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Con
folations
aping
hardnefre
of
heart.
497
and
triiferable
eilate then
in
former times. And this the Apo
-
file `Paul
fheweth vnto
vs
in
his
ovine
example,Rorn.7.9.For
rt
(faithhe)
Iwas
once.liuewithout
the law,
6,it
when
the
corn.
m.tndercnt
came,
fin
remitted.
i
o.
But
I
died:
axd
thefame
co
nandement
which was ordainedvn-to
lifè, was
found
to be
unto
me
unto death.
And
verf
r 3.tv4s
that
then
which was
good
made
death vnto
mee
?
God
forbid
:
but
fine
that
it
mfrht
appeare
fnne,wrottght death
in
mee
by
that
which
is
good,
that
fnnem:ght
bee
out
,o,
f
meafure
fnfisll
by
the
commandement. So
that the
preaching
ofthe
law
doth not
make
vs
more
finfull,
but
re-
uea?eth
thofe
fumes
vnto
vs
which before
we
di
fcerncd
not.
As
therefore
thefunne fhining
upon
force
filthie
place
loth
not
make
it
fo
filthie,
but
onely
doth
make
it
manifef}
which
was
notfeene
in
the darke
;
and
as
the wholcfotne Phyficke
is
not the
caufe
ofthofe
corruptions which
it
purgeth
out,but
by expelling
them out
of
the
body
fheweth them
veto
vs:
fo
theheauenly
light
andfoueraigne
Phyficke
of
Gods word
doth
notworke
in
vs
our
filthie
corruptions and hurtfull hu-
mors
offinne,
but
it rcuealeth them vnto
vs, whereas
before
times by
reafon
of
our
ignorance and
blindneffe they were
fecret and
hidden.
When
therefore
out
of
the former
premiffes
this conclu-
§.Se8.6.
Pion
is
inferred, either by Satan, who continually like
a
ma-
That
wee
are
litious
enemie
feeketli
our
deflruaion,
or
by
our
owne
cor-
not
to
i
eglea
ruptflefh (which
is
impatient
of
any
rough
handling,
and
hcaringthe
therefore would rather
haue
vs
ficke
Hill
then
indure
and
f
hie
former
Paine
in being
cured)
that
-it
were
better
for
vs
to
furceale
insperf
aions.
the
hearing
ofGods
word,
as
fcruing
to no
other
erd
but to
increafe
our
condemnation;
Ietvs
in
any
cafe
rehíl
fuch
mo-
tions;
as
being
moil dangerous
temptations,
which
being
entertained,
will
bring
vs
to
utter
ruin
and
cndleffe
deflru-
ion:
for
if
wee depriue
our
fettles
of
this
heauenly
light,
the
dipetl will
eafilie
leade
vs
Ludy,
icke
unto
all
Inne
and
wick
neffee;
,f
we
long
abf }aine
from this comfortable
food
of
our
foule
.,.,:
y
wilbe
hun gat
flamed, and
all
the
graces
of
Gods
fpirit
will
waxe
faint and die
in
vs;
if
we
diftrme our
!Clues
of
this fword
of
the fpirit, Satan
without
any refi-
nance
will ouercomc
vs
and
take
vs
captiucs, forcing
vs
as
K
k
his