• Part.t.Cap.n. .AjfliElet/. ConfcienteJ, !hou m:tyilfometimes upon th~ awakening, illud mmation , and fearch o£.thy confctence, after fom: drquzie repofe, and deeper fieepe upon the bed offecurity; fome fouler enfuarement, and longer abode. in fome knowne fcandalous finne ; after the·Cankerr ofearthly cares, and teeth of worldly-mindedneffc have. ere thou bee well-aware, with an infenfible pleafing confumption, eaten too farre into the heart of thy..Zeale,ani other gra<;~s : _In the apprehenfion offame prefent termur,ariftng from a more .ferious, ar-1d fen!ible fuhey. of the. now abhorred vtllanies, and abomin~ti.ons of thine . unregenera.te time; ·;or from the gneved remen1brance ofthy tails, and fay-~ lings ; of thy finnes, . and unfe,rviceablene{f~ fmce thy converhon(which I am perfwaded, trouble ·the Chriflian,moft,and goeneerdl: .to his heart,& c.) I fay, in fuch Cafes,as thefe, Thou ·mayH: · feele fuch a fearefullneffe and faintne!le to have furprized the hand ofthy.Faith; that it cannot fo prefently and eafily recover its former hold ; nor daipe about the. glorious jufrice, and meritorious blood of. Chiift,, wtth:that fillne!Te and 6rmeneffe ofa£fent,: with that( comfort and con6dence,as it was ,wo;lt. So that for; a time,Thou mayfr lie under the torture ofan heavy: heart,uncheerfulneffe in .all thy wayes, and fome de-. gree ofhorrour ; , becaufe thou.. canO: get no better· hold:-fafi. (But more is thyfault : ·For, neyer did: deerefr F.ather: fo lovingly,ent~rtaine into his greedy · armes,a penitent Soone,retQrnmg frorrlgoing afrray::, then our mere1full God,upon thy renewed humilia· tion, is willing to fhine upon thee againe, with the· refrefhing beames, and blefsings of his. WQnted. fa-- vour.) .. Yettdlmetrue, deare Ht:;art, .TI'iough for - t~e prdent,thatpretious and happy, prayer of; Paut for the Romans, The godof hr;pe ·fiJ! yfJH :with all, io]i. Rom.u.. r i ~ ~~nd peace in 6e!eevin,e;, bee not fulfilled upon_ thy· Soule ; Though thy former j9yfull feelings be turned into
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