Chap. 43. abora.Canf ienaegoodandbat . 447 So Caine, Judiu, Simon cMagtu, 4Ó}. 8.24. This is tobe troubled for Hell -, not for tin. Thirdly , When. the carriage. under troubles is. euill, then its, an evil! trouble : as r When men rage, and fwell under Gods t{roke, but their uncircumcifed hearts accept not of the punilhmentoftheir iniquity : SoCaine formed at his. punithment. So, Ifa.8.21,z2. 2. When notwithaanding theirtroubles they Rill goon. in 1m. Felix trem- bled, but it wrought no good upon him, A17.24.27. Jeroboam, t I(ing.i z.33. he was ill, but eAhaz waswo:fe after judgements upon thew, á,Cbro. 28. 22. So,, t. and 9,zo. 3. Then troubles are evilL, whole, cure is evill, or when an evill courfe is taken for their removal' : as I. When men fly to outwardmeans to remove inward grief, but go not to to God, as Caine, to travelling ,andbuilding of Cities: Said to David, Mufick. tan ill diverfion. doth, but prorogue , not cure the di- feaCe. 2. Wen they re(t in the outward, sic , and obfervation of religious means, without an inward change of hart , and thorow reformation of life : Ahabhumbled hi:ufelf,fatts, mourns,&c, yet 4I,bab is Ahab Hill., judos was full of inward horrour, confefCeth, andmakes reflitution, but goesnot penitentially to God, and fiducially tó Jefus Chritt. Jeremy there- fore calls this a gadding : its not a penitential! returning,. Per. 2. 36. 3. When men have recourfe to Diabalicall, andCnfull means : as Saul to the Witch : r Sam. 28.7, 8. Ahaziah to Baal-eebub, z Kin. t. z. Bel- fhazzar to his cMagitians, Dan. 5.7. So, 47.12,/ 3. 4. When men difpairingly give over all our hopes,and ufe of means, Paying, thereà no hope, Jet. z. zs. and 18. t z. This putting away all mercy is worfe then all the. former. This was Cains cafe : I am fenrenced, I mutt be damned : God bath not mercy for me, I will; aske him none. This is a wilful! calling away ofà mans felf : 7his evill is of the Lord, z Kin. 6.33. airy fhowld 1 wait, or pray, or -repent, &c. This is to forfati our ownwerctes, Jonah, z.8,, . Quett. Howmay we kyow a çood troubled confcience ? Anfw. Firft, When our trouble is rather for our fins , then our fuff;r-. ings : when we cry out of our fins.: as .lam.. 5, r6. So fer. 3t. 19. E- phraim bemoans himfelf, &c. Secondly, When in this condition we confeffe , bewaile,; and lament our fins,as David, j fal.5t.3.So, fob 7.2o.and 3i4. Thirdly, When after this we forfake it , Troy. a8. 13. fuch .11 ,4a hæv.e mercy. Fourthly, :Whenwe do net only forfake it as to the outward ail, but the heart is changed, and mortified as to the love of fin: when God hüde.s pride from man, Job 33. 17. when we can fly , fin is more bitter then death, Ecclef z6. Fifthly, When upon this the heart is carried out to fçk after Mill for ref!, and righteoufnefs, Match. t a.29. whenwe go to this Fountain to wain away Zach.13.t. Joh. 3. 14,15. Sixthly, When after this theConfcience is made more watchfull, and tetrder,' tZeft, What are tree markfof an erroneous Confcience ? ;,A:i/,[ 1,._Firfl, When it leaves tberWotda which4 0 l2eanding Rule to. reaifle C< ,dente by, and prefers Traditions, or four, humane invention before an I:
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