CH AP. 9. Of Wifedome,&c. 499 of we knowwhat our Sauiour faith, Matt.' 8.6JVhofoe_ leer offendeth oneofthefe littleones that beleeue is me,it were betterfor him that a 4'1slf1one were hanged about his necks, And he drowned in thebottom of the Sea. Fifthly, We wound our owne fouleswith the confci- ence of our finnes,and the tcrrour ofGods Iudgements As Datsid confeffeth of himfclfe a Make mee to heare a Pfaf fa, joy andgladneffe, that the bones which thon half broken may reieyce. Sixthly,We bereauc our felucs of the fweet comforts we haue felt,and that are to be had in him ; as it follow- eth in that mfalrne, b RedoreInatome the ioy of thyfalnati- b Pfal.sr,t4. on, andwith thyfreeSpirit upholdme. Scuenthly, We bringmanifold troubles and afflicti- ons vpon ourperfons, vpon our Wiues, Children, Fami- lies, and thole that belong vnto vs , whereof if there were no more,that one example of Dishedmay bee a fuf- ficient witnetfc, and ferue in (lead of many : c The c Zsam.ta, SwordAAll never depart from thy honfe for ener.I willraife 10air. sip againfi thee mill ont of thine owne howl r AndIwill take thyNines before thine eyes, andline them to thyfellow, who Jbdtllie with them before this Swine. To conclude, it mutt coil manybitter cryes and pitti- full lamentations, many a fait reare, deepe fighes, fobs, and grones, great deie4gion of mind, and abating of ones Celle , long cxercife in the Schoole of Affli6}ion, much í}rife and tirugling, and many a plucke and'wre- flle ( like true 1lraelites) with God himfclfe, our owne Confcience, and the feáres and terrours ofHell, before we can come to obtaine a bleflîng at his hand,to be affu- red we arc reconciled tohim. And yet for all that, wee are not free from falling any more after we be once rifen : for eueric day we fall, yea, oftentimesa day, and therefore haue need ofa continu- all and cuerie day Repentance. Thegreater queflion is,Whether wee may fall againe 1 t 4 into
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