tj8 The tender confcienc~• Cap. I 2. his {oule, bt1t~- unex9rably hardened 'againfl: ·- · .· his fin, becaufe either fin or he mufi die; if --·· he k!_U ,1ot that, .it will kjtt him. TI1ereforeas . it is fai~in that fore and fl:reight fiegeof Je· ruf'alem, Th(. hands of the tender and piuiLam.4.to.fult women a1d· flay and boyle their own children, for if they had not killed and li– ~ed on their owrr children, they had died themfdves : The Law of extremity here overcame theLawof nature, and made the i1_lother crue/1 to her childe, yet is iliecalled ~ tend~r 11ndp_itt ifu!l mf1thet·. So the foul bei~g long bt:Gegedby the Miniftery of theWord, ai1d at lafl: clofebegirt with an Army of con– viB:ions and terrours , legall terrours aad threats, and inward horrours, and all with.. j·n full of mutinies, after denouncing of fi– J.?all Judgements, and the lafl: Summ?ns hy 1 Mercy tendered, and gracious pronufes ot lite held forth : The Law of Nature is overcome by the Law of Neceffity and E:ttremity. Sheba's • s Sam. 20 ~ b~ad is cu~ off, and' ea~ over the Walls , 'to f~ve theGtty; and the foul that was forrtler– ' ly ·as .tender of fin, as the mother of he~ chHde , with her. own hands f!aies and ftrangles it. . q. Note. This man again, you fhall finde him·everc9nfulting rather with honefty, ju– flice, andduty' then with. honour, cnmmudity; a?d{afe~ : If~e pr?mii~th,paffethhis ~ord, gnrcth his hand, bond, or oath, he changeth P&L 1 S·~· not , thoughit be to his own prejudice and damage. That famous Re,ulut I now fpeak · · of
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