The ill troubledConflienu. ~69 ·------ -·- - penitent returning,]er.2.36. Why gaddeft thou Cap. I 8. abl1ut fo much to change thy w~ .l · Thirdly, which is much wor(e then the for• mer, when men have recour[e to Diabolict~l S 28 - fi 1 S h · h 1 am. • and im u means,as aut goes to t e Wltc , 7 8 . .Ahaziah fendeth to }jaalzPhub to enquire, ~/King.I·~ fendeth not to enquire of God. Belfhazzar in his perple:xitie fends for the Magicians togive him comfort. Dan. 5·7· To fuch as take thefe cour[es the Prophet fpeakes. Ifai. 47.12, 13. Stand now with thy inchantments, and with the multitude of thy frceriu, if fo ,bee thou fbalt be able toprofit _thy[elf. Thou art wearied in the multitudeofthy counfols. Let now the AftrologerJ, the ftar-giJzerJ, and monthly Pro~noflicators ftand up and fave thetfr,Jm thofo thing I thatJhal come upon thee. Thefe all die in their · fin, and perith as Ahaz,iahdid, becaufe they go 2 Ki. 1.6. t(J B.:~alzebub, not teGod,and never comeaway with more comfort then .JudtH had at the High Priefrs hands, when bee muft go tell themwhat he wanted, and what he felt. He might go and die of defpair tor all they could fay or do to him. The fl:rpke is from God1 hand, the cure muft bee frqm theJame hand. Thefe fhould fay Hof.6.t. Come let lW return to the Lord, for hebathfmitten, and he fl'ill heal m ? be bath bro~n,and he fhal binde 1M up. Laftly, which is worfl: of all, when men defJ?airingly give over all hopes, and all u[e of · meanr, fayinfJ; There u now no hfltJe. This lat• !~r·2 8• 2S · . 1 . . G r . . r. "" 1 ·12• ter ev1 lll p~tttmg away 'odJ mercze, IS wor1e then all the former, in abufing and deft/in( God1
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