~----~~----------------------~--~ . Ojcalmnities·remolidin lflilgement. bur it carr1ech one Ship into an 1 H:lv.en, and ·dalheth another againfl a rock. Confider therefore whether thy affii~ions brings . thee home tothe Lord, ' or whether it drives thee from the Lord up<:>n the ! rockes. Tisacommq>nebfervation,that when phy- ' ficke works not, you fay'the partie is mortally ficke: . I So when affiiet:ion~ worke not, it\is a figne hee is a man ofdeath. If, as t7v!Att.1. Hee that takes not an admonition from his brother,is defp·erately wic~ ked, either as aSwine to trample on it, or as aDog to devour: How much more, when aman is admo- · nilhed by God himfelfe, and is worfe_ after it -: Now every affiietion·is an admonition from the .Lord. In·the fifth .of Efoy when God had pruned his vineyard,. and it did it no good ; it was then at the next doore todefiru6tion, ·and laying wafi. If 'therefore thou haft had fome grea~ atllid:ion, and now it is off; thinke with thy felfe wha~ pro.fit and good came to theeby it. 'Did it come from Gods providence, or not~ if it did, there was fomthing he intended,and which ic did imtimate to thee: Ifthou then didfi {uffer it to paffe by without taking any no"'.. · ticeofGodin it,or iftboudjdfi,yet art n0t reclamed,' . '· God mufl: needs·beeexceedingly 'provqked, hewill fuffer the tree to fl:and .one yeare or fo,to fee ifit – will bring forth fruit, but ifit doth not, then fayes, ~k~w~ . There are certaine times wherein the L_o ·ll D by affiiCl:ion, fhewes himfelfe ( as it were) to a man, makes apparitions, fa as a man may grope after him and feele him, and take notice what hee would have. Iffuchpaffeaway,an~ no~ood is done, i~~ \
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