lnefaJ[e ayofmi. nifuing comfort. I Booke. Cafes of Confcience. 23 I forrie forthem, atrhelcall, for fome of the A but made onely to fuch perfons,as repentand · bcleeue: therefore they are indefinite in re- \ gardofwhole mankind,and to belccuers one– lytheyarevniucrfall. I principaJJ. . And touching chis Sorrow,two t!ungs muCl be remembred:firll,thatthe nature of world– ly forrow mull be altered, by bceing turned, andchanged into forrow according to God. J(aman be infome dangerofhis lifc,by blee– dmg at the nofe, expetience reachcrh, ,the counfdl ofthe Pbyfitlan is, to open a veinc, and let the parr1e blood in the arme, that the courfe thereofmay be turned an other way: Thehkcorderis to be taken with men, that are troubled with worldly forrow in their di· llrelfe:and that is,to turnc the courfe oftheir griefe, by cauGng them to grieue, not for worldly refpects,or onely in conGderation of the punilhment due vmorhcm fort heir Gns, B bur principaJJy forihevery offence of God, ' in,and by their finnes commirted. This done,a fecond care moll be bad,rhat thisforrow for finne be not confu[ed,bur adi.. llioClforto•v.The man that is in forrow mull . n~tbegrieuedonely, becaufe he is as other men are,afinner;but more efpeciaiJy for thi•, and that particular finne, by which it comes to palfe,that he isfuch,o~ fuch aGnner;that fo his forrowin refpect of linne,may be d11ltncr, Jc is obiected, that God would haue all r.Tim,2,4' mcntobefaued. · \ Anfw, TheApo!lleisthe bell expounder of himfelfe, and he faith in the Acrs to the fame effect, Therirm of rg•or.nce Cjodreg•rdcd All. •i'· 3o• not , /;ut N 0 W he Admoni/b~th all men etury wheretorepent.lnwhich ~·ords,P.tu/addes this circumllance oftime[now,] to limit thisgood willofGod,tothe laftageof rheworld, after the commingofChril! in the Aeflr,and nofto inlarge the fame to al the polleritie ofAdam. And fo mull he be vnderllood in the placeto Tirnothie, Godwtm!d haNeAII mm to be{lltl!d, that is,nowin thislallageof the world. And rhm the fame Apollle,:.Cor.6.t.expounds a certaine prophecie oflfayp>ncerning the acceptable timeofgrace.Now,faithhe, if rhc AC· ceptiJhlctirndchold, [N o>•] if the d•y of(a/Nati. Ef•.49• S. on, meaning the time ofthe ncwTcflament. And,Col.1.26. Thcmyjlmchidfromthc bcgin– ning,Unow m4de m4nif4! to the Saints. And, Rom.J6.z6.Thertuclationofrhe(ecrct myfleric i& nowopmed, All which,anu many other places about the fame matter, hau1ng this cir– cumllance of time [Now,] mull needes be Jr. mired to this !allage ofthe world. As for the note ofvniuerfahtie,AII,it mull notbe vnder· & btoughtas it were to fome particular head. And men in this cafe mull dealewith thepar– tiedJ!lre!fed, as Surgcous are woont to doe with a tumor,or 1\vcllingin the body, whofe manner is,fir(! to apply dra111ingaod ripening plaillers to the place affected, to bring the fore to an hcad,that the corruptiOll may ilfue out at fo1ne one place: and rhen aftenvard healingpla1ffers which arc ofgreat vfe to cure the fanie:Euenfoconfufed griefe,mull be re· duced tofome particulars: and then, and not befote,isa man fit forcomfort,when his con– (cience is roue!led in fpecial,in regard ofCome one or more dillinct and fcueraJJ offences. And he that is gmued for one fin ne truly and vnfainedJy, from his heart; fl~aJJ propottiO· n•IJybe gneucd for all the finnes, that he knoweth to be in himfclfe. Uood ofall particulau,but ofall kinds, forts, C conditions, andllatesofmen, asmaybega– rhcrcdourofrhefOrmer\Vords: Iwtmld tbt~t The third thmg required in applying this rcmcdieis,rheminHlrmg and conuaying of D comfort to the mind of him, that bath con– fetTed his Gnnes,& is truly humbled for them: and it is apomtofthc grcatert momenroFall. Where it the~erlion be, how this comfort nwuld be ininiflred lthean(wcr is, it maybe done, by bringing the party troubled within the cornpalfeofthe promifeoflife.And there be two waies of domgthis:the one falfe, and the other true. StEl, ;. Some rhinke, that men maybe brouohr within the Couenanr,bythedoC!une ofV~liuerfall grace and redemption.But this way of pcrfwading a man that he bath title in the Couenant of grace, isbothfalfe, and vnfit. Falfe it is,becaufe all the prorn1fes ofthc Gof– pcl, are limited with the condition of Faith and Repentance,norbceing vniuerfall toall, prai~rs b~madefora!lmm, not for eueryparticular man:(for there be fome that Gnnevnto r.Ioh. 5 • 1 6. death/or whomwe may notpray,)butfor all flares ofmen,aswcl Princes as fubieds,poore as rich, bafe as noble, vnlearncd as learned, &c. ButthefayingofP4n/isvrged, l. Cor. 5. r8.God rPM mChrifl~reconcilmg the World tm· tohim(e(fo:thcrcforethc prom1fcin Chrill he– longs to the wholeWorld, andconfequemly to eueryonc. An[. The fameApoflleflJaJI a– gaineanfwer forlJimfclfc, Rom.11.15. The cafling 4l1't.l) ofthe /ewes, is thcuconc1-!irJg of the world,thatiS,o(the Gentiles in the Jail age of the wodd:forfo hefa~d before moreplainely, The [Afling away uf the Jen>es is the richer~ the lVorld,atJd thrdiminifhing ofthem,the r1ch~1'{the Gcmilu. And fo mull that place to the Co· rinthesbevnderftood,namely,not ofall and euery man,tharJiucd in all ages and timcs;but ofthem that were (by the difpcn(iltion of the Gofpel) to be called out ofal kingdornes,and nations, after the death and afcenGon of Chrill. Thus then the promife of faluation is not vniHerfitll,wlthout exception,or rcOraint: and therefore applicatioo made by the vniuerfali– rie ofthe promife,admits fomc faln10od. Secondly,thiswayof applying is alfo Vn– fit.Forthe reafon mu!! be framed thus:Chrifl di(d foraUmtH: !Jut 1hou art a 11JaH: thfrrfire Chrifl
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