Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P74 S2 1637

g ` I u D A s R\epentance. when Godfendeth the fire (as he did to dbzmelecke) to melt that , they fall afunder , and all their love ceafeth. Now the next thing is, flee calls downe the thirty pieces of f lver. And here the Doctrine is this, That , that is the greatefi comfort ,when God once turnes his hand aganft of, proves me dif- comfortable. ludw here thought thefe thirty recces of haver a great matter, but when once God moved his con - fcience, he calls them away : So, fuppofe a man' get favour,honour,riches,or any other thing naugh- tily, it will prove but a trouble. z From the curie of God ; although the thing in it felfe be good, yet God ever mi, eth fome evill with it ,which maketh it bitter. Stollen bread is fweet, but God filleth the mouth with gravel!. All mifery with Gods Favour is moft fweet, as Pauls im- prifonments, and whippings, and lofephs : but on the contrary fide, all pleafure, with Gods difplea- fur, is bitter. z Becaufe f nne makes the foule ficke, and then it's never well, until! it cabs up ; and thus ludas, the thirtypeeces, burdening his foule, muff cali them up. Many goe on in finne and are never troubled. As in our bodies, though there beill humours, yet they make not a man lick until! they be fiirred J. fo doth not fine until! God ílirres it,as here hee did Doer. Rea /on.

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