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Myth.

za.tOc

Praim.st.

.

Efa.6r.i

z.;.

§;Se8.5.

Gods deare¡t

children

îrsó-

iect

to

fßarttual

RfflLtlott.

lob

S.

lob

6.4.8c 9.

17.18

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24b6.&1.6.

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16% Spirituallafflic"liosstww

infallible

fzgne.t

ofGodihatreet

flonie hearts, therefore

doth

hee

plow

and team them

vp

like fallow ground,

to the end

that

the

feede

ofhis

grace

be-

ing

fowné

in

them

may

take

roote,

fru6lifie and

bring

forth

a

plentifull haruefl

ofgodlines, to

his glorie and our

con-

fort.

It

is

not

therefore

for

want

oflouc, that

our heauenly

father doth

thus

brutevs

and

men

crufh

vs

in peeces;

it

is

not.

becaufe

he wil

reie

&}

vs

and

cafl

vs

off:but

when

we are

truly

humbled,

when our

hard

hearts are foftned,

and our fpirits

broken and

made

contrite, then will

bee

regard

vs

and

thew

his

tender

loue

and

mercifull

"kindneffe

vnto

vs as

bee

bath

gracioufly prornifed,Matth. r

2.20.7

he

6rufed

reede trill

he

not

breake, and

fyno

ring

flax

/hall

hee

not quench. So

Pfäl

n.

5

i

.

i

y.

The

facrifices

of

Ç

od

area

contrite

fiirit.

a contrite

and broken

heart

O

God

thou

wilt not

de/

/rte. And the

Prophet

telleth

vs

that

our

Sauiour

Chrifl

was

fens

into

the world

to preach

glad

tidings

vnto

thepoore, to bind vp

the

broken

hearted,

&.c,

to comfort

al

that

mourne,

t ogiue them

beaaate

for

allies,

the

oy-.'e

ofioy

for

mourning,

thegarmeut

of

gladnes

for

the

f

iirit

of

heauinés

&c.

as

it

isEfa.6i.r.2.3.

Luk.4

18.

Lat

}lie,

that

the affió

}ions

of

the tninde, the apprehenfion

ofGods

wrath,

the

fling

of

Pinne,

and torments

of

confci-

ence,

are

not

amie

true and certaine

fgnes

of

Gods hatred,

hereby it

plainelie

"appeareth:

in

that

the moil

deare

children

ofGod

haue been

fubie0

to them,and that

in

great

meafure.

For

óxample,tob

whoby

Gods

own téflirnony

was

the iùflefl

man

that

liued on the

earth,Iob

1.8.

notwithfianding

was fo

grieuouflie

affli&cd

both

in

bodie and mind,

that hee bur

-

.fie

th

out into

thefe

grieuous complaints,Icb

6.4.7

he

aYra.-e,s

of

the alms

htie

are

in mee,

the venime

r.

hereof

doth

drin,'e

vp

my

[kirk,

and

the

terrors

ofGod

fightagainfl

mee.

And

chap.9.

vert.

r

7.11e

de/lroyeth

me mitt;

a

tempeft

and

u;

eundeth

me

frith

out

canfè.

18.

He

will

not

Enfer

me to

take

my

breath,butfilleth

sre

?rich

6'tterneffe.

So,

c.1

3.14;

Wherefore hideft

thou

thy

face

and

takef

me

for thine eneíìte

?'And

v.26.

"Thom

is

>ritetbitter

things

agaíní

mee,

and

make:

ft.

me topoßeffe

the iniquities efmy

youth..And

'c.

r

6.9.

"

HM

wrath

hath

torne

me,and

he

hateth

me

,etnd

onafheth upon

méwith his

teeth

;

mine enemie

bath

lharpned

bto "tics

again

f

nee And,c,

ip

i

r:..Hee

hath

kindled

wrath'

ergain!.'

..

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