222 Thegood Fight. o z.Cor.4a7 not fay,lt is mine,l banedeferxedir.(for what is all this to thatfarpawmrg,exceeding eterna/lweight ofGlory°) but O Lord it is mine;thou buffpromifed it. Thus you lee how without any preurdicing , nay ratherhow with the enlarging of the Riches ofGods grace,thecomfort ofadying Chriflian dependeth vpon the witnt1'c of his confcience,touching the finceritieofhis heart, and the vnblamcablecarriage of his life. Me;7. The vfe of thisdoetrine is plaine andobuious to euery mansconceiuing, and it muff needs bethis, even to warne vs all, as we tenderour owne foules com- fort at the inftantof Natures diffolution , fo to be very regarding of our pre- fenttonne, that outof it wemay raifeour hopes, that whenour earthlyhole of this Tabern cle"hail defiroyed, wefhall ham a buildinggixen vs ofGod, etcnail to p,.Cot q : theheauens e, that the conictenceof ourvnfawfxll denier anduncleanlyconxerfa- q rPrti ties q maynot fill our faces with flame and our heartswith horrour, making r lob sb.i4. death tobe onto vs TheKing ofeare',and the thoughtof Gods prefence,(before whomwefhall then enderfland, that we are Ihortly to appeare) as a preamble onto eternallmifery. Certaine it is, that whatfoeuer wee now in our fecuririe (throughSatans bewitching,)doe imagine,blefsing ourfelues fecretly,and laying fDrur.29.10 we (hall haue peacer, yet asfireas God liueth, who bath laid in his word, that r lob 1s.5. thelight of the wicked /ha/.lbe quenched', and thehopeof the vnixff perefh °, fofinely fuchas bath beeneour courfe,fuch !hall beour end, ifwe have hued without con- fcience,we fhall finely dye without comfort. And tolet the better edge upon this aduertilement, gist mee leant todraw you a little into the confiderationof that thing, as ifit were nowprefent, whichere longwill indeede be prefent. We aremet here together at this time (by Gods prouidence)men of fundry fafhions and of dicers rankes, but (howfoeuerdiffering otherwife)allby profefsion,Chri- flians, and by condition, mortal!. All our teeth are leton edge, with thefruite which Adameate, and the law of death , is heauens decree and cannot be rem. ked. Well, put cafe we were inftantly arrefled with force killing licknelfe, the herauldof approching death) andwere tolooke backe into that part of thewal- let (as theprouerbefaith) which is behinde, and fee what hopesfor futurequiet, wee are able toderiueoutof our former conuerfation t let vs (I fay) confider well anddealt faithfully withour felues,whether our fafhionof life by -paff , be not more liketo fill vs with difcouragemenrs, and' to breede in vs afearrfsl Hrb. u27. lookingfor of lodgement* then to embolden vs with a holy refolurion to refpeda a Mar.*at, gracious admittanceinto our e.. faf!er:ley°. And indeede when men in the re- cords of their owne confciences, fhall reade written ingreat letters, the pro. fanenetfe, the Atheifine, the contempt ofreligion, the fcorne ofGods word, the ignorance, the monitionsoathes, theviciousfpeakings, the cruelties, the opprefsions,the whoredomes,the abufe ofGodscreatures,and thewhole troupes ofgrotfe! inns, whichhaue beene inSmanner the very bufinelle of theirda1 en, what can they expe &, bur that heirdeath, fhould be like themans One of y Amos g.ty. whom the Prophet Y fpeaketh , who didfleefroma Lyon anda Bare met him, fo fhould theirdying alfobee a difchargefrom awretched world, but withall an en- trance into another woe, evenan endlelie,eafeleffe,hopelrffetoilerie ? It isa lure Maximeindiuinitie , that the future, both Happineffe and Miferie, are begun in . this prefentworld : fanelification and holinellirarethe firftfruits of the one: im- piety and profanenesthebeginning ofthe other.TheSaints by ele&ionare Seintr z s Cor.s a. bycaging r : their canoerfation is now in beams o wholefuture portion is inbeaten. a Phi:.; o. Thatwhich Godbath coupled togeeber,let as manput a(xnderb.Youwil plead againft bMagtgf. mee, that fo much abufed example oftheconuerced thick atthe point of executi- C, 49k.z ;, ;q. one. Ianimer. Firfi, hebegan to worke,asTooneas hewan called: hebewailed d Vrrtr ar. his Gant ',heconferred Chrift e, headuifed hisfellowThitfe a. The example eV:.3 çu. was extraordinary (for the gracingof Chrifts then debafement) (hewing what CVrdeqo. Godcan do,not ordinarily what he willdo. I hunt feenea pardongiuen toa man vpon
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