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Go.fpel

emifsion.

have

afi

&ions

as

the fruits

of

fin,

then

they

are heavy

Sand

grievous indeed

;

in

this

cafe

when

afi

&ion comes for fm,

and

fin comes

to

prey

upon

a

man

in

time

of

of

lidion,

it

is

juif

as a

Bailiff

fet

on

by a

cruel

Creditor,

that

comes

to

a

poor

man in

debt,

and he lye

fick

;

the

Bailiff takes

away

his

Stools,

Table,

Bed and Pillow

,

and all he

bath to help

and

comfort

lm,

leaves

him not

a

Pillow

to

reft

his

weary

head upon

:

fo

when

a

finer

lyes fick, and

under

afi

&ion,

guilt

of

fin

comes and

takes

away

all

thy

comforts

;

if

thou

haft

any

Promife;

as

a

Pillow

to

reit

thy

head upon

,

guilt of

fin

will

rake

it

away

;

guilt of

fin

pulls

and

tears away

every comfort,

and

every

good

thatfinnersthould

have

to

refrefh

themfelves

withal

in afli.i&i-

on

:

But

when the guilt

of

fin

is

gone.,

thou

maift lay

thy

head down

in

quiet,

and

reft

upon

a

Promife,

and

it

will

make

afi

&ion very

eafie,

that

thou !halt

have no

caufe

to make

com-

plaint

as

formerly

thou

hadft,

Ifa.

33.

ult. The

Inhabitant

jh.ill

not

fay,

I

am

fick,; mark the ground of it,

for

the

People

that

dwelt therein

fhall

be

forgiven

their Iniquity

;

when

God

comes

to

beftow this

great mercy

of

pardon , the Inhabitants

dull

not

make fuch

dolorous complaints

of

aft

&ion

and

trouble

upon

them

:

fayes

Luther, ftrike Lord,

ftrike,

for

I

am abfolved

from

my

fin

;

if

once

God

h61

abfolved

thee,

or

any

poor creature

from their

fin, it

is

not

in

the

power

of

any

afflt

&ion

to

di-

fturb them, Job

34.

29.

When

he

gives

quietnefs,

who

can

give

trouble

?

and

when

he

hides

his

face,

who

then can

behold

him

?

when

God

gives

quietnefs,

as

he

doth

in

forgivenefs

of

fin, then,

who

can

make

trouble

?

let

there

be

never

fo

many

rumors

in

the

world

of

war,

bloód,

and

miferies

,

as

if

Heaven and

Earth

met

together

;

yet

if

God

give

quietnefs to

the

heart,

in affurance

of

forgivenefs

of

fin, who

can

bring trouble

?

it

is

not

in

the

power

of

all

the

world to difturb

his foul

whofe

fins

are

for-

given

;

Pardon

of

fin

is

that

peace

the

world cannot take away

therefore

bleffed

is

the man

that hath

his

fins

pardoned.

Of

Healing,

the

fruits

of Pardoning Mercy.

.Where

God

pardons

fin,he

heals

that

foul&

fanthfies

it

by

the

immediate

fruits

of

the

Spirit, wherefoever

it is, and

this

is

a

G z

great

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