Head· n. . and' P'eace- if Confcie'ttce-. I . ~ ~: ,, f'Or quieting of their c;nfcieoces . Vhen confcience is wound– ed~ they will pray, confefs, mourn, and refolve to do fo n0:· more: and fo they become w_hole again, wi-thout an applica– t·ion of the blood of Chrift by .faith. But they, whofe con– fciences are rightly <ij_Uieted, come for peace aod purt !ng w the blqod offprinkling . .. Sin is a fweet morfel-, tha.t, makes God's eleCt fick fouls befor~ they get it vomited up. It leaves a- fiing behind it, whi<::h fome one time or other, will create them no little pain., Elihu fhews us b<?th the. cafe and cure, Job xxxiii. B~h~ld the cafe one may be in, whom God has thotJghts of love to. He dartetl1 conviCtions into his confcience ; and makes them flick fo faft, that he cannot rid himfelf o.em, v,er. · 16. He openet-h the earr ofme'n: andfealeth thilr in· jl'ruBion, I-fis very body fickens, ver. 19 . . n~ ir cha.fleited'. alfo with pain'tepon hiJ bed, and·the ·'n-Iultitude of hiJ hones •with flrong pain. He :Jofeth his_fiomach, ver. 20. HiJ /if&· abhorre•h bread, and hhjou! dainty meat. His body pioes away, fo that there is not,hiog -on him but R{io and hone, 'Q. 21 •. HiJ jlejh iJ confumed away~ that it cannot befee.n, and hit honeJ, that were notjeen,flick· fJut •. Tho' he is not -prepared· f-or ·death: he has no hopes of life, ve.r:•. 22 •. Hi.rjoul draw– e.th near un.to tiJe grave, and (.w~ich isrtbe height of his mi- . fery) his life to the deflroye-n; he i ~. loQking every moment' when devils, theie delhoyers, Rev ix.11. thde ttmrderen, or man jlayerJ , John viii. 44 · will· come and carry away his ' fou l to heH. · · 0 dreadful cafe ! ye.t there is- hope. God de!igos to k-eep back hi.i foul from th~ pit, ver•. I8. altho' he · bring him forwa rd to the brio.k of it. Now, fee. how the , fick man is cured. . The pbyficiaos art cannot prevail here: The.difeafe lies more inward, than that his medicines tcan ' reach it. lt i~ fou·I-trouble that has brought the bod .y into · t-his .diforder, and therefore the remedies ·.mt,Jfi be appiied to · the fick mans foul and·conlcience. Tbe:phyfician for·this (,afe· mui1 be a·fpirituai phyliciao; the remedies .....:uH he fpnitual, . a righttoufneftj a . ri:mfom or,atonement.- Upon the apiJj :. cation of theft ,. the foul: is cured. the confci ence ·is · q;uieted, a.nd the body recoven, ver .;3 , 24, 25 '> 2·6. [j ·thr:re bea · · me.f/~nger with him an interpreter ,one af!tong a t.6ou/a 1d, hljhew unt? man hiJ uprightneft: thert. Ae iJ gracir.uJ untG Jii.nt>. andfaJth~ Deliver bimjrom goin&,down to the.pit, I~ - .·· · · have.. '
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