TheSoda*eeEivall canin to Chriíi. 573 ver fogreat, hecan doeit; though the thing be never tohard, he canaccomplith it nay though thou canti not number and account them, God can doe great things without number, and work wonders beyond meafure; and therefore judge not God,by what thouconceiveti and imagineft; judge not his infinitenefí'e according to theweak fcantlingofthy imaginations. Thefourth cure is this, and it isfpecially tobe 4,Cure; obferved above all the reti, in thy proceeding with thy felfe,and in thy judgementof thy felfe, repaireunto the word of the Lord, andpaffe not fcntence upon thy ovine fou'e, but according to the eviderce and verdi& thereof, you will cer- taialy forget ir, I have had fo much experience thereof; but I befecch you thinkeof it,ìnall de. terminationsof thyciliate, when thou confulteft, whether thou art in a good efiate, or in a bad eftate, let thy fentence and judgement upon thy felfe bepalledby theword ; ifthouart tobeeap- proved, let the VVordofGod approve thee; if thou art to be condemned, let the word ofGod condemne thee ; if thou art to be examined, let theWordofGod examine thee paffe not, care not what the wörld faith, and what temptations fuggeft ; but hearè what Chriti faith, and liften only what theWord ofGod faith, and wkat ver- dift that palfeth, and if' theWordofGod fpcaks for thee , no matter though men and Angels fpeake againft thee; and if the Word fpeake againfl thee, nomatter though all the friends in the world fpeakefor thee; butbe flare aiwayes to Dd d d appeale
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=