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from
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f
jhemous
fteggg
senmN
fered.
mortifie :and
fubdue,
it,
.then,
Lord
will
-furely
according
to
his
.
gratiouspromifes remit
and
pardon
:it.
y,j
is
not
committed
by the Chriftian
man
ifwe
fpeake
properly,
but
by
-the
flefh
and
the
vnregenerate
part,
the
fpirituall part in
the triune
time
loathing
and
abhorring
it
and
therefore
labouring
and
llriuing
again(}
it;
as
may
appeare
by that
fpi-
rituall
confli6t
which,any
in
this
cafe
find
in
their
hearts
and.
confcicnces..
And therefore
it
fhall
neuer be
imputed
to
the
fpirituall man,
who
all
he
may
reúfleth
thefe fuggefiions,
but
vnto the
flefh
and
part vnregenerate,
the
which
alone
íhall
beare
the punifhment,
as
when
it
is
mortified and
fub_
dued
by
Gods
fpirit,vfng
as
his
infirumentsfor
this purpofe,
not only
the hammer
ofhis word,but
alto temporarie
crofi'es
and
afi
&ions.
Lafilie, they
are
to
know
for
their comfort
and incouragement,that the Lord
meafureth
not
our
firmes,
according
to
the
nature
and
matter
ofthe
firmes
thentfelues,
but
rather according to the
affe
&ion
ofthe
firmer,
which
gi-
uet.h
the forme and
being
thereunto
;
in regard
whereofthe
inól-1
outragious
finne
being entertained by the
firfi
concu-
pifcence
onely, and then finothered,choaked
and crufhed
like
an embrio
in
the
wombe,is
efleemed by
God
a
farre
fare
and more pardonable finne,then the lea(t
_degree
ofwicked..
_
neffe
which
is
willingly
committed, nourifhedordefendedb
And
therefore
ifthey
haue
not
fo much
as
giuen their
affent
and
approbation
vnto
thefe
hellifhblafphemies,but
heartily
abhorring
them, haue
earnefily Iaboured
to
be
rid
of
then},
their
fuite for pardon
flan
at
the
throne ofgrace
find
an
ea.
fie
pafl'age,ifit be follicited. and followed
by heartie
forrovv
and vnfained repentance.
§.
Sfe
.r2.
And
fo
much.
concerning
the confolations.
Now
the
belt
o
f
the
wanes
courfes and meanes
which
wee can
vfe
to
free
.our
minds
to
be
Peed
from
thefe bla
hemouafge,
u
gefiions
are
briefely
Fir(}
from
thefe
bel.
,from
thefe,
hfh
btalbe-
earnefi and
frequent prayer, wherein
we
are
to intreatc the
noirs.
Lord that
hee will
rebuke
Satan;-
and refiraine
his
malice;
a.
Prayer.
that
he will keepe
a
narrow
watch oucr our
imaginations,
minds and hearts
With
his
holy fpirit,and refiraine the
temp
-
ter
by
his
power,that
hc.tnay.not
calk
this helli(h
wildfire
of
.blafphemous
thoughts_
into
,them,
or
:atleaft,
that
hee will
prefently