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7
6o
Spirítmeill
aifigl
iats
no
in
fallible
fignes
of
Gods
hatred.
uous
than the afiliaions
ofthe bodie;
and
that
the
torments
of
confcience caufed by
the
weight
offinne,
and the
appre_
henfion
of
Gods
fearefull
wrath,
are
as
it
were
Gods
three..
[}ringed
whip,
in
refpea ofthe
gentle
rod
of
outward
affli_
&ions; for
a
forroa
fisll
mind
drieth
vp the
bones,as
it
is
Pro.'
7.
i
2.and
the
f
fiirit ofa
man
mayfasflaine his
other
infirmities,
but
a
wounded
fpirit
mho
can 6eare
?as
the
Wife
man
fpeaketh,Pro.
i
8.i4.Neuertheles,though
thefe
correaions
are more
(harp
and grieuous,than the outward
of
lid
}ions
ofthebodie,yet
it
cannot be
denied
but that
thefe alfo
are
the
chaflifernents
which
our heauenly
Father
inflié}eth vpon
his children:fom_
times for
his
owne glorie, and fometime
for
their triall or
chaf}ifement,when more
light
corre6}ion
will
not
reclairne
them.
For
firs}
thofe
places
ofScripture
before
quoted,
are
fpoken generallie
of
all af8ió
ions
whatfoeuer,
and therefore
are
not
to
be
rearained to
the outward
afflió}ions
of
the
bo-
dic,
feeing
they
extend
themfclues
alfato
the
afílié}ions
of
the
mind;
neither doth
our heauenlie Father
correa
all
a-
like,but
force he
rebuketh
onelie
by
his
word,
and
goeth
no
further when
as
this reclainieth them
;
but
if
this will
not
preuaile,
hee
goeth
a
f
}ep
further,
and chaltifeth them
with
gentle
correaion,as with
outward
croffes
and
of
liátions;but
if
this will
not
reforme them,
hee
taketh
his whippe
into
his
hand, wherewith
hee grieuouflie
fcourgeth
them,to
the
end
they
may more fenfiblie
talk
ofhis
difpleafure,
and amend
that
which
is
ainiffe;
and
this he
doth by
making them
feele
the weight offinne,and
apprehend
his
wrath
and heauie
dif-
pleafure,
which
by
their
finnes
they
haue
iuf}1y
incurred;and
yet notwithfianding
all
this
he
f
}111
remaineth their
gracious
Father, who
feeketh
not
their
defiru&ion
but
their reforma-
tion.Neither
need this
dealing
of
our heauenly
Father
feeme
firange veto vs,feeing
earthlie parents take the
fame courfes
with
their
children whom they tenderlie loue;for when
they
offend
them, they
firfi
feeke
their amendment by
words
and
fatherly
admonitions; and when this will doe no
good
they
proceed
to blowes,and
b
a
gentle manner
do
correa
them;
and
if
this preuaile
not with them, then they
vfe
more
fhappe
and
Lucre
chaf}ifernent;
but
if
all
this bee
to
no
purpofe,
then
That
our
fpiri-
tuall
afe6tions
are
no
fgues
of
Gods
hatred.
Pro.
17.
It.
Peo.18.14.
Heb.1t.F.