Meister topertvade vs to hallen our repentance. 40 t whenas weare fure that we arenow friends before we were enemies andchildrenofGod, and heires ofhis euerla- flingkingdomeofglory,who in time part were children of wrath,and fire-brands ofhelI? What comfort in the world can bee imagined like vnto the confolationof Gods fpirir, which is able tomakeall affii&ions light, and euen death it felfe fweet and pleafant vnto vs?but this ioy,peace,and com- fort do all accompanie our true conuerfion vnto God, and therefore who would deferre it for one day, feeing it brin- gethfuch ineflimable benefits and fuch furpaflìng pleafures, as none fufficiently vnderftand them, but theywho fedeand inioythem?Whereas on the other fide,ifwedeferre our con- uerfion, in the meane while wee are continuallie fubiea to the checks and terrors-of art euill confcience, in feare of Gods iudgetñents, and eternall damnation : and though in outward Thew wee may be exceedingmerrieand pleafant, yet our mirth is full offorrow, and our ioy of bitterneffe, and of f uch laughter wee mayfay,thouart madde, and o f this ioy, tvhat is thatWhich thoudoeft ? is the Wifeman fpeaketh, Ec- def..2.2. for it is but Sardonicrurifiu, laughter from the teeth Ecclerz.; outWard,which is ftraight cótrolled with fome inward pang órchecke ofconfcience. Fourthly, the fooner wee turnevn- tothe Lord , thelonger time wee íhall fpend inhis feruice, which in truth isperfea libertie : nowwhat can 'bee more delightful) vnto any Chriflian heart,then to ferue our Crea.. tourfrom the .daies of our youth, and to Thewour thank- fulneffe to God our redeemer for all the ineflimable bene- fits which hehath bellowed upon vs, by caufing our lights to fhinebefore men,and byglorifying his name in our god- lie and Chriflian liues?what canbe more pleafing to a thank- full mind,then to take all occafions ofexpref ing thankful- neffe to hiin,vntowhom wee are fo muchbounden ? Lail- ly, asby our fpeedie conuerfionvntoGod we liue in fweet comfortandioyfull peace,fo alto wee fecurelie expe&death, andgiue it entertainement when it commeth with cheere- full countenance: for being - concerted vntoGod,we are at ,:peace with him and his loue and fauour, wee are affured thatthe çurfeofth:e law is hailed to Chrifls croffe, that hee D.:d was
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