:~ -=·--:..- · ....__;.,_:--..---::-----~-----~ _lnflruft.iomfor a right comforting and by· confequent, to ~he tafie even ofhellifh horrour foP the time ; they may be brought aga.ine to themfdves, and taught by fuch terroms to returne ; and b.ecQme infinitely more willing to embrace the Stake.... if t:he times iliould be fo crueU; and kifle the infiruments ofdeath, then langniili any longer in die defpairipg extremities of fuch i defeniou ; to ac- .knowledge. it mcomparably better to paffethorow the temporary bitterneffe ofropifu fire, then t:o be 2bandoned to everlafhng Aam~s : Nay, and _that which is the greater Helf, to be robbed of; and·rent fr~rn Him ; in w hofe glorious prefence alone, is not o.aelx 1if~,and aH l:ightfomeneffe even in this life,but alfofolrlef{e ofioy, and pleafores for evermcre, in the life to come..This point appelr<!s, and is proved by Gods dealing with fC:>nle of our Martyrs in ~eeneUW'aries time: · · .a In the Gory or Tho. a]' homa; Whitt.dl, a ble{f~d Ma>"tyr of Iefm, was· WhitteU1 firft rwn- by the wic~ed.fuggefiions offome Popi{h b incartmg, and then l'epen- nate Divels; drawn to fubfcribe- to-their helli!h Do- ~i~~~h~u~;;;d mee to tl:rine : But conl-idering in cold blood, what he had. .fainr, & faile thrvt:gh d~me,_ was horrib~y v.exed ;.. and as he reports.of ltum.inc-infirmiry; by lhmfel~, filt !-fell tn htt confttence,at~dSatan re:t4J t'Q the -wm;~iDg- qf1 the· d~voHre him; Which terr1b~ e ddertion, and trouble ~~·ch.memy . in his oftninde~made him qui'Ckly returnS! with great confwornc fo~o~ldicrs, the !tancy·and fOrtitude ancfitnrne -a nwfr imincible,anJ:• B1!hops atid Pndls : .. · " . . ·' - · . · . . · · . Jn.whom (o lively ap- unmove<:~.ble Mt.-~rtyr. Heare- fome pafttges from fits peareth the very yj (;Jge own~~~eu and ffppe of Satan, ' T,he night IJ.fttr I hadfu6ftrihed, I wM fo-re gricvtd, that a man (if it were d~td_(or {6r;ow. ofconfi imce could-not fleepe. F or4-n the ROt prr]ud;ce tO Gods d.(.livm:tnce ofmy·!Jody outaf6ondt., which.J mit[,ht hav~ · Word)mightvvell af- h. . J - 'd. fi J · fl ' ft~u · ~ h b o 1 • ~, •. f • c.oH!. nae no wy nor com ort ,· out ,zu·"»>IU zn llrme t em t.o e ~ . . , . · · · - v.els incarnate as 1 by 'Pl conftzmu tormentedmore and more, &c~ experience do' Cpeake 1 A nd1foid to [Hal'pesfieldJt. J That my,.mnfcienc~ · .Aflt and Monuments· htd,(O. accufod '111t', throul(h the: ~uft - utdg~ment ofGod; p~.x !il•20 • 11nd.Hi1 Wordj tf:ratJ:had filtH ell in my-c-onfcience,and· .S'tttfln ready to divoure me-c,: And-tkrefore lp~4JJOH, · M.afi:er
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