Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

See SyM;oes · - Af~lt.lt. z. '· : SeeWbdtU, l R.edemp.,of ·, cin.e.pag.~. . I . ~ / ' ,, l. · poore1oules, ttJt:ir rejtJ)Cing ii fJIJet.J';,theface, and1t0t :in the heart ; they have fmiling countenances, but bleeding confeience». A.comfortabl.e heart; ·and ·., compofed·q:mntenance, may bee lweet compani~ · ons, when '" inward joy... andloud laughter' may · dwell'farre enough afunder; -amidH:· their pleafant · fporrs, ·andgreateft·delights;·they are many-times · t:wircht and frungwirh inwardbirrer gripingsJ 'and ' fearful! flafhes of hellifh torment, efpedally at the : remembranceof their death, and .ofthe jr~dgement , to ceme. - · · It is their .propertyandprafr{ce indeed,~'becaufe : they want all inwarii and found comforts in their miferies arid affiictions, to flie untooutwardmirth : for cafe-andrefrefhing) and ro remove t:beffifcom · forts of their hearts by worltily delecr~rions-." So sat#calle'd for mufitke whenhe was troubledwith ~n evill fpirit. When Cain wa5 cafi: into the hell of : confcience, his nephewTltbalt wasfaine to invent rtmfick~ thathemight havefome fol<tce in outward ·fhings. To this purpofe carnall men when they fee-Ie--rerrour o~confciencecomming upon them, and feare defpaire ; they ufe their times, their friends; their familiars,theif meat,their drink I with all the paflime cah oee devifed to rejoyce them- . felves withal!. They cafi: themfelves into merry company, that they mayput away their dumps, as they call them. But wretched mc.n, for themro run to prophane playes, tafreleffe fporrs, outward mirth, merrvcompany, to drive away melancho– \y.~nd heavie-heattednelfe for finne ; " Is as if '' for the·cure and' remedy of the tooth-ach, a man

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