----:----::---::---:-:::---:-----~--:_,...__ f Joule-exalting humiliation. . of finne ; thouhafr defperately caft thy feJf~upon the hornesofthisdefperateDilemma. IfI commit this finn~, I fuq,l1 either repent, or nor repent. If I · doe not repent, I iball be damned : If I doe repent, it will cofr me incomparably more hearts·griefe, than the pleafure of finne is worth. · :99 Let thefe and the like confiderations ferve to ag- . gravate our .afruall fins, and fo move us to fuffer our hearts to bewounded) and to be broken in peeces. · Proceednow, and peru(e fenfibly_ and ferioufly . / ~ the foundeft expofitions upon the Commande- .· ments ; Downam, wh.teel~-y, &c. More ibortly, ~he ·· true watch, my Epitome for that purpofe :·and lay thy life to this holy rule and line,&c. To give an intimation, and entrance into this way,let us confider. , r How wee have villanoufly ftrucke at the pure o·v . • 1. • • 1m ~~ eyeofGod,the Fathers glone a Iou,r hfe long, With · otliQning. ·many filchy thoughts, abominable lufis, and feare– full provocations. Howwe~have ibamefully abufed . the riches ofhis gqodneffe, forbearance and long· · futfering, leading us to repentance : -how cruelly we have negleCted fo great falva-tion, forlaken our owne mer~y, and ;udged our fel-ves"unworthy of everlafl:ing life, by 'Rot offeringour felves into his .gracious imbracements, frretching out his armes . unto us ever Gnce wee w~reborne in as glorious a MinHl:rie, as ever the Churcl) injoyed. · · 2 How fearfully wee have diibonoured his deare,Sonne, by defpifing ofhim in his minifirie, perfec~njnghim in his members, and ·fhedding his ' blood mthe Sacrament: . . G~ ~ 3 What. ' / I , '
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