Part. 2 .Cap. I 4· eA.ffliEtcd c onftie11c_eJ. when all refcue ant{ deliverance is neerefi:, to be utterly defpaired of(For it is the Crown~ qfGods glorious mercy touve, when the cafe feemc.s defperate, an4 there is no hope ofhumane hdpe, or poffibility ofcreated power to comfort) I fay, then that foule- · faving ~ea of his Saviours hearts-blood, .will mofl: certainely, and feafonably open lt felfe wide unto l1im, as it did to thofe a'.::ove-named blc~dSaints; and fwallow up into viCl:ory, Hell, Death,the Grave, Damnation, the .prefent wofull defertion,wtth all oth~r advedary power : and at length, make Him .a faire and. pleafant paifage, thorow the f weet':l~<! pangs of death, into the heavenly Canaan; whi~lJ flowes with joyes and pleafute~ unmixed andendleffe ; more then either tongue can tell, 9r heart can think e. CHAP.XIIH: The ·t~inth and tenth C aufes of theformer M~llldie. · · 9• ~ I nthly, a fptritua1~ d~fert,ion may 9 . T 0 punifu their de~ I. feeme a proport10~1able, fit, and ferting ofbi~ mofl: proper pumlbment, and · meanes to corre\..9:, and recover the Chrifl:ian : which out ofin.. ,__;:,;;;_,;~~::::.:~ firmity arid feare, deferts the Lord le[m, and the profeffion of His ble!fed Tnith and Gofpell. If any be afhamed of him ; refufe to doe, or ft.1ff:r any thing for his fake, who hath given unto us His owne hearts-blood ; it is mofi: juft, that in ft.1ch a cafe He withdraw himfelfe~ in refp::ct of all fenfe and feelins ofdivine favour, and fruites of grace, or any comfortable influence at all, upon the confciences offt.1ch cowards ; that fo they being left to the darkne!f::, of their owne fp~rits; '' L 1 3 · and
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