Exceeding Sin/Uhler of Sin. 317 w;5..t willJt:ck, though n. thing le true : WeIl, what ever thoug'-,isthey had or the Aflembliesofthe peopleof God ( for it is like the Heathens had flrange thoughts) but when he came in, and heard what was done, he is Convinced, and Judged, and the fecrets of his heart came tobe difcovered; the text faith, Theman falls down and WorfhipsGod, and reports God is among them. Somany people hear great Relations of fuch Men, and1uch Preachers, and Sermons, and theygo tohear what theycan fay, andwhat theydo 5 and may be go with an intention to (corn; as I have known tome, come and fit clofe to a Pilar, and with an intention to jeer, and fcorn,,,but before theyhave beengone, God bath darted fotne truth into their Confcience, and theyhave been trickwith the word, and gone away with terrors in their Confcience, this cannot be melancholly. As Paul, when God converted him, Godcomes and meetshim,with light from heaven, and ftrikes him from his bode, and heRands trembling, and cries out, Lo cr 7`What wilt thou have me todo? There is a great deal ofdifference between this and melan tholly. A Third Difference is this, Melartehollyisex- ceedingconfufed, theyareexceeding Confufed in their thoughts, andthetroubleof their Spirit : And many times theyhave troubles, and finkings,but they cangive noaccount of it atall ; yea,their trou bles be beyond their ground, the grounds that theybe troubled about, are.very confuted, that they underhand thermnot themfelves; but trou- bles
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