-~~--------~~~~~==~------- rart.z.Chap.6. eA.ffliC!ed(onftiewce!. 'Whpfo N P~me t1 Holy, and wl10 dwells in the high .and ho!y.place; dwelleth alfo in every humNe_ and contrite f}irit, as in a royall Throne; (Hehath as It were two Thrones ;One in the EmpyreanHeaven,the otherin abrokenheart.)Jfa.57·I). , .. But my heart lies groveling iiHhe dufr, humbl€d under the mighty hand ofGod, and trembling at his feet,&c. · · ~ Therefore it is tlle man!ion of Iehova, bleffed for ever. · Whofoever conftJTeth and for(aktth_hiJJinnes, .foal! havemerey. Prov•. z8.13. But I confe!le, and abominate all!inne ; refohed never to t:Jrne againe to folly. _ . Therefure mer-cy is-mofr cert~inely mine. H5: in wbofe heart the Holy Ghofr bath enkindled a kindly heate ofaffecHon to the 6retheren, hath paffed from death to life, I Joh.3.14. But by the mercy ofGod, my heart is.wholly {et . uponth<6rother·hood, which! heartily hatedhere: 1 Pet,J.I7· tofore: Therefore I have pa£fed from death to life. Thefe, and the llke Conclufions, are in themfel ves as fi11l offound joy, and true comfort; as the Sunne oflight or Sea ofwaters. Open but the eye of thine humbled fou1e, and thou maifr fee many glorious thin~as in them. Crufh t~e!ll but a little with th~ ~and ofF :th, and much dehc1ous fweetneffe offp1ntuall peac ruay dillillupon thy foule. . Lafrly,fuch confiderations as thefe,may contribute 4; To confider him; fome matter of comfort~ and fupport,to him ofwea- felfe. . kefl: apprehenfion;in this Cafe ; · · I. If he confu1t with his owne confcience hee 1, Altered from· his :lhall happily finde in his prefent fmcere refoldtion, owne evilL an imp~ffibility to turne backe aga,ine to his former finfull hfe, pleafures> good-fellowlhip, fenfuall C()urfes~ c~mpany : h~e fayes, and thinkes it~ that - G -- h ·-- g 3 e
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