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Spirituall

of

lit

ions

no

infallible fignes

o

f

Gads

hatred. 161

againfl

me

and

counteth

me

í

me

o

f

hás

enemies.

Looke

alto

vpon the

example

ofthe

Prophet

Dauid,

who

.though

h

:

were a man

according

to Gods own heart;yet

was

he

made

to

drink

a

deepe

draught

in

this

cup

of

inward

af}7i

¿lions,

&

was vexed

not

only outwardly

in his

eflate,goods,

and

body,but

alto

in his

foule,with the

fenfe

of

Gods wrath,

with the waight

of

fin,

and the terrors and

torments

of

con_

fcience,which

made him

to vtter

diefe and

fuch

like pitiful

complaints

in

the booke

ofthe

Pfalmes;Pfá1.6.3.

Mÿ

¡ò.

:leis

Pfalm,6.4;

4'o

lore troubled

:

but

Lord

hoar

long wilt thou

delay

?

Andbv.6.

I

fainted

in

my

mournin!r

I

naafi

ray

bed

eatery

night to fu'im,

and

water

my

coach

with

mro

teares.

So

Pfal.3

8.2.7

hive arrow

es

Pfalm.;

8.244

bane light

upon mee,

and

thine

handl:eth

pon

mee.

3.

There is

nothing

found

in

my.

fle

Abec,

ufe

of

thine

:

neither

z

there

any

ref/

in

my

bones

becauf

o

frny

fnne.4

For

mine

iniquities

are

gone

osier

mine

hea

Land

an

a r

-aigh.

ie

b;trthen

they

xre

too

hea_'P1 81.7,I,ß,.

ate

fr'.

e.

&c.

And

.Pfa?.88.7.7

hineinitn.zti

herb

z'pan rne,

i

,o.

and h.:uh

-'/

vexed

me,»,ith

thy

r-auer.

And-v.14.

Lord,:: by

doe!

thou reiert

my

roule,

and

h

;de,1,2

thy

face

from

tyre

?

"15.r

arm

ezjß.:

sedan

'.L:

the

p9tt

ofd

l

from

my

youth

fìtfer

thy ter-,

rars,

doubti;

;0,rmy

l¿F:.

'a

6.

7h:.ne indi? 'ationn

goe

otter me,

and

th.y

feare harh cut

me

off:.

So in-the

77.Pfàime

taketh

vp

Pfahn.77.7

:g4

this:lamentáble

complaint

:

verf.7.

Will the

Lord

abf

nth:nr-

9.10.

fetfe for

ewer

?

and

will he

fhe:v

no

more

fauour

?

8:

Is

his

mercy

cleane,gene

for

euer?

doth

hzs

promife

faile

for

euermore

?9.Hatb

God

forgotten

to

be

merciful/

?

bath

hee

Phut

vp his

tender

mer-

cies

in dífj

leafure

?

i

o.

e4nd

IPaid,

this is

my

death.

Looke

alto

vponthe

Apof

}le

Paul,

who though hee

were

a

ehofen

veflel,whom

God

had feparated from his mothers wombe

Aft 9.11:

to

carrie his name

before the

Gentiles,

as

it

is

A6

s9.

15

z

Cot

6

Gallat.i.i5

;

yet was hee

afflieied

grieuouflie,

not

onelie

6

4

.8,

outwardlie

in bodi.e,

as

hee

profeffeth

2.Corinth.6.4

5.6.

7.8.4&c.

but

alfa in

minide;

for

the

incffengcr

of

Satan was

rent

to

buffet

him, and

hee had

along

time

a

pricke

in

the

2.

Cor.

t

:.7.8.

flefh,

from which

could

not

bee frecd,tho

ugh

hee

often

begged

this

fauour

at Gods

hand,

as

appeareth,

2.

Cor.

12.7.8.

And the burthen

of

finne grieuouflie affli&inghis

confcieuce,

forced him

to

crie

out,Rom.7.z4.

O wretched

Rom.7.

÷..

M z

man