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SSiritnall a
f
igl
ion.t no
infallible fignef
o
f
God
r
hatred.
I
eft
then
will
they
difguife
their
fatherlie
affeSlion
vnder
the
vi-
zard
of
wrath
and hcauie difpleafure;they
banifh
out
of
their
countenance
all
f
goes
ofloue,and
aflume
terrible looks and
bitter
frownes
;
yea
they
will fometimes
thruíl
them
out
of
doores, and
reie& them
a
while, leauing them to fhift for
.themfelues,
and to endure
all
miferie.
And
whence
procee-
deth
all
this
?'
furely
not
from
hatred,but
from loue
and ten-
der
care
which
they
haue
ouer them for their
good.
And this
maketh
them
vfe
the
bridle
of
correéion,
to
re(lraine
them
from running
into
all
licencioufneíle
;
this
caufeth
them
to
pretend wrath
in the
countenance,
that
they be
not by their
leaudneffe
forced to entertaine
it into
their
hearts;
this
mo-
ueth them to
mica
them
for
a
time,
that
they
may
reclaime
and retaine them
for
eúer.Neither doth
our heauenly
Father,
who
is
infinite
in
loue,
deale
otherwife with
his
difobedient
children
;
hee vfeth
but
his
word
ifhis
word
will
fuff5ce;hee
boeth no
further then gentle chaflifement
if
that
be
enough;
ut
ifhee
fharply fcourge
vs,
yea
ifhee
looke vpon
vs
with
a
frowning
countenance,and
Phew
nothing
in
outward
appea-
rance
hut
his
wrath andhcauie
difpleafure;
ifhe
feeme
to re-
iea
vs
for
a
time,and
to
One
vs
ouer
to
be
tormented by
Sa-
tan
:
yet
vndoubtedly
ali
this proceedeth from
his
loue
and
that
fatherlie
care hee
hath
ouer
vs,
for our
euerlading
good
and
faluation ; hee feeketh
not
our
deflruaion, but
amend-
ment
;
he
frowneth
on
vs
fora
time,
that
bee may
looke
gra-
ciouflie
on
vs
for euer;he
feemeth
to
reiec`i
vs
for
a
while,that
like the prodigall fonne
we may
returne againc,and be recei-
ued
into
his
euerlafling loue and fauour.
Secondly
,the
Lord
feudeth
afflietions
to
mortifie
in
vs
the
§.Sea.4.
old man,the
flefh
and vnregenerate
part:now the
flefh
is
not
Thalirituall
onelyin
our
bodie,
but
all()
in
our
foule
and
euery
part
and °fttions
tend
facultie
thereof,and therefore the Lord doth not
atfli&
the
to
°"r
ortifi-
bodie
alone
with outward
calamities,but
euen
the
foule
alto
catuno
with
griefe
of
minde and
horrour
of
confcience,
with
the
waight
offinne
and
fenfe
of
his
wrath, to the
end
that
our
corruptions
both
in
bodie and
foule
may bee
mortified, the
old
man
with
the
lulls
thereofcrucified, and
in
the
end
fullre
abolifhed.And
therefore
doth the Lordb:eake
our hard and
icrcm.44.
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f;onie