4 tredtife ofCon,ffience, l® ì in the children of God and in the wickeddoth much differ in this fid} ref-pea.. 2, The trouble ofconfcience in the wicked arifeth onely from the apprehenfionof Gods wrath and fear of judgement for finne, not for the finne it felt and from the love ofholineffe : But that in Gods children arifeth chiefly for finne, and the want of tl e apprehenfion of Gods love unto thei.n : How long wilt thouforget me, OLord ? for ever ? how longwilt thou bide thy face from me ? Pfal. 13.1. Mark whence the trouble of the Pfàlmi1 came : This was his trouble, that God did hide his face. 3. Trouble of confcience in the wicked never maketh them part with finne, never breedeth a hatred of finne in them ; but that in Gods children Both. True it is that a wicked mans troubled confcience may make him vomit up his finne, like a dog that vomiteth up his troublelome meat : but he doth not vomit up his t omach to that meat ; for when the trouble is over he returneth to his vomit again. So a carnali man retur- neth to his deadneffe of heart again, and tohis fecuritie again when the trouble is over. Pharaoh, whiled his confcience was troubled at theknfe of Gods judgements, O then kith he, y have finned: I pray, Mofes, let me have your prayers ; and J will letyou go. If the children of Ifi.ael could have packedup and departed while this trouble had lafted, they might have been gone, But when heflew therewas refpite, be hardned bis heart again. Mark ; His trouble of confcience did not make Exod.B.z S him part with his finne : But that in Gods children doth. 4 . That in the wicked driveth them fromGod : They have little heart to come unto him : They fee nothing but wrath; and they rather go about to leek eafe in other things then to feek his favour : as Saul fought eatè in mufick, and Cain in building catlles and cities, and Judas in a defperate courle. heir trouble fetcheth them not to God. But the trouble in Gods children worketh othervvìlè : In the the midfl of trou- ble of confcience they tea upon God as Heman crieth, O Lord God ofmy falvation, in the midi} of the troubles of his pf,l.s8:i. foul.
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