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242.

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el

ï77Jion.

the

more

thou

had'fl

liberty for thy

loft,

and

the

like

;

now

thou nluft,bz

convinc'dthat

thou

haft

fed

upon.

aflieP,.

and

haft

not

been able

to

fay

there

is

a

lie

in

my

right

hand

;

but

God

bath

now

(hewed

me

there

is

a

lie,and

I

have look 'd

for

happinefs

elfewhere.;

but

now

I

fee

it

is

not

there

to

be

found

,

win

thy

foul

fully,to this

;

O

my

foul

art

thou taken off

from

all

other

things , bath

God.

convinc'd

thee

that thou

may'11

have

honours, riches,

pleafures,

and

yet

be a

Reprobate,

wo

unto

me

for

the time

that

I have

loft,

I have laid our

my time

and

moray

for another

bleffednefs,

th

.t

is

no

where

to

be

found

but

in

the grace

c

f

God.

Secondly, Let

coralience have

free

liberty

to

firm

thee

thy

fins,

and

charge

them

upon

thee, yea to

accufe and

condemn thee, and

do thou

help thy

Confcience

;

when Confcience accules and

condemns, then do

thou

condemn shy

felf;

if

thou

would'ft

be

pardoned,then

give

Confcience

.fcope

and

liberty

;

'tis

ve-

ry.dangerous

when

God

begins

to

air

the

hearts

of

men and

women , to

make

any flop

or

give any check

to

Confcience

there,.

the

wifcfl courfe

is

to give Confcience

liberty,

for

it

will

have

liberty

one

day to

accufe and

condemn

you

;

Why

will you

not now give

it

liberty

?

Confcience

will one

day

bring

all

thy

evil

deeds before

thee and

accule thee

;

now

let

it accule and

condemn thee

,

and

certainly

if

thou

doll fo,

thou

art

in

a

very

good way to

come to have

abfolution

of

thy

fins

in

thy

Confcience

now;

.for

,at

the

great

day

the

Books

/hall

be

opened

t

Now

bring_

as it

were

a

day

of

Judgment

t_pan

thy

felf,

contraa..the

Throne

of

God

into

your

own

hearts,

and call

for

the Book

of

Confcience,

and

fay, Con

-

fcience,

What

fay'll thou

againft

me.

that

I

may

get it

blot-

ted

out

now,

thankmay

-not

be

read .againftntneat the

day

of

Judgment

?

.

hirdly,

Be

willing

to own

all

thy

fns,

confefs,difcover them

with

all

the

heart- breaking

circumflances

and

aggravations

thou

canfl

poflìble,

the

Lord

knows

thy

fins

whether thou

eonfeíI

11:

them

or

not;

but

God

will have

thee to

come and lay

them

open,

God

will have

thee

to

corne

and..charge'thy

fell

with them

;

'tis

a

very

good

thing

to open Confcience free

-

iy,-before

tIhe,

ford, not

in a

flieht

way,

but in

a

way

of

an_

guifh