. T~fpiritof · - bond3geis nouoratifie for fmncs paft but topreyent fins _to(Ome. ~ . .. I· ~· ·l'hst_,hich . accompaniet daefpirit. ,. as parents doe_with their children, they would . ·_ neverafHid:and correthheir·children for that which is pall:,hut their end is for the time to , come,tnartheymaynot~committhcfamefault ; againe jOthetwife, lf.1y; the 'parent wouldnot ' layany afHi.1ion upon thechildej fo theLord· bath this very end·in fending the fpirit ofbon- ' dage,thou mull: not tninke it is for thy ftnnes- : pafr":thatthere may; be a kinde of fatisfadion · made for them,thatis nottheend,J>ut the end is, that thou mighteft know the bitternelfe of · finne forthe time to come, that th0l1 being . fi:orched·.once with it, ~houmightefi::not eafily meddle with _ it againe,. and therefore if thou _ finde~ th~s to·, be thy cafe,,tho.u-,ha£l::fo farre : tafied ' the terrour of the Almightie, that ~ thou darefi not adventure upon ftnne,thou fi:an- .: :deftinawe of the Lord, that thou dareft not :be fo boldwith ftnneas. thou hall: beene,thou ; ·darellnotmeddle with-the occaftonof.it,.that tliou dareft notr come neere it; I fay,jfthou : Jinde fuch a tendernelfe of: confcience in thy ~ ·felfe,ifthoufinde that that finneis made ~terri,. ,bleto theethatthoudid-deftdefpife before,(for , it is the propert-ie ofa earnall man to defpif~ his waies-) I fay,~fthis b~ wrough~inthee,defer not makenot dainty ofapplying thepromifes, be-:– ,caufe.thou hall:not received the fpirit.ofbon· ,dage :forthou ,hall: the effed-, therefore thou 1 needell: not doubt,but that thou haft-thething .. · .1 Thisisitt~atg:oesbefore. . . . .- .. ; That.whkhgo~s togetherwj,th it, I f!lewed . you,
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