Ping!t mater fe fitrum, quem in utnis geftat,in terram deieEfuram, ut ipfe tenaciur li.ere.<t. Simon.C~fi.m Ev:mg. i,lp.q. J ab Ij.I). j>fal.:z.3·4• Inftm~ionJ for t~riJ,ht comftrt;ng SeC\:.3. in fuch a Cafe, if thou complaine; at- the Throne of qrac~ with a grieved fpirit; reaew tl1y covenant and ~~11 him trnly',that tho:.1 w_ilt;by the 'helpe of the l1?lY Gholl:; ,guard thy heart w1th a narrower watch, and firongerrdolution for the time to come. lf\Vee corJ: .• fe!V Ofjrjinnes; he U_{tlit/fu/[ a::J iu.ft to forgivnu OHr jillnes.I John I ·9· And mfuch aCafe, we have ever a bleffed Advoc/Jte \vith the Pather, I efus C hri.ft the rirrhteous, Cap.z.r. . ., A Father . fometime threatens, and ofF~rs to throw his little one 6ut of his arines : but upon purpofe oriely to make him cling clofer unto h1m. Our heavenly-Father may feemc to cafr offhis Childe,and leave him for a while in the hands of Satan, for inwvar:d temptation; or to the:rage ofhis bloody agents for ontward perfecution, But it is onely, to draw hin1 neerer to himfelfe; bymore ~rio'.lS feeking, and fur~ depend:m.ce in. the time of trouble; and that with tbe hmd ofhis faitb,bee m:1y lay furer hold upon his All-fufficiency. And the Childe, efp~cially, if of riper co:1ceit, and wifer thoughts, laugh~s, perhaps, in the Fathers face,clre_ads no danger,dteames notofbeiog hurt.And wl1at's t.hereafon, thinke yee ? Onely becauie bee knQwes,he that holds him,is his Father : s'o thy he.:- l:~IJly Father h~lds th~e..,as it -vvere,ov.el'Hell in fame :!l:ror)g temptatio;1,upmi pur.pofe to terrifie thee from tampe~ing fo.much w_ith the Divels baites; fo that thou feell: nothing about thee for the prefent, but .darkeneJfe and di{-comforts, and the very- horrors of eternall death re?dy _w take hold on thee; ,yet for all this,upon the ground of this loving gracious refc:mblaqce thou maifl: be corl'\forted ; and cry confident.,- ly with 1o6,Thoug/,he flay me, yet Will! truft iniJim; \-Vith <David,Though IW.alf?t through theva!ley ojthe ,P;adow ofdeath,I'Will foare no evi!l, Who; is amoJJf, you, f1ith the ,Prophet, thatf,•oreth the L1rd, that' -abeyeth the
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