- . Sin remo'Ved,_ca·lamity remo)1ed. 1 19•__1 God~ as cba·t blindnetle in the blind man;. fome. for triall one!y, as .Ahraht~ms offering up his fonne,j ,· yec for the mofi: part they come from qnne. "' ' , ,, · }. · God·neveraffiietsburforourprofi~: fofays ,Re.t[.:..i' theApofile:;·Heh. u. ourfitthersA{terthe flejbcor. · :~ reliedm, not alwayes for our profir, but they out , of pa1Iion ofcemimes; but, He for surprofit: Now : ~hen .he bath thereby made us partakers of his . holinelfe, and fo we have ceafed from finn~, then ·he will (:eafe toafflict. le was mherwife (you will fay) withDa'Vid:his . ohjea; ,. finne Will forgiven, as Natban told him, and yet rhe , crolfe was not removed, for his childdied J ·And the (worJdep4rtec/nol fi'Dm hil houft. ~ · There is a:d,exception in rhefe twocafes. · · .I. 0 f U:andall, when the name of God is bla[.. .Anfw. : : phemed : then though he forgive the: finne, yet he : may goon topunifh for his names fake. .; :. When we are not throughly humbled: for . " there may be true repentance, when our ~lulls ar~ not enough mortified: God cloth it, that the hearr maybe the more clearifed. Thus D•viJ P[Al. 5x. cries out ofhis broke~# !Jones, and why ~ his heart (he fayes) was not cleanfed·, and therefore he prayes for • cle•nehe•rl and• righi fiirit. This affords matter of comfort. Wh~n any r(e. judgement is upon us, we are apt to thinke we fhall never be rid of it: but if thou can!\: get but thy heart huml?le~, and thy lufts mortified, God will take away the Cro1fe. It is our fault tofay, when ·weare affiiCl:ed, that we fhall never feeberter daies: why fo~ is not God able to remove it -: and if the ~~. -- - -- . ·V ~ ---. _finne I.
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