Part,2,Cap.8. A.ffliEhd ConfcimceJ. ~fter,with confidence, and hardneffe of heart, U7hich ' cannot repent,in a perpetuall prejudiceagainfr purity . and the power ot' godlineffe UntO the pit of Hell. Whereas by the mercy ofGod, and inviolable con.. - fiancy ofhis Covenant, that ble{fed Man, by thefe tenours~·:-tnd afflidions of Confcience, befides glorifying God in hardening others,.is, as it were, the more thorowly fitted and refined for that glory, whith is prefently to be revealed. 3. Greatefl humt!iationJ doe not ever ar._~ue, and im- 3That the mcfi hum. port the greateft Sinners. For finnes a are not alwayes hied have not alvvaycs · the qmie ofour af'Bicrions, particularly and directly; bcene thegremfi fin· But fometimes, feme other Motive~. A/;raha~ ~;r~r-ima & generau. Was put UBtO that teavy taske, of tal<mg away hlS or cauja ajjli{lior,um own only deare fonnes life,principally for the triall funt ;eccata 'l.'el no. of his I'aith : Jo6 was vifited with fuch amat<;hleffe flra,vel aliena. ·variety and extremity of afBiCl:ions, upon purpofe 2. . Alma, !lt exercea· 1 . b G 1 . mur.probemur; rr ne to end t 1at controyerhe etweene o.:. and Satan; pecccmlt4 cauti redda· .whether he flared God for nou_(ht er no. ? Gods mur, 3 • 'rertia declare" heavy hand was fometimes upon D avid, efpecially, tur in no bi~ gloria pot£. for the manifefiation of his innocency, SeePfot.r 7 . ti~ ac_ bordtatu Vei, ". Nay our ble{fed Saviour, infinitely free from Murc 111 l 0:l. 11 • cap.;• .:) - l 11. d· cl d . d b Doeet Cbriflm ut max- finne, was notwlt.1nan mg te~npte an tnc y ime omnes hamines pecSatan and the world; ·. that h1s heavenly vertues, caton:s finr: no14 tamell and divine excellencies might appeare, and be made omnes a.fjlif/iones prop. morejllufhious. And Himfelfe tels us, John9·3· ter feccarorum merita that the blind man was fo barns:· neither for 69ntmgere. Nam Veus· . • f( h r. r' h' habet 11'1 ho.rnmer, quos l11s owne !mne, nor or t e ttnne o IS P~rent~, afjltgit, diverforre(fe-· But that theworkt,s ojGIJd foould 6e made mamfofl m Bur:'atterum in pecca• him. ta, allerum in foam Forth-:: particular I have in hand : To prevent g,lori4rn -:-:Sigloria_m fomefinne into which he fees his Child inclina• fuamrejpwat, ajflglf, bl J 1k f'l b :G fr. · l notl proprer peccatum, e,anLt 1 ~to al _; y rea ono. 10me v~o e~1t occ~- ftdadgtoriam manife~· DOll, natura;J JXOpenCi.on,frrong temptatwn,mdufrn- jlalldam,Sicafflixit /()<oOUS malice of the pivell to difgrace him and his ftpkum, Jftaelit~TJ in· Profcllion fcand;iloufly, ·&c. God in great mercy rvEfy!-to,&c. ·Brc:n~ may gi\'e him a tafie, pay a de~pe draught of the· nus,iblcl, unexpre{fable
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