ap. r . then heeopeneth the earesofmen, euen bÿ hrscorrerlionr, which heefealeth, that hee might caufe man to turnearray from his enterprife, andthat heemight hide thepride ofman , Manyprai- ers areprocured by them, in th'examinarion of mens owne hearts and wales:many faults are confelled which elfe would be hidden, and manyhues are reformed, which otherwife would remaine vngodly, vnrigghteous, and euery way wic- ked. Ir(Irudion , to fatisfie the Lord, in that which he inten- deth , and receiue that benefit which hee thereby offereth. Doth he therefore chide,and ttrike vs, that we lhouldwine vnto him ? What meane wee to runne further from him ? Why doe wee not accept of his. helpe , to come backewith forrow, and flame, and feare, and humiliation, for thole fins which wee haue committed with delight and pleafure ? Thoughhis word , which fhould haue beene enough to reclaime vs, hath notfufficicntly preuailed withvs, yet let hisword and Gripes ioyned together be no longer repelled, but haue their cff;&uallworking Let nota reproofe,a Joffe, a fickenes, anach, the death or hurt of a friend, a crothe in family, or any thing that is grievous and bitter vntovs,eon- tinuewith vs, or patfeaway fromvs without Tome profit. And for this purpofe two extremities arc heedcfully to be auoy- ded, that wee neyther contcmne Gods voyce or hand , as flight matters,and not to be cared for : neither yet to thinke them fo hcauy and importable,as to be difcnuraged at them. They are not irnpofed on vs to that end that wee fliculdci- ther (}ubburnly (}and againfl themwithout fubmiflion, or heartfelly linke dow ne vnder them. without hope and com- fort. And therefore himfelfe giueth thisadmonition , and Encouragement : MyTonne , del ire not the chakienin ofthe Lord, neytherfaint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom theLordloueth,, heechafleneth , ándheefcourgeth euery fonne that hereceiueth. Behold, Twill powre out, cc.] All the maladies of Gods Elea, arehealed by his fanc`Iifying Spirit. Herewith hepromifeth to atria the (imple,to make them Judicious
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