ate ofa Chr iano 73 cannot but fin outwardly, asToone asI am able toworke (be I neuerfoYong) ifoccafionbegiuen : for my nature isto finas isthe natureofaSerpent to feting: and as aSerpent yet yong,oryet vnbrought foorth is full of poyfon and can- not afterward (when time and occafion is giuen) but bring foorth the finites thereof.And asanAdder,aToade,oraSnake is hatedofman , not for the euill it bathdone,but for thepoyfonthat is in it, and hurt which it cannot but doe : fo am I hated ofGodforthat natural poyfon which is conceited and borne with me before I doe anyoutward cuilI. And as the euill which a veneinous wormdoeth,maketh it nota Serpent, butbecaufe itis avenemous worm,ther= fore Both it euill, and poyfoneth : cuenfo doe not oureuill deeds make vs still firfl,but becaufe weareofnature culli, therfbre doewe euill , and thinkeeuill, . toeternal'damnationby the Law, and are contrarie to the will ofGod inour will and in all things content unto the willofthe fiend. Timoth. Asyet I neuerhad filch a feeling ofmy finneas youhaue had, and although I wouldbe lothto commit any finne ,yet the Lawe was neuer fo ter- riblevnto me,condemning me,pronouncing the fentenceofdeath again-CI me, and flinging my confcience with feareofeucrla(lingpaine,as I perceiue it bath beene untoyou : therefore I feare oftentimes leafl my profef ion ofreligion fhouldbe only in trueth ineerehyperifie,Iprayyou let meheare your mind. Eufcb. A true Paying it is that the right way to goe vntoheauen , is to fayle byhell ,and there is no man liung that feeleththe power and vertueofthe blood of Chrifl , which firfi bath not feltthe paines ofhell. But yet in thefe paines there is a difference: ard it is thewill ofGod, thathis 'children in their conuerfion Thal Tome ofthem feelemore and force leffe.Ezechias onhis death bed complayneth that theLordbreakethhisbones like a Lyon,thathe coulde Era.; sJ, not fpeake by reafonof paine, but chattered inhis throat like a 'Crane ,and kb. 6, mourned like aDoue. lob faith,thatGod ishis enernie,andnath Pet him vp as Yob. t , amarke to fhooteat, and that thearrowes ofthe Almightyareupon him , and that the poyfon ofthem bath drunke vp his fpirite. Dauid bewaylethhis Pfal- r g: diate in manyPfalmes,but efpecially in the 13o. Pfalme,where hebeginneth on thismaner : Out ofthedeepeplacesbane! called vnto theeOLord : which isas though hefhould fay; Omypoore foule fall not flat downe, vexe not thy felfeout ofmeafure the burden ofthy finnes preffe thee fore indeed, but bee not for all that quiteouervvhelmcd,thou art thrufl downfo low into the depth ofdeepes,that thou half} need criealoud tobe heardof him which dwelleth in thehigheflheightes:and the euer burning hell fire is not feare from that Lake whither thine iniquities haue plunged thee,fothat thou mayefl perceiue as it were the Ecchooftheir cries and defperate howlings,which be there cafe out ofall hope ofeuercomming foorth, But theLord which bringeth foorth euen to the borders ofhell hisbe ll beloued when they forgetthéfelues,know- eth altohowwell to bring thembacke again. Goe no further then downe- ward , butlift vp thy heart together with thine eie,andTeske vnto the Lord,to reach veto theehis naercifulland ahelpinghand. Againe inthe Scriptures we find
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