foute:.exalting humiliatiGn. 141 grievous : when aman falls intoa finne and imme– mediatly rifes againe~ he ·may farre more~afily te. cover himfelfe, as it iswithacandlerhat IS newly ·put out and fmokes lUll;witha little blafi it is ealily . lighted againe : fo it iswith the·fuule that isnew:ly f•lne imto finne, if hee.fo61,1e betakes himk!lfe- to humble himfelfebefore theLor'd for it, he Lhall be moreeafily reRored : fo a parr, as an arme or a· leg that is out of joint, mufr quicklybe fet agalne ; ifit bee long disjoynted) it will c~ufeunfpeakable tor– ment tofet it, and ·knit the joynrs coger~·eragaine: that wasit that made D.wid1 repentance' fo bitter, J?fol. ~ •· 8. when hee had lien fo Iongin thofe two fearfulllinnes ofmurtherand adulterie. ' · . . , Out of all whichl tinay ~ell draw,thiscorolary ..ctnd tondufion, that in cafe{>frelapfe.aU tbe:durie, ofrepentarice, as examination·, ·contrition, confeJfioo, &c. are to bee pracHfeq ·in a greater m~afure: :and in amQre powerfull mann~r. 2 C,or. 7• . 1 r. the 'Apofrlefpea]cingi'he.~eof t.his renewed r~penti;mce J ·falrh, behlld,wh~it:llf~'if'fvrosigh[ i~JDu,rea;whlltfearr, ., yea,what in~igi.attfl'!.!fo t:pai: in this cafe 1 Theremufi beamore'frrilt .exanaiHiltion ofourhearts andlives, _ ar:t<:J. that ~pecially for our ~frate tb.God_ward, be- _ ca~fe tbat mariyrelap~s~r~fudi ·as d<;>e- ut£erlycoo- . dud~ thepar~ie tdoea:Very dog anq.afwirie, 2 Pet. :%. 2r·; :h. Befid~s, there muft beea niore fevere judging ofour fel,ves,and agreatermeafure 9fcontritiot:t in, tbis c~~- : ; as judges nf~. to. deal_e;rpore , toughly ~g~in(t' male(alt:or~ ;th~taretwi~' ~~ken-irii ; . the fame offeatecl ;fd ·wee aretdbee 'dierefuifr{lnd 'fevere by farte inourfe1fe-}uUgingfor ouroackfli-- . d~~' I . , I
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