·-- - - -- -- -·-~- --- ---------r- -- ·-------- Injru8iom for A rif.h~ comforting SeCl.3. ' The ftate of man- f p!ffing by more excellent and noble creatures iind is ~Jppy, in T fends unto thee; whofe Father u corruption, and~~ p.a:ltt 1 ~ 11· ~fhe. ~nge sf worme thy mother and thy Jifler, :md w bo in reflpen.. w uc 1 re , or 111.. ne o f' t. r. . . ll Jl. J' Jl. " d . h. ~I: them are or {hall ever 0 tiJy 1p1ntua uate ten pou~tte m t me owne Mood be refio~ed to th~ir .&c. .And offers to :/;et'J'oth 1 thee unto himfelfi in righ: .formedbre. ·--As kc teottfnej[e,and in iudgement,and in lo7Jing lz.indnejfe, and .who fatl;th. from a in mert'ies:To Crown thee with all the riches both of ~cep andd htghPRock , his kingdome ofgrace and glory.,&c. NoW:ifthou mto a cepe 1t or rL uld 11. 11. d a.: h' I G d ...._ b'd h · Gutle cannot poflibly wo . e1L u:an. 01r, w IC 1 o mr 1 , as t ereupon efcap: death; whcras ·out of perfe~10n of madneffe :thou forfakefi thine one,whofe fall is lc~·e owne !alvatton; fo thou moll Jufrly enforcefi: that m~Y!1ave hope of lt~e: bleifed L~rd to fweare in his wrath, that thou !halt fo 1t ts vv1th rhefe vv•c- .never be faved. ked Angels,whofc t'in we may crul y call tliat unpardonable linne committed again£1: che,Holy Ghol:t, If its ob;etled,that the Angels may repent and fo obtainc·fai vmon :JVe anfvver, Fidt, th~t Jt ts impolfiblc, by rcJfon of the nature of their Gn, being the iinoe ~gainfi the Holy Ghofi, rh at they lhould eyl!l' truly repcmt! And [econdly, th:tt if they could after Come fort repent, ye:t thty ar~ altGoether uncapable ot fa! v:tt1on ; be,au(e God' hatlrnot taken unto H1mfdfe the na. t1Jfe 0of Angds,~s He bath done the n}turc ofMm;ancl fo joymng It to H:mfdfc, who is' life it felfe;madc it a living and holy 'natur~,Morton,Oj.tlc theefoldfl ate ofMan)c.x, SeCl }. ~HoC. :toJ 9• , ~lfa,6.3 . Thus thou hail: heard, how; Firfi, He keepes open houfe to all ft1ch hungry and thirfty foules, Rev. -, 2.1.7. Secondly,He invites, UJfat.I I. 28. Tbirdly, invites with.an awakening and rouzing compellation,Ifo.55 .I.. Fourthly, lntteates, 2 Cor. -5 .zo. fifthly, Commands, I !oh. 3· 23. Sixthly, .And threats,Rebr,3 .I 8. .Howcruell then is-that Man to his owne wounded-confcience, who in his extreme fpirituall thirfi, will t1ot bee drawne, by this fixfold merciful! Cord,to drinke his fill of the F(Jttntaine of the wAter of lift, to cafr himfelfe with confidence, and comfort, into the (!rmes of the Lord J efus? Which is more then infinitely able to tie the meO: trembling heart, and that which hangsotfmofr, by · reafon ofpretended doubts, fcruples, .and difirufis, to that bleffe:d Saviour of his, with all full aifur<11ce and ,y perfeCl: peac~. How is it pofSible, b"t that all ' ' . . at'
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