JnflructionJ for a right comforting Sea.3. -------------------------------------------- Satah utterly confounded,that controverfie, Whether , In_a~fvver: Thdamc Jobfoaredgodfor noughtorno? gloriouilyendedon Sptm pwduceth thefe , ~od {'d S. ll Tl h . r - -A-"' G s 1 e. . txt ~ y, 1a_t t ey may grow.mto grea6. For to conforme ter conformtty Wlth thetr blelfed Savtour m fpiritual him to ~hrifi.. fuff.::rings. Seventhly,That tafiing againe fometimes 7·To fr1ght htm from the bitterne!fe ofdivine wrath tor fin ne, they may tr:.___v--..J be the more frighted,. and flee further from it. r--A.--. -"' Eighthly,That thereby the incomprehenfible love of sh. ~ 0 make hlfm rafifie Chrifl: toward them, may finke deeplier into their t etorrovveso Chn h h .c h · i'l d ~'l . the better. earts; w o wr t en· a <es an 1a vatwn, drunk '"---.v---J deep and large>and the yery dregs of that Cup, t~e· r::r-r,-·("'hi-1leaft drop wherofis to them fo bitter and intolerable. bodotlc:c et e ove 0 Ninthly,That b)l fometimes,Jenfe of the contrary, le more' h · · · h £ 1' h fG d '----v--J t e1r JOY m t e avour & tg~ to o s countenance r--A-. - . -'"'· maybe more joyf'ull; their fpirituaH peace ·more . t~:;s:o admonlal 0 " pleafant, t~e pleafure of grace more pretious, the . · \.--~""'---J comforts of godlines more comfortable,&c.Tenthly / aontrary effeels:by the For admonition to oth~rs:To draw duller and drou- 1 Law,fear and rermur; zy ChriH:ians to more llric:lneife,watchfullne!fe and b&y the G~[,tpe/1, pdeace Zeale, by obferving the fpirituaH troubles & terrors prayer Factt uor ( h r. 1 £ 1 1 d · I fjiriturcontrarior ,ftr- o t o....e, w 10 are a~re. more 10 y an ng1teous 'Vituti& et adoptio,liJ,et then themfelv~s. 1 o ~nttmate unto ~ormall rrofe[- hiuotraria tribuit ef- fours, that allts certamely naught wtth them, who f eCla,non quiidfint duo · Spiritus ,(edquod ejufde f}iritus diver fa et crmtraria fint effeCia per Lege et per Eva>~ge. liu.'Per Lege enim Spiritur fantlur arguit munltlm de peccato,de ira 'Dei, 0' maletlitiione teterna,&c Par in Loc J Novv at the 6di t a ~mg a,man in hand to turne him unto the Lord,the fpidt of bondage by tbe vvork of the Lavv,<loth tefiifie tmto the foul,that it is in a wretched and damnable fbte,bound ever to the guilt of its ownc fin,& Gods fiery wrath to death & H'c!l and damnation for ever;th n fo it may be driven to lefur Chrijf for releafc and pardon.But after the plantation of faith,&prefcnccof the fp iri~ of ad' p~ uon,it mver tcfbfies,fo ag:~in;beca~Ce it would be an untruth, It niay afterward vvorkc an apprehcnGon that God ts angry;but not tf.lat he is not;~ F.1tl1cr.The bidtng of Gods face,which may often Ecfall his child,the darkneffe of our ovvn fpirits therupon,which may revive all' the old · gt~ilt ag:J.in,anti the di rels cruel! pre.ffing upon us, upon fuch ad· , vanta"e5;raif~thefe hideona·miO:s of horror I. ha•1e in hand,& fuch after 'epefis,whid1 are fo ~errible.Of vvhich,our'Onely wife, and All· povverfull God m3kes.::xcdlcnt ufe., both for our felves and ~thers;and attains thereby h1s owne mo{l glorious, fecret and _facred end; ~s appearesin the following p:1 lfage t Non fe au/ur eft Job dicere fine-pec• ~,q~ipariebatur, non ut p_unimur,ftJ ut probaretur. Auguft, Tom,, p.t pag . 1 ~87. orJ'111:1.-
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