Exeéa-lang of' sin. 405 ble of Confcience for fin ? you had fuch and fuch thoughtsof it heretofore, what be your thoughtsof it now ? I remember there was one not far from the place where I ordinarily lived, and it was a yong Maid, hearing of many trou bled inConfcience forSin, the in a kindoffcorn: andcontempt of it, would feign her felftrou- bled in Confcience fir tin, andô,thewas inigh- tily troubled, and in [corn of theMinisters, Oh thefe and thefe Ministers muft be Pent for to comfort her, meerlyout ofcontempt and fcorn; but afterward God 1.. id on ingood earnelt upon her Confcience) and then the was troubled to purpofe; and fo, that the was at thevery brink of making away her felt; and it wasverymuch fearedby al her friends; indeed thewould have madeaway her (elf, andatempted it many ways, ifGod had not wt ndertully kindred it So thòfe that have light thoughtsofperplexitie of con fcience for tn, when it comes i1 ,deed, it may be juft with God it should be fo heavy, that they fbould notbe able to bear it, but ink under it ; then it will be fo strange athing, to fuch as have flight thoughts of it, that the vtry ftrangnefs of trouble of Confcience for fin, will amaze thetn,tk attheywil not know what in theworld todo. This is a Fifth. thing, When trouble comes upon them, God may juttly leave them .r der trouble. ASixth thing I would fay to filch that have Uight,thouglis about troubleof Confcience fur fin, is.thil, Theft th9,tghts of yours do take away a chief re raint of f n) and;crnfes ycu to clifregard all the pis- A a a thority
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