428 Inflructions for a right comforting ------ ' • will,D.iG: thou, as yet I cann~t,J dare not,I will not. V\Thereupon Thou wi1F.1lly,as it were, liefr f1ill upon the Rache of much fp1rituall terrour, and trouble of minde; and:v. l,ich is a miferable addition and mifchiefe, for w h1ch thou maifi thanke thy felfe; art all the while 6rre more liable,andliefr much moreopen to Satans mofr hortible in;e.:twns,& cruellcll: temp- ~ations tofdfc-defrmC\:~on,deipaire,phmging againe . mto former pleafures or good-fdlow(hip,& the like. The cure of one in the It grieves me to confidcr,how fearefi1lly and falOy fo~·mer cJfe by thou deceiveQ: thine own)1eart,in apoiat offo great ·b V :r.' L' a:m irpportance,totby muchfPirituall hurt, and fnrth:r t qtt)fb a:; e ;JJ' 1 . ··wh 1 c 1 n. 1 m~~ erir, rant am ai;eft 0rror. . . y, t 1erewre art t !ou.mon: we come. t_o quin defPerarionu eau- Iefus Chr~ft; becanfe thotl·art iofenGble ofthy b fr>t- (afi:fua pauperta~, ut rituall miiery and beggery; becaufe thou ~rt fo \ile, inde potius debeat ani- [o atominable, fo u~1wortlw and wretched in thine mumcoUif!.eread Chri. owneconceit, "Tho}uhai 6eWhole, neednotaPhyfium qulfrendum. Sed ji · b 1. h · ji L 1. ;a ' he meminer£mur noli a!, or ttt~n; ut t Je] t at a;·e IC"'<!:. C ~rtp came not to call t. cer,{eri paupms, nijt c :tghteous.,_ /;l!t jinners. 1_\.nd 1l1 thiS ~ef.o.eL'l-~ He IS qui fibi ipfir ralcr junt: 'ud to d tu_fiifie the_ untodly ; and t.o d1e fo/ the cup" hoc e[t ,qui fiu inooi£ iujf.:; · And_ to_f~eke thqfe that find fh;rnfelrzrff·::Jojt. Jenfij: -oppreffi Jacenr, f And therefore, that·w hieh thou makel~ thy.,.j;a.re;.1tefl: l\1UlC.m Mut.Clp. I I, d" F d. . er · ·11_ r. lj . d ~ Mat. 9 1 :z., 1 {• • 11cour:a~er~~~nt to c_om~ unto .. mu:, 1--\\ou u. e,,an - Jly_g.;.'~~ ,id eft ,eor,qui 111 trutl~ l:Sj the greatc~ encouragement, t~~fl; , thy fibi ;uftt 'Uidmtur, jtve felfe w1th eonfitience-mto the bofome ofhts lC?'te. · · rA-l.A.l· --. -.- 1 '"\ • But beft:n;e I con:le to .fpeake more; fi.1Hy to the genera enn.ctp e, . l 'i' 1. p . . 1 . ' That he which is truly Pomt, .et me prer~u et 11s nnc1p e: . . . weary of his !ins, bath When a Man .lS once Gn~erely humbled under acomfortable ulling Gods mightY hand, with fight ofGnne, andfenfe of tl) lay hold on Chnft divine wrath; fo that now all his former wicked ·'w-· -·-...r ---.J qui (eju,!l os ejfc (omni· . ant,quod fuir Pbarifte(}~Um dogma:quibus oppon~ntur pecc~torer, id eft, !?!_uifuamm pec· catorumftn[u 'UUlneratt ad unam'Dei mfencordta•n conf.ugm~t Bez:l tn Loc.,d Rom.4. ~· ·• 1 Pet.3 .18. l For our encouragement to a thorovvvvork~ of bruiGag, anJ p:ltlence under Gods bruiGng of u5,\et us all know, that none arc fitter for comtorr, then tho[e thatthinke the111fel ves furthefi off.Mw, for the moll pjrr, are no~lofi enough in thetr ovvne feel1ng,for a Saviour. A holy defpaire in.our fdv\:s, .is the ground of trllt' hope•• <D.Sibbes Bruiftd R pag.+S• waies
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