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tation.
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41
That
true
Chrans
ot,
Ijt
to
be
affloeel
ofGeds
loue.
bath threataed
his
wrath
againft
all fuch
notorious finners
and
hce
is
no
leffe
true in
his threatniogs than
in his
pro..
aides.
But ifall
this will
not
perfwade thee
that
the Lord
abhor:
reth
thee, yet at
ieafi
bee
perfwaded
by thine owne
expe-
rience.For, hath
not
thy
iuft
God
begunne
alreadie
to
make
thee
tacle
the
cuppe
of
his
wrath,
of
which hereafter
thou
(halt
drinke
in full meafure
;
bath
he
not
fpoiled
thee
of
thy
goods,:taken
away
thy
good
name,
made thee
an
abie6t
as
mongft
men,afllicled thee in
body
with
grieuous
and
conti-
nuall
ficknefie, and filled
thy
foule full
of
horror
and
de-
lpaire
?
Is`
not
thy
confcience
flung
with
fiune, and
hath
not
the poyfon
thereof
drunke vp thy fpirit? Doeft thou
notplainlie
apprehend
his
wrath, and
is
not thyfouleasit
were let
vpon the
ricke,
fo
that
there
is
not
one
part
of
thee,
either
Of
bodie
`and fbiäle
which
islnot
full
oftniferie and
wretchedneffe
?
Doe not
thercforelondly
flatter thy
felfe
with
a
vaine
opinion
ofGods
loue;
but
beleeue,
if
not
my
words,yet at
lean thine owne
fenfes;
and
feeing
thou
haft
no
hope
ofGods
love,
if
thou beeft
wife
loue thy
felfe,
follow
thypleafures,ea
Band
drinke and
cheere
vp
thine heart, and
doenot
vaincly macerate and
turmoy.le
-thy felfe in
labou-
ring
after impofl;bilities, and
in
firiuing for the
aflurance
of
Gods loue,ofwhich,when thou
haft done what
thou
canfl,
yet fhalt thou
neuer be affured.
And
thus you
fee
the manner
of
Satans
temptations,
whereby
he
laboureth
to perfwade
vs
that
we are
out
of
the
loue and fauour
ofGod;
atairift
which
we muf+more
care-
fully arme
our
1elues, as
being moil odious
and incurious
vnto
God,
and
mof+pernicious
voto our owne
foules.
It
is
moli
incurious
voto
God,if
we
doubt
of
his
loue towards vs,
feeing he
bath giuen
vs
innumerable pledges
and
mot+
cer-
taine
teftimoniesthereo
,and
omitted
:nothing which
might
doe
vs
good.
He hath created
vs
áfterhis
owne image,
bee
bath continuallie
preferued
and
fut+ained
vs,
giving
vs
our
rneate in due feafon, and
oft
times
bath
fuccoured and
de-
fended
vs
before
we
craued
leis
helpe
;
but
which
is
more, he
bath giuen
his.dearel
beloued
feline
to
die a
bitter
death,
to