;88 The Evil of Evils , Or the with the infinite God, the Glorious Eternal- Deity : and you muff not tell fuch aone ofMe- lanchollinefs, and fuchgrounds oftrouble; for fucha oneknows, the Arrows of the Almighty ftick in his heart, and it is another manner of bufinefs than fo. I might here haveenlarged my fell, and have fpoken much to thofe that have fuch meanapprehenfions oftroubleofcon- fciencefor fin ; and have {hewed the difference betweenmelancholly and trouble ofconfcience for fin ; but I {hall not at prefent, only I fhall wind upall now briefly, and profecute it fur- ther in the next Chapter. Certainly it is not melanchollinefs, it is another manner of bufi- nefs thanmelanchollinefs. What thinkyou of theLord Chriíl himfelfin his Agony? that fweat drops of water and blood, which you fee was the fruit ofSin ? was that melancholly ? cer- tainly that was ofthe fame nature that the trou- bled in confcience feel for fin. TheAngels that finnedagainfi God, the Devils them felves, they arenot capableofmelancholinefs, theyhave no bodies; andyet nonehave fuch horrors for fin as theyhave : And fo the foulsof wicked men many times they have horrid apprehenfions of thewrath ofGod for fin. but certainly, if the fouls ofwicked menand women goout oftheir bodies without pardon, the very firfi inflant the foul is departed from the body,it bathother manner of horrid, dreadful, and difmal, appre- henfionsof thewrath of God for fin, thenever it had before. I remember further, Luther had fuch a Speech concerning trouble ofConfcience for
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