tence upon their hearts Co, that they fall down under the power of it : that comes jufi as an Arrow íiruck into their Liver, and they could never get out ofit, Sz have gone away with hor- rors offoul; and therfore thishath not been me- lanchollinefs. Certainly thehumors oftheBody, never fo fuddenly alters the Spirits of men : but when God comes to work, when theSpirit ofGod,and Bondage comes to work,it needs no matter before, nopreparative matter, for the work oftheWord is fuch, as it works immedi- ately, without any preparation : Therfore ma- nymen that underftood as little oftrouble of Confcience as ever any did in their lives, and yet God lets fome Truth reach them, fitted to their hearts and difpofìtions; that he finds his own fin come tobe difcovered, and the man is (mitten : as he in iCor.14.25. the ignorant man that comes into theChurch,and hears there the Saints prophefie, He k convinced, and falls down, andfaith, verily Godisamong them, of a truth Godk in them : it is a remarkable Text : what e- ver he thought before ; it may be he heard firange Stories of the Church of Chrifi, of prophane Meetings, That Gods People, when they met together, they blewout theCandles, and committedUncleannefs, and Wickednefs. As there be notorious lies reported abroadof fuch Se&s in the world'; for certainly there is . no fuchSe& in the world; but Inch reports are railed, meerly to make the Meetrings of Gods Saints odious in the efieemof others. As the Jefuite faid, Doom but Calumniateflrongy , fome- what.
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