AjfliEfed Confcienccr. 453 cm of the· Ro~k!, and oyle out ~f tbe flinty Roe~, lJeut. comfort out of .thy p.I 3. And to mollifiethine heart, even to thine heart. owne hearts deLire; 1n which there-is already fome foftneffe,elfe thou couldell not fenfibly and Gncerely complaine ofits hardneffe. And thou mull needs ac~ knowledge, that they are both equally eafie to the fame Almighty arme. , . 3· Thirdly,thoumayfrwell confider, that it is a j.TheCm.tionofthe farre greater worke to ma~ Heaven and earth; then world, with putting _ to put fpiritualllife and llghtfomene{l"e into thy tru- lite into thy [oule. ly h~mbled\ a~d thirlly Soule, to whic~ fo many preuous Proimfes are made. And bee,-With whom· thou bafl: to doe, and from whorn thou expeel:ell helpe,isHe, that mad~ Heaven and Earth, the Sea ;, and all that therein i.s: r:Jhich k.fepeth truth for ever. \i'Vhich openeth tl1e eyes ofthe blind, ---and raifeth. them that are bowed downe,P f. r 46.6 .whichhealeth ;. the 6rokpn in hearr,and bindeth up their wound!. --Whd tak~Jh pleafure in them that foare Him: in rhofo that hope inhumercy,P}.I47·3,II· . 4· In ft1ch an extremity of helple£i1effe and hope- TI h .I J' f 1 r: ,.-; I 1· bl' d f h h 4· 1e up o utng 0 · emeue; n t us trem u:g an . terrour o t y eart, the emh vvich the fu. tht>q fhould.eft. call to m111d for thy comfort;. that !hiniogqf thee. he who eftablifheth all the ends of the Earth, Prov. 30.4. And bath hun1, that mighty and mafsie body upon Nothin,g,Ioh 26.7. can mofi eafily fiay, andfiablilb the mofi forlorne and forfaken Soule, even fin· . king into the mouth of defpaire. Hee that faid at · firlltothe Earth, Standfiill'upon Nothing, and it never llir' d out of its place fince the Creation, can eaftly uphold, fortifie and refrelb thine heart in the depth of the moll greevous fpirituall mifery. Even when in the bmerndf~ of thy fpirit,thou cry~fi,My . ftren,;,th and my hope u perifoedftom the Lord, Lflmmt. 3.r8. 4· Evenhisiuftice.Chri/fsbloolis already payed . H. . . n· • c th .J f' 1 r. f h' h 4• tS JlHtlbCo , as a pnce ror e par~~on o t 1e Jmnes o . t 1ne umble.tL
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