/ ~--------------------------------------- MJbowels '»'eremorved in me, inou1· own hearts to take revenge and correction by 0urowne affeCl:ions,godly forrowand mour– ning;as here the Church faith, Vt-ty bowels were 1 turned in me. It was a1hameandgriefe, fpringing 1 out of love to Cbrifl: that bathbeen fo kind, pa- \ tieot and full of forbearance to her. UHy bowels . were.turnedirnnc, that is, forrow and gricfe were upon me for my unkind dealing. The obfervation from hence is, -.... Th"t ftcurity, and acsld dull ftate I produceth t1. ,tontrttry temper ; that is,thofc that are cold,dull, \fecure)ancl put off Chri~, he fuffers them to fall iato iharp forrowes and griefes. We ufually fay, cold difeafes mull: have hot and 1harp remedies : It is moft true fpirimally, (ecuriry, which is akind oflerhargy (~cold dif– eafe) forgetting of God, ·aad our duty to him, mull: have a hot and lharp cure; and the lethargy I , isbdl: cured by ~ burning ague. So Chrift deales . here , he puts his finger in at the hole of the .doore,and leaves grace behind to work upon the bowels ofthe Cfuurch, to make her grieve and be al11amed for her unkind ,dealing. Thus he cures fecurityby forrow. This is the beft conclu– fion offin. Andwe may obferve witha11, That evenfins ef omiffion they bringgriefi,jhame, and forrow 3 And in the iifue through Chrifis fanttifyiRg them, thefe which they breed,confume the Parent ; that is)jnne brings forth forro.w ,jhttme,ancl griefl ~ which are a meanes to fecure finn•. secu253 SE R.lX. 0/Jforv. 0/Jferv, , \ I j r t l , rity breeds thu movi11g ofthe bowels; whichmfJ· vin(j' ~.------------~--------------------~~--------
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