' ' -------~~------~~--~----------~- 7"'he SaintJ' / · him6nt fJrll Spidern~eb. '' Theho1afe.of a Spid~r : . ''cannot flay a-mln .bydre \lvay, which is falling , '~ ·from ·thetopofan houfe: Ndth:er·cuadvjUho-· "nefiy,or outwardndfe in Religion fave the for- : rnaUP11ofeffour from finking -inroth~ebottomeof - cc Hell. As ·judgemcnc.s .againft f!nnes He in rhe ·. · 1 BookeofGod,he.doth.notopeniygrumbleagainfr! · th~m, for tbat would fe.eme to ta1be of biafphe- . m<;tds Atheifme, yec what fecret repinings he har"" . ~ hours 1n ·his heart, God knGwes; hut whenMini- ' . ; 1 fters prelfethemoutof thePulpit, andurge them- ..upon the conECience, there bee thiRks hemay be · ·monebold thanwith theBooke'ofGod, ~md rher.e·– ' ~fore then ·hecriesout oftoo .much9udgement, of ~ toomuch prefling tht:Law, .oftooml!lchfeverity ··amdlmf>erioulntlfeov.ermensconfcienoe and dri- · ·ving·them ·todefpaire. Btat tot him conceive .and . . ':lllderfiand, that never.at~~y .manthatheJongedto 1 ..God, -and tohis ·everJaftltlgeoveflantofgrace.and · ~··mercy, was.drivenuttedy.fremGod, intodleHdl . : ()( defpaire, 'by mrging the Law, andGoo1 ju(fl :· judgement againrlt ·finne : lr: maybri.ngthem iAro . ·· feares..tod;amazements ofheart, into anguilh·and ·borrour 6f confcience fOr their finnes , aad !0 it · '·1houltf., ·and foGod would have ; that ·.is the ·v~ry llteifedw.aywhfchleaasunto thegloriouscomforts · oftbeGofpeU, and ttle Paradifedf true Chtifiia– nlty -; · butitne~erd.id_, it never .qm ca.ft anyone · tbat'be1ongstoGOd, eithor into t:al111 cafe, orIfl· icuhisHell. Bdides, I fpeakeon~yfor m:lne owne · exp.erieuc~:;'I have'lmownemany_goodChritlians 1 w:bo hav.e mudhoomplainedofdlGfe·wha·preach . fo
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