NEvv c 0 VENA N T. coventtnt withGod, therefore thou art expofed 1 to the enmitie of all the creatures. :But this objectionwill be made, Yea,butma– nyofthofe that are within the Coven.mt, re– ceive hurt from thecreatures and many of thofe that are outoftheCoventtnt> live pea-ceable and quiet lives.. . · I will anfwer it in aword; It is very tru-e they maybe cxercifed,though all the hofl: of heaven andearth be at peace with them, and there is . not any creature tandoe them the leaft: hurt; No, they neither will nor can goe about it, to lift up their hand againlhhem,yetthey may be exercifed with many affiietions, but there is a very great difference betweene thefe two, the · fame difeafe,tbeSa!De griefe, tffefame appre– henfion Iyes ou the heart, and wounCisthefpi– tits of the one m~m, but to the other that i$ in Coventtnt, it is a rod in the hand ofaFather,en- · ablinghim to keepe his Coventtntthebetter, it. is as aMedicine in the hand-of a Phyfitiq'n to heale him, to comfort him, to doe him good; thatverydifeafe to another isa Sword in the hand ofan enemy, as poyfon in the hand ofthe ddhoyerto hurt him. Asj for-example, the Devill"had power to vexe Situl;'andto vexe Io!J, here was-the fame infl:rutnent, -· the Devill had power over both,buttherewasa great deale of difference,you know he had poweroverSAu/as an enemie,he had power :over rob as a friend; and fo likewife I ttdtUhadame1fenger ofSatan, to fill his heart,andPaul hadameffenger ofSa~ ..... tan · ObjefJ. ,Anfw. ·, Holy men may be C::ttel1• cifed.theycan , not be hurtbJ the creature. . Differeiice in the fame try• alltogodly and wicked.
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