.. Of tf!Crning from our t'VillTPa)!S. 0 ~- 1()9 that WAter 4ndjjring, that jl9wesup to tterndU lift. Co:1lider rhereture whether c::ver rJwuhadfi arrue · apprehenfton of rhefe, widrouc which a man 'CJn· nvt be .rhroughly wrought t pon; which.apprehenlion ifrrue., bath th!=fe cooduions in ir·. , Fidl: it mutt be·an~pprehenfion of them as pre· fent: for h.1ppily a mJn may hive aflight rho: ght \I f erernallliteand death, bemay lo. ke t pon rhcm as thingsabfent and afarre off; but when they are fer. on by God, am.an is pLrfuedand brorght into !heights by the apprehrnfions of them, foas he hath n0 refi: till he be cranfl1red inro anorhrr con – dition. A caroall manon his .de3th bed, having · aoaetuall arprebenfionofhell as prefem, is Hrangc– ly affeCted. Now at ~onverfion, the apprehenlion ofthefefeize-rh uponamanbyaworkeoft he S?irir, and compaifes him about fo, as he ~Jnnot fiuke ir off, rill he turnes to God. The w![t man fees the plague htfort· hAnd> ,even.as prefent : and thertfore llayes not till it comes : but curnes inthe~ime of youth, heahh and'{hength. . · , Secondly, it mufi bea'deepe,ftx,J, And{rtled11ppre2 'IJenfirm ; for. fomerimes a man that thall never be faved, may~ be moved with theprefent apprehen fion ofc~eroall death, and life; but it is asa fiorme .foonc ·blowne over,. but in him that fhall bee fa. r ved, it isJet 00by ,the{eirit O/~OflaAge,-3nd fucb an . impreffion -made, as will ,never,out, but hefiillre. members it ; and this· is· that. true apprc:henfion. which moves to rep·emaoce. ·. · . · · But famewill fay, canaman bewrought upon ohjtl1. by the meere apprehe"nftons-.ot erernaU life amd . · deatb; .. I • l ~ .i
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