'•, godlyforro~ isonce on foot in.an aiRified f~ule,(fo endJefly andon_every fide are wee prefi: wtch the policies ~fhell) it is fometimes too-forward tofeed · upon teares'fi:ill, and too wilfull in refi1fing to bee comforted ; when the flood-gates of 'remorfefull tearesareonceopened, they fbo.uld run for ever, if hee might have his will, wirh·bitterneffeand blee– ding, into thegulfeofhorrour and ~e:fplire, with– out refrdhingor wiping.away:.and in this cafe,what adoe is there,_and what ahard matter is it tobeper– {waded ofGods,mercy, and to applie the promifes? l Oh;whatadoe there is todraw the hand ofhis weak faith; to clafpefafl: hold about the bleedingbody of . his crucified Lord>and refi: in·the mercifull bofome , If G>fGods eternalllove, as inarockeofeternitie [Hie lahtJr, hoc opt~~ eft. Here the Devill interpofes with all hiscruell policie and curfed contradiCtion. He then objefrs and urgeth to theutmofrthe hainouf– nelfe ofour finnes, and fierceneffe of Gods wrath, which he utterly concealed before,the litdenelfeof ourforrow, our unworthineffe to meddle withany promife,&c, For,he knowes that fuch application ofmercyisfeaf0nable~ncl found, and ifitfucceed, hee 1ofesa foule for ever. Weethatvifit houfes of \. mouming,findthe rrt1thofthispoint manyHmes-u– ·pon.bedsOfdeath.See howDavia,~fmananerGods owne heart, wa'!pitttfullyplunged i.n this very per– plexities. · P(al~ 31.1. and 77·7· and r 16.u. Nay) fee howChrift··himfelfewas troubled, Mat. l7. 4~~ ~ Secondly,,wemult:lcnow,that whenamanisonce fincerelyhumbled -underGods migbty hanJ with fig.htGffin&knfeofdivine wrath,tO that all his fins . ii
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