Jelj e--inriching examination.. j 17 :I roar~ for the very griife of mine heart. . .· 4• Fourthly_, the rrue Chrifiian maybe re-vifi- , ted with extraordinary t.errour ofconfcience : For · hisowne rriaii~ that it may appeare even untoGod ·himfelfe)to theJingular glorifyingofhis goodnelfe; Th11t lhouglshe l<jtt him, yet w.ilthe truft in bim) as lob ipeaks. For thisend, as it_may feeme Ichwasfec asa . marke for thearrbwes of the Almighty, and for theterroursof Godwfighragainfr. Or it maybe for the rerrour of others, that the world may take thorow and ·timely· notice, and the rebellious wretch tremble andbe confounde..:i at the confide– ration.of that terrible place inPeter, I Epiji.chap.4. , 17, !8. lfjudgeflimtheginneat the hottfeoJGod, what · f/Jatlbetheendofthemwhich obey not the Gofpe!to[God? If the righteo111 fcarcely bee faved, 'f yods children have their confcienees fcorched, as it were with · the flames of Hell, where]halt the ungodly andftnner · appeare?but even in the bottome ofrhat fiery Lake, and amid the unquerichable rageofthofe endleffe · flames. Or fometimes for !the jufl: hardning of ' ethers ; as ·when' a godly man hath lived long arriongfr rebels, thornes and Scorpions, as it is faid · Ezechieldid; chap.2.6. lmeane, amid ttltaughtyand : crool<gd genzration, of prqphane h:orners, profefr ' enemies, plaufible tyrants, andopen railers againfr his graciousconrles : Who-althoughhee fhine a- : mongll: them as a light, yet they are fo'farre from ~ beinKthereby inlightned; informed ·or bettered · by frich example, that like fo !fiany batefgll Bats. and ,Owles, impatient of allfpii'itualllighr, they · either ffie from it asfarr,eas theycan) both in affe- · frion \ I
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