andperpetuall quide. J 95 and bodies) to Gods fervice, and to enter a fetied /I courfe of holineffe and fanttification ; hee ufeth all meanes and .policies to keepc a-nd detaine ! them in his. Kingdome of clarkne~e. If he can– not hold thetn in his ehiefe palaceand Court a_; . ,it were, where finne efpeciaiiy raigm~s and re– vels it, yet hew ill fo farre hamper the!U, that at 1eafi they fiill hover upon the confines and bor– ders of theRegions of dcar.b. If they will needs 1 bee rnedling \-Yith reforma'ti~n of _their finfnll lives, ancl that 11ecannot helpe-it;bilt f01:nething :mufi:-be done, he is contetJ~to ye~Id tint6 them· ~pon fome. ter~es or c~ndition~, that they ~a~ , ·Satan would htmnot qlllteout of thetr confciences, but fuffer condition .him to fivay and ra.igne in theirheart§, by fame ,wit? men in ene gainfnll o.r ddi-ghtfuU finne ·orotber~=- - tetr conver.- I. If theywill· nee~s feare GocJ, He ftands not IIOfl. . 1 much uponit, ·bunbtt rh:ymafdbeJt ·outvv.ard-· · . ' ly, and m profeffion, fo that they ·w.Iil ,continue 1 r in ftgypt, · within the King--doffie-of oarknetTe, ; 1·and lie fiill intheir finncs, and u~er the-fhadow l of death. I • 1 2. If this will ~ot content them, if :heywill ; not rcft here, bu-twtll 1:1eeds out of t'he Kmgdome ~ of darkneffc, and dominion of death, why he is \nor much again!l: it, .but.that they may goc tbe ! halfeway 5 that is, he will fuffcr them to forgGe !.and forbeare the ounvard pra&ice and'perpetrati- _j·onof~any Gnnes,fc> tha~ inward~y r:1e.ir· ~eart a?d · •. 'affechons harb·our, nounfh & embrace tnem £hlJ,. and feed upon with a fenfuall an&cldightfull re- _ membrance,the fi1.1full pleafuresofiniquities for- . l merly committed. I 1\
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