, . ,4 • - -- · . , . . ~ . ., . Jelfe--inricbing exa~ination. thorow othercroff~s.~ while he hath the wedge o£ go~deo.gaze upon ; but deprive hiri1of thar-;-and· now neare is' hee to madneffe, making himfdfe .a;way, d.efpaire,_ orfgme other hell ofdifconten~? Theambitious man) while hee glifrers in bravery and precedencie,_can-make a-fhift to fcatter and difperfe the mills of..melancholy, aad inferiour vexations, but turne himout of his goldenferters. ·ofgreatneffe·in the world, and_heebathno joy~in the world ; he rather makeschoice of al'ly confu– fioh, .than difcontiriuance from; honour andhigh place. See Raman croft in his expectation of Themrof worldly,refpecrJHeft. S·13.And Latomi.r. Thus there Gods Judge· is·no comfort incruffes UntOfaithleffe·'me;n :-Every mcms,pag.91 •. kinde~of.affilCl:ion ftingsJ1itn; but if it light upon theirchiefe worldly cot11forr, it 'even fiabsthem- , to the heart ; but·ifupon their minde~ it"turnes · . them as it-\Yere into hell uponearth : For what · .more raging toTment can there be, than the biting ofaguiltyconfcience,with0ut'thebalme of faith? Thefpifit gfa !JlaNwiltfoftaine hit other injimlitiel ~ but aWilt~ndedJPidt~hocanbear,e. ~lefTed then is, thepre~ ciousgrace of fairh, <which afrer it bee-oncephm-– ted in theheart,- ·puis out the fiing of.-eve;:ry cro1Te ~nd affiifricm.. that befals ·tbe true Chrifrian, and fweetens all their birrerrieffes, with t}ie one1y at– tention, and tertaineexpeCtationof futur~ glory. . It ·alone can turne the tremblings and terro1:1rs of - · · confcience into:triumphs;· the fcoffes and Oa-hders - ofa fpightfull rongue, into acrowneofcomfort. . . , loffe of friendsor goods; intoalongingafterever:. lafting _riches) and the company of ·theSaints ;: ; weaktieff'e. ~ ' · ·.
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