------------------ Part.,..<-hap.,.. dffli.Eled (onfciences. 437 whilefince, u ahove an hundred millums, and the lirt~e.r" The: K:ng of !paice h J d 1~ (a d A d · n.·11 hath P'ld dbove an t, above ftur.e ,unate tnou an men;: n IS ni ' h _, ' 1" 11 ·. d . . . unureu m~ tons,an · pendmg abundance ofgold and blood~ . It lS thus;.m-. the lives of abov~e deed with wormes-of the Earth, in Whom there -uno, 4oo thoufa~d Chrifii. help,c,and \vhofe breath is in their noilrils;. But it is ans,for the J~He of .a:l otheiwife with the King ofKings,who jittcth upon the tho[~ counme~,whsch . ~'ircle oft1c Earth, and the inhabitants thereofare M for beauty g: ve place V d h · h J ,.r l.. tu nune.:1nd for rcve• qrafoo~per.r, an t e.2'(_atzon.r M~ _e arop oJ a Bucr<Jt; new d~d cquall his • Who !mnget/;the Prmccs to Nothm,~, a;d mak.gth the weft fndi cs : for the Judges oft he E~Irth M vanity. He IS content to put lo!le of aN:wo,which up at our hands this indignity and aff.:ont, if I may . mofhvJllingty obcyea . fo fipeake. Hee is glad to fue unto us firfl:, and fend htm;and who at thtiO" . · b ~ d d fi d b r. 1· b day after forty Fetes B1s Am ana ours ay a ter ay, e1eec 1mg us to e · war at 1· d "P'"t f· · ·1 d - · 0 · 1 r.bl D 1 c ' .e l'l e" 't>'lt 0 n:concl e U~ltO Him. mcompre 1Cl111 e ept 1 or · all his force .s, ~ecome unfpeakable mercy,and encouragernent to come in, · free Efims, and farre and trufl: in hismercy,in cafeofipirituaUmifcry,abk more rich and poweL·r to trample under foot triumphantly all oppofitions full then th("y were , ofthe moO: rae:ing Hell,or diJlrufrfull heart 1, • when he_!hfid&l:begun ;,~ u h . . h . tmpoven .opprcuc · 5· Nay,Hecommandsus, And t uu u Comman- them,ldem Ibid. dement,that U1e foould 6c!eeve on the Namtof hi.l Sowae 5.He commands. Jefm Chrift, rJoh.3.23. Thiscommandaloneofthe All-powerfullGod,thGuld infinitely out-weigh,and prevaileagainfi: all other countermands of Heaven, or Earth; flefh and blood,Satan,nature,reafon,fenfe;- the whole Creation; all the world:It Ihould fwallow up all fcruples;doubts,feares, defpaires, Comming.to Iefm Chrift with broken hearts, accoFding b this Commandement; It will beare us out againft. all oppoG.tions, accufations, weaknef.fes of Faith· iR the eVlll times, in the houre oftemptation, .upon our beds ofdeath,at that lafr apd greatefl: day. It will .be apleJ at fi.Ichtimes, utterly above all exception, ~ gainfr.all allegations;terrours and temptations to the contrary,to fay, I was·humbled under the burden of finne,andfcnce ofmyIpirituall mifcry :, .God in mer- ~ cy offered me His Sonne 1-ef m Chrijf , freely~ in the }I!Y,frer:y .<lf ,the Gpfpd1, ,by the Miniftery of tho · Word_:_._ ,.,
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