I . Jnftrumonl for a ritht comforting Se~.1. ~~~-------------------------------~----- ,.,~ G~dhm:~y recall a z. • Hee may [ometime.r foffor a notariottJ jinn-;. ~; mmca~V:lt outfanly grea.t paff'e Jimethimr more eajilv a~i unterriblv thorow tb4 ..,urc o orrovv 'JJ' lv' 6 • h J 1 -.. J • " vvrou&hcin him vvho pangJ of the new~& m . BUtt 1en [ut;h a one IS wont ! . 0 -· · ' towalke more humbly before God all .his life· after,- for that he was not humbled with · inoreremarkeableneffe ofpel}ite~lt remorfe, and fpirituaU . angui£h in his conver!ion : And fo extenfion and continuance ofgodly griefe, that he was not more grieved, makes up, as it were,that defired i1iten!lon and extremity of pangs, which might jufl:Jy hav; pained him, in his palling from death to lire. Every hearty and r~nfible complaint, that the pangs ofthe· New-birth were n0t more painfull, and proportionable to thepoUutions 6f his youth, is, as it were,. and in the fenfe I have faid>a pang of th~ New-birth;· )lay,be tto~l.>lcd, afrdh fi Or dfe upon fome occa!ion a tcrward in his Chrifti~ an courf:e, he may be ~evi!lted', anL{ vexed afrdh, with 111oreterrour and troubie ofconfcicnce, then in r. If he fall into f-ome Ins firll change;: A'i. in fuch Cafes as thefe: firfl:, If fcaadllou-s. !inne. he fhould:, which God' forbid~ by fome violent enticem~pt andfi.1aring opportunity, be entangled againe, and· re-infefr~d w1th any form::r fenfu11l pleafure ofhis unregenerate time, or by neglect of his £are and watchfnllne!feover his wayes, be fudden-- %, Tfimo· fame great ly furpri.zed withfome~lew fcandalous !in. Seco;ldu:mpt:ltton. ly, upon the aroiulc offome extraordinary frightiiFT . temptation or prefling ofhicrcous thoughts upon h~ ~· M tnto f<Jme great melancholickeimagination: Thit:dly,. wf1ea fome· ~;a:·hM'fol ~S.being heavy r croff~. or ficket~df~ aft~r many profperous r__..;.-A---·-, dayes,fhallfeizeupon-htm, wh1chm1y lye fore,and· 4.Uponhisdc l th bed leng. Fourthly, upon his:Bed ofdeath; efpecially,. ~~t in ~deb;h~ if he f~H. upon it immediately a fie~ fome rdapf~; !icknesofGods.vvrath back-ihdmg,€>r new;wo:md·ofConfctence. rhere IS againfi'Snne;vvas full a kind ofnaturalt power,befides Gods fpeciall hand,. forely. affliCted in in !lckneffe, furmw·, d'arkeneffe, mdancholy, the S~ule: . So. thnt h~ 11ight; extraordinary erofih the Bed of death to • · ~~~;;~;ftefon~{~=~~ rq1tefent th<;true number,_;nd_hainoufi1e!fe offit;I~e~, ' < . . • • W.ltfu ( '
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