Part.~.C-hap. t 5. ·vfjfliflcd(onftiences. ': wayes,.pollutions, and·provocations ofGods pure eye, liefo heavy upon his heart ; that bee is truely w·eary, willing to be rid .of them all, unfamedly thidting after the bloud-and holineffe ofChri.ft :, .And therfore as well content to takeupon himHis fw~et and eafieyoke, _ for to pleafeHim in New-obedience: for the time to come; as to partakeof the merit of His Pafsion, for the prefent pardon of his fmnes; I L1y ,then H~ mufr conceive, that Hee bath a found, ieafonable,and comfortable calling, to lay £qfi hold upon Jefm Chri.ft, and to bee undoubtedly perfwaded, thJt He bath his part and portion inHim. And befid~s., that Godsbleffed Word determines it, Hee may the rather afient unto the f<:afon, and the more boldly beleeye; Becaufe Hee bath now found,and feeles by his owne experien<:e, the prad:ife ofthat double pollicy of' the Divell,fo often difcoyered unto Him heretofore by Gods faithfull Meffengers,to wit, that whereas He was along time moll: inciuftrious to keepe his heart refolutdy frubborne, and unfrird againft themight and piercing of the mofr powerfull Minifiry, and when at any time.He once·perceiyed it to begin to worke upon him,raifed all pofsible oppofition againft His yeelding : ~o now,when He js. truly toucbt indeed and refolute to abandoa His Hellifh flavery for ever; Hee bbours might ana maine, with all rdl:leffe cruelty and malice, to keepe . His confcience continually upon the Racke. To this :purpofe, He objed:s and urgeth to the utmofr, the hainoufneife ofHis former fumes, the fiercenefie ·of Gods. wrath, which he cunnii1gly concealed before; the littleneffe ofhis farrow ; His unwonhinetfe to meddle with any promife,and the like. And whats the reafon, thinke you, that He who ·was fo-daw- ~ing before,isnow_fo downe right; he that was fo mdulgent before, -ts now fo deipe.rately blotidy, and for nothing but defpaire and damnation? It is eafie E e to
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