly Father deale har<lly with ' thee B b 3 in (
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