21 8' 'Ihe Excellencie ofago'f!dc~nfoience. · \ ' ' Cap.l5· is not confined toany one part of theSoul~ - _it is lle>tin the underflanding ;;tlone, not in D;/t.t. the memririe, will, affetl:ions alone; but it .. bath p~c-e in all the p~arts . of the Soul• . Confc~ence is thegreat MijlrefJofthe houf; · · fhe as ·io9n as fhe is up calls,up all hermaids, PrQ.3 t ,tS, fets thein alf ~bbut their work, and 'call&>' 2 7• them to their account. ' . . 3. The ~irtue and wvrthof a goodCotr··• fdence is moft excellent above all other things, bedmfe it moft f~rtifies the (oi\1 .with firength againft, and gives viltori'e over all A'dverfitiei; it carries the foul bn– W<;mnded througli the' rgreatefi affiict'iQUS ; It's likeOl!e that alwaies fwims alo'tt what..· foever waters · of difirefs. a~e below ; It is as the Arft which{lathawinqowopen in th~ Top tb let rn. tile light of Heaven. This like Elias Mantlehath divided d11e waters, an& carried .godly fouls tnrbugh a flouq o( mi-· feries as on clde land. This hathenc6Uraged them in the rpidfi of fire andfaggots , hatlt a:ccompatiied them i" Dbi! and Caver; · ~nd madeMattj'tJ fihg irt rhrdft of ~rifons aitd flames ; It overcames al,l llis tormenting F~fect:l'tor·s ; It's· like t!We Anvile which 'b'r~~Ks_all~~·is{?ea:t L1pori it, , b~It is it· felf oy all firo}{\es rhade more fir·m. It ;_makes a ~iui likea brazen walJ, Jer.'J, 18. AH may fight, n·one can prevail againil: it f at figtt~ of fear 'it faith Aha ; At deftruCi ion andfa~ mbit it 'drub -laugh, andfeari not the bti-fl's of prey, Job~.22·. This
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