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off from his corruptions kindly , and break his heart ſecretly, 
in the apprehenſion of his Sins , and yet the world never ſee it, 
In both theſe we have an example in Lydia and theFa) lor: Ly. 
dia was a finful woman, and God opened her eyes, and melted” 
her heart kindly , and brought her to a taſte of his goodneſſe 
here, and glory hereafter : But the Zay/or was. an outragious, 
rebellious wretch , for when the Apoſtles were committed to 
priſon, he laid them up in ſtocks, and whipped them ſore, now 
there was much work to bring this man home : when the Apo- 
ſtles-were ſingingPlalms,there came anEarthquake, which made 
the priſon-dores flie open, and the priſoners fetrers to fall off, 
Z bur yet the Jaylors heart would not ſhake : atlaſt the Lord did 
=. ſhake his heart too, and he came trembling , and was ready to 
; lay violent hands upon himſelfe,becaule he thought he priſon- 
aARs 16.30, Crs had beenfled; butthe Apoſtles cried to him,'Do thy [elf no 
harm , for we are «ll here : with that he fell down before them, 
and faid , en and brethre», what ſhall I ds to be ſaved? For 
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4 he Oh, (faith che poor ſou) }will the/c and the/e fins never be 
thr dFned * will this proud heart never be bumble ? Thus the ſoul 
hs and mourns,and ſayes, O Lord, I ſee this fin, and feel the 
"Purthen of it , and yet 1 have not an heart to be humbled for it, 
» " mor-to be freed fromit : O when will #t ouce be ? Nid you but 
+ *know this, it would make your hearts bleed to hear him : Oh ! 
4 the ſword of the Almiglity hach pierced chrough his heart, and 
v”-heis breathing out his /orr0w,as though he were going down to 
n * bell , and heaith, If here be any mercy, any love, any fellowſhip 
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thinks the piQure of thoſe poor famiſhed Lepers, may fitly re 
femble this poor finner,when the famine was greatin Samarig, 
There were four leprow men ſate in the gate of the City, al 
they ſaid, W.1y fit we here wntill We die ? if we enter into the 
City , the famint is there, and if We fit here, We die alſo ; nth 
therefore let us fall into the hands of our enemies , and if t 
ſave m alive , we ſhall live, and if they kill us , we' ſhall but di; 
They had but one means to ſucconr themſelves withall,and that 
was to g0 into the Camp-of the enemies , and there, as it hap- 
ned , they were relieved. Thus 1s the lively picture of a poor 
finner in this deſpairing condition , when he ſeeth the wrath'of 
God purſuing him, and that the Lord hath beſet him on every 
fide ; at laſthe reſolves thus with himſelfe, /f 1 go and reſt on ny 
priviledges, there is nothing but emptineſſe ; and if 1 rift in m 
natwral condition , I periſh there alſo : let me therefore fall int 
the hands of the Lord of Hoſts. 1 confeſſe he hath been pravokedh 
me , and for onght 1 ſee he is mine enemy ; 1 am noW a dannel 
w14n , and if the Lord caſt me out of his preſence, I can be but 
damned. And then he comes tothe Lord , and he falls down 
beforethe footſtool of a conſuming God,and ſaith ,-as Job did, 
What ſpall 1 ſay unto tbee., O thou Preferver of men? I bavem 
reaſon toplead for my ſelfe, and I have no power to ſutconr uh 
ſelfe , my accnſations are my beſt excuſe, all the priviledges m 
the world cannot juſtifie me , and all my Duties cannot ſave me; 
if there be any mercy left , O ſucconr a poor diſtreſſed ſinner inthe 
very gall of. bitterneſſe, This is the behaviour of the ſoul in this 
work of Subjetion, 

The,ſecond part of Hamiliationis, Comtentedneſſe to be at 
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is of an higher pitch then the 
former : For example, Take a debtor who hath uſed all means 
roavoid the creditor, in the end he ſeeth he cannot avoid the 
Snit,and to bear it he is not able, therefore the onely way is to 
come in, and to yield himſelf into his credirors hands ; but ſup- 


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himſelſe,and be ſeerh that Gods Wrics are out apainf? 
off _ oy able (whenſoever the Judgement rc to 
avoid it,nor to bear it,therefore he ſabm-yrs himſelf, and faith, 
Lord, Whither ſhall I go? thy auger is beavy and mavoidable ; 
nay , whatſoever God requires , the ſoul layes his hand on his 
mouth, and goes away contented, and well ſatisfied, and hath 
nothing at. all to.ſay againſt the Lord, This is the nature of 
Contentedneſſe. 
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all due to my wretched ſonl, O, (faith the Soul) had the 
Devils the like hopes, and means, and patience that [ have enjoyed, 
for ought 1 know , they would bave been better then | am : It is 
that which ſhames theSoul in all his ſorrows, and makes him ſay, 
Had they the like Mercy ? O thoſe ſweet Comforts, and thoſe pre- 
ciouw Promiſes that 1 have had ! How many heavy journeys hath 
the Lord Jeſus made to me? How often hath be knocked at my 
beart, and (aid, Come to me , ye rebellious children ; turn ye, turn 
ye, why Will ye die? O that Mercy that hath followed me from 
my houſe to my walh,, and from thence to my cloſet ; here Mercy 
hath conferred ni'h me, and there mexcy hath wooed me ;' yea, 
in my night-thoughts when | awaked , Mercy kneeled downe be- 
fore me, anll beſought me to renounce my bad conrſes , yet I re- 
fuſed Mercy , and would needs have mine oWne Will, had the Des 
vill but ſach bopes, and (ach offers of Merey , they that tremblt 
now for want of ercy,they wou'd ( for ought Thnow) have given 
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thoy Lord haſt done it ; Sotbe Soul, when the Sentence of con», 
demnation is even ſeizing upon him, and God ſeems to caſt him; 
out of his favour, then he cries, 1 confeſſe God is juft., and. 
therefore I bleſſe his Name , and yield unto him; but ſinne © 
the workgy of all this. miſery on me. Jeremiah pleading the caſe 
of the Church , now going to Captivity , #0 is me for my hure, 
(faith he) my rowndis pm—_ ; but [ ſaid, T ruly this is my grief, 
and Imaſt bear it. Such is the frame of an heart truly humbled | 
it is content to cake all to it ſelf, and ſo.to be quiet, ſaying,T his 
is my wound, 'and 1 muſt bear it , this is my ſorrow , and 1 will 
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in this and none elſe. 

This may teach us the worth of the Goſpel above all other Uſe 
things in the world, for it is accompanied with the Spirit, and 1 
brings (alvation with it. Whatifa man had all the wealth and | 
policy in the world and wanted this ? hewerea fool : Whar if 
one were able to dive deep into the ſecrets of Nature, to know 
the motions of the Stars, to ſpeak with the tongues of menand 
Angels ,,and yer know nothing belonging to his peace , what 
availsit 2 Why do we value a Mine, but becaule of the gold in 
it? or a Cabinet, but becauſe of the Pearl in it> O this 1s that 
pearlwe ſell all for . 

Wouldſtthou know whether thou art carnal or ſpiritual?0b- Uſe 2. 
ſervethen, if thou haſt che Spirit, ir ever came with the Goſpet: FE. 
See.then;how the $oul ſtands affeRed with the Goſpel,and fo it 
ſtands affe&ted to the Spirit. /s ſo (may every foul reaſon 
with it ſelf ) that [ will not 'nffer the W11d to prevaile with me ? 
then ſhall I miſſe of the Spirit , then will G briſt none of me. O re- 
member , the time will come when you muſt die as well as your 
neighbours, and then you will ſav, Lord 'eſas, forgive my frunes, 
Lord Fefas, receive my ſonule ; But Chriſt will anſwer, Away, be 
gone, y0u are none of mine , 1 know you not. Any man, whether 
noble or ignoble, let him be what he will be , if he hath not the | 
Spirit he is none of Chriſts : His you -re to whom you obey ; but Rom.,6.16.. 
Pride and Covetouſneſs you obey:Pride therefore will ay. Thi | 
heart is mine , Lord, | have domineered over it, and | will torment 
* : Corruptions will ſay , We haverorned this ſoul, and \ve will 
damn it, \(ou- therefore that have made a tuſh acthe Word, 
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Hereafter therefarethink this with thy ſelf , ere he but a man 
that ſpeaks, yet would 1 not deſpiſe him ; but that it not all, there go+ / 
eth Gods Spirit with the Word, and ſhall I deſpiſe it ? There'is 
but one ſtep betWeen this and that unpardonable finne againſt the 
boly Ghoſt, onely adding Malice to 'my Rage : I oppoſe the 
Father , perhaps the Sonne mediates for me ; 1 deſpiſe the Sonne, 
perhaps h holy Ghoſt plead: for me; but if I oppoſe the Spirit , none 


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this mercy in Chriſt belongs un- 
to him, and withoug this the ſoul of an bumble, broken-hearted 
finner hath noground/to gounto:Chriſt: what good dothir an 
Þungry. ſtomack'tohear that there is a great deal of cheer.and 

- dainties provided forfuch and fuch men, and he have no-part 
thetein?Take a Reggar that hath a thouſand pounds told before 
him (he may apprehend the ſum of ſo much gold, and ſo much 
ſilver) bat what;s5-alt that to me (faith he) if inthe mean time 1 
die and ftarve ? It falls out! in this.caſe with a broken. hearted 
- ſinner; as with-a prodigalchilde : The Prodigal he hath ſpent 
his means, and abuſed his Father, and now is there a Famine in 
the Land, and poverty is befallen him; he knowes indeed there 
is meat and cloaths enough in his FathersHouſe, but(alas!)what 
can he expeR thence but his Fathers heavy diſpleaſure? if a man 
ſhould ſay, Go to your Father, he will give you a portion, 
again ; -would he (think you) believe this ? No, (would he ſay) 
it 4s my Father I bave offended, and Will he now receive me? yet 
ſhould a man come and tel! him, that he heard his Father ſay ſo, 
and then ſhew him a Certificate under his Fathers hand that ir 
* was ſo,this would fure draw himinto ſome hopethat his Father 
meant well towards him : $0 it is with a ſinner when he is ap- 
_ Prehenſive of all his zehellions; if a man ſhould tell ſuch a ſoul, 
Go'to God,and he wil} give you abundance of mercy and com- 
paſſion ; the ſoul cannot believe it , but thinks , z/hat, 1 mercy? 
no, no: Bleſſed are they that walk humbly before God, and con- 


form their Iwes to bisWord', let them take it ; but for me , it is | 
mercy I baveoppoſed; it is grace 1 have rejefted;' no. mercy , wo 
grace for me But.row if God fend a Meſſenger from Heaven, 
or if itcome under the hand of his Spirit, that he will acceptof Ml 
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ſuch a perplexed ſoul, hy ſayeft thou thy way it hid fromthe 1,qo.17; 


Lord? the Lord ſaith, Why ſayeft thou ? is any thing to0 hard 
for the Lord ? O you wrong God exceedingly , you thidk it a 
matter of humility, when you account ſo vilely of your ſelves : 
Can God pardon fin to ſuch unworthy creatures? lt is true, (faith 
the ſoul) Manaſley was p -doved, Paul was converted, Gods Saints 
bave been received to mercy , Bat can my finnes be pardoned t «can 
wy ſoul be quickened? No, no, my fins are greater ches can be 
forgiven. Why then, poor ſoul, Saranis ſtron (er ty overthrow 
thee, then God to ſave thee; and thus you make God to be no 
God, nay you make him to be weaker the Sin,chen -ell- then 
the Devil. 2. This fin is dangerous to thy own foul , it is that 


which taketh up the bridge; and cutteth off ail paſſages , nay it 


lucks up a mans endeavours (as it were) quite by the roots ; 
Alas, (auth he) what (killeth for a man to pray ? 'mhat p- fits it 
a mantoread ? what benefit in all the means of grace * The #one 
is rolled upon me , and my Condemnation ſealed for ever: 1 will 


never louk, after Chriſt , Grace , Salvation any more; t't time of . 


grace is paſt, the day is gone, And thus the foul linketh init {elf, 


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1[aid, (faith David) T his is my infii mity : the word 11 the Ori: 
ginal is, 7 bu ts my ſickreſſe; as who ſhould ſay, Wrat ? «& mrrtp 
gone for ever ? thu Will be my death, thenw life gone. , ++ | 

2. This Reproves and Condemns that great ſin of Preſuns» 
pt1#0n, a ſirmore trequent, and (it poſſibly may be) more'dan- 
gerous ; . as they ſaid, Sew! had lain bit thomſands, a» David hid 
Fen thouſands : So hath Defp arr (lain hi thouſands , but Pre/nm- 
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# jn bim. Let us ſee-the Reaſons that perſwade you to theſe 
groundleſſe fooliſh Hopes? you ſay , You _ tobe ſaved, and 
you hope to go to heaven , and you kope to lee (ods face with 
comfort; and have you nogrounds? 1t is a fooliſh bopr, an un» 
reaſonable hope, h 


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wait wponihe Lord ſtall renew their ftrength : you ſay, Toucan 
not do this, ard you cannot do that ; Ifay ; If you can but hope and 


wait for the &ſercy of the Lord, you are rich Chriſtians, If qa. 


man have many Reverfions, they that judge of his Eſtate, will 
not judge him for his preſent Eſtate, but for the Reverſions he 
ſhall have; Haply thou haſt not for the preſent the ſenſe and 
feeling of Gods love and aſſurance; away with that feelmg,do 
not dote upon it, thou baſt Reverſions of old Leaſes, ancient 
Mercies, old Compaſlions, fuch as have been reſerved from the 
| beginning of the world, and know thou haft a fair Inheritance; 
You will ſay, Were my hopes of the right ſtamp, chen might 
I comfort my {ife; but there are many falſe , wow hopes ,"and 
how ſhould I know that my hope is ſound and good > I anſwer, 
you may know it by theſe particulars : 
:, A grounded hope hath a peculiar certainty in it, it doth 


bring home unto the ſoul in ſpecial manner,the goodnes vfGod,, 


and the riches of his tove in Chriſt [cſus. It ſtands not on If*4 
and And*s, hut ſaith , It muſt nndowbredly, it muſt certainly be 
mine; and good Reaſon , for this hope hath a Word to hang 
and hold upon: What is that? 1 will wait upon the Lord,and 1 will 
hape m bis Word;it is a Scripture- hope,aWord-hope:theWord ſaith, 
The Lord came 10 ſave thoſe that were loſt; Why, 1 finde my ſclfe 
robe Toft, ſaith the ſoul and therefore I hope : The Lord will ſeek 
me, though I cannot ſeek him; / hope the Lord will finde me; 
though 1 cannot finde ay! ſelfe ;- 1 hope the Lord will ſave me; 
though I cannot fave my ſelf. So the Word ſaith, He appointeth 


them that monrn in Sion, to give unto them beauty for aſh's : will 


you have.# Legacy of Joy, Mercy and Pity? here it is, the Lord 
Chriſt left it y ou, / bequeatb and Teave thi 
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hold In ſoul to the = of the Promiſe ; hence take a poor 
ſinner when he is at the weakeſt, under water, when all Tem- 
ations, Oppoſitions , Corruptions grow ſtrong againſt him, 
and he faith, //all one day pers/h by tbe bhandof Saul , this prond, 
fooliſh, filthy heart of mine will be my bane, 1 ſhall never get 
power, ſbrength and grace againſt theſe ſinnes, Here is the loweſt 
«der of a poor ſoul, If a man ſhould now reply, T hen caſt off 
all hope and confidence , rejett the meanes, and turn to your 
runes : Mark how Hope ſteppeth in, and faith, Nay , what- 
forter 1 am and do , whatfoever my condition is, 7 will uſe the 
meanes 3 1 am ſure all my belp is in Chriſt , all my hope it in the 
Lord Jeſus , andif I muſt periſh, 1 Will periſh ſeeking bim, and 
waiting pon bims, Why, this is Hope , and I warrant chat ſoul 
ſhall never goto hell; / wil wait for the Lord, yea though he 
hath bid bimſelf from the houſe of Jacob. » 

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letting in ſome intimation of Gods /ove into the ſoul; * 


.thus P/al. 42. 5. The Lord will command h:s loving kindneſſe in 


the day-time : Thisis a phraſe taken from Kings and Princes,and 
great Commanders in the field , whoſe words of Command 
ſtand for Lawes; ſo the Lord ſends out his loving kindeneſſe, and 
ſaith, Goowt, my everlaſting love and kindeneſſectake a commiſſion 
from me, and go to that humble , thirſty and hunger. bitten ſinner, 
and go and proſper, and prevail , and (ettle my love effeually up 


on him , and faſten my mercy rpon bim ; | command my loving 


 kindeneſſe to do tt. Thus the I. ord doth put a Commiſſion into the 


hands of bis foving kindeneſſe, that it ſhall do good to the poor 
ſoul,yea though it withdraw it ſelf, ſaying, 7/hat, / mercy ? will 
Chriſt Jeſus accept of me? No,no; there is no hope of mercy for 
me : tndeed if I could pray thus , hear thus, and perform Duties 
With that enlargement, and bad thoſe parts and abilities, then there 
were ſome comfort , but noW there #1 no bope of mercy for me. We 
demand,lIs this your caſe? is.it thus and thus? are you thus hum+ 
bled ? and bave you thus longed for the riches of his Mercy 
in Chriſt? Lo then, the Lord hath put a Commiſion into the 
hands of his /oving kindeneſſe, ſaying , Go to that poor ſoul , and 
break open the dores upon that weary weltering heart. and break off 
all thoſe bolts , and rend «ff that veil of ignorance and carnal Rea--- . 
ſpn, and all thoſe Arguments : Go(I ſay) to that ſoul, and chear it, 
and warm it, and tell it from me, T bat hit ſinnes are pardoned, and 
bi? ſoule ſhall be ſaved, and bus ſighs ard prayers are heard in 
heaven; and I charge jou do the Work before you come apain. 
Hereis the ground of Love;Gods /ove affeting thobeart and 
ſetled npon it,itbreeds a /ove ro God again; We love kim, becrnſe 
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Lord my ſtrength, 
O how ſhwld | but love thee ! 
-Me thinks there is a poor fincere ſoul that ſaith , Afy wndere 
ftandings are not ſodeep as others , my tongue runs not (o gltb as 
ſuch and ſuch ; 1 cannot talk [o freely of rhe things of grace and 
ſalvation, I bave meaner parts , and Cannot inlarge my ſelf in holy 
Datics and holy Services; I cannit diſpute for a Saviour, or perform 
ſuch Duties as otbers can do: yet , (weet ſoul, canſt-thou love 
Chriſt Jeſus, and rejoycein him? O yes! 7 bleſſe the Name of 
the Lord, that all | have , all my friends ; and parts, and means, 
and abilities, are but as dung and drofſe in compariſon of Ghriſt 
Feſus ; it Were the comfort of my ſoul , if I might be ever with © 
him. Say you ſo? Go thy way, and the God of heaven go 
with'thee : Thig is a work o&God that will never leave thee; it 
is a badge and proper livery that the Lord Jeſus gives onely to 
his Saints ; never a meer Profeſſor under heaven everworeit, 
never any Hypocrite under heaven to whom God did intend it, 
Hut onely to thoſe whom he hath effecually called , fand whom 
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to comfort thee in the want of all; and thou mayeſt lay, 1can 
fay little for Chriſt , my tongue faulters, and my memory is Weak, , 
yet the Lord kbnowes 1 love the Lord Zeſw.T his is enough, David 
defired no more, but what God «as wont to do to his children | 
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wnto thoſe that love thy Name ; | know thou loveft them that love 
thee, and Wilt ſave and glorifie them in the end: I deſire no more 
but th's , do as thounſeſt to ds to thoſe that love thy Name, And 
doth David a King deſire no more ? ſure then if chou (poor 
ſoul) haſt ſo much as he had, it is enough, be quiet with thy 
childes part;T hy lot ts fallen into a marvellous fair ground. 

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4. He that truly entertains Chriſt,rezoyceth in the good 'and 
glory of Chriſt : When Mephiboſherh had been wrongfully ac- 
cafed to David, and when David who had taken away allthe 
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Again in peace, it matters not ſor inheritance , and for my jelfe and 
my life, I paſſe not , ſith the King is returned in peace ; it 55 enongh, 
that 1 enjoy thy preſence , which 4s better to me then goodt, 
life or tiberty : So it is with akinde loving heart, which cannot 
endure-to ſee Chriſts honour and glory laid inthe duſt , butif 
his praife be advanced,then is he glad, Lord, | have enongh((aith 
the ſoul) that Chriſt is mine, and that his honorr and glory is mays 
nified, whatſoever becomes of tne it matters not ; let the world 
fake all, if I may hwve Chriſt, and ſee him rat{ed and mapnified: 
Ler this try any mans fpirit nader heaven, & labour to bring the 
foul to this pitch : A Minſter in his place, and a Maſterin his 
place, and every Chriſtian in his place ; lerir be our care to ho-. 
nour God, not ourſelves; and ler ir be 0::r comfort, if God may” 
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our ſhoulders,that we may lift up out ſelves by it; but re ſhould 
becontent to lie inthe duſt, thatche Lord'may be praiſed; and 
if any of Gods people thrive and proſper more thea thou, let 
that be thy joy. 
5.#He that welcomes Chriſt truly, covets a nearer union with 
Cbriſt:: Love is of a linking and gluing nature, and wiltcarry 4 
the ſoul with ſome kinde of ſtrength and earneſtnefſe, to enjoy ; 
full poſſeſiion and fellowſhip of the thing that is loved ; it can- 
not have enough of it : Nothing ((aith the foul ; but Chriſt,till 
defire more of that mercy, and hatmeſſe,and grace,and love in Chriſt 
"_ : As itis with parties that have lived long together in one - 
ouſe, and their affeRions are linked together in way of marri- 
age , they will ever deſire to be w_—_ rogether, andto be- 
drawing on the marriage ; ſo the foul ghar Joves Chriſt Jeſus, 
and hath his holy affection kindled, & his ſpirit enlargedtbere- 
io; when the Lord hath lectin ſome glimpſe of his love,he thinks : 
the hour (weet when he prayed to the Lord Chriſt,, he thinks - 
the Lords day (weet,wherein God revealed, by the power of his 
holy Ordinances , any of that rich grace and mercy of his : it is 
adairable to ſee how the heart will be delighted to recount the 
time,and place , and meanes, when and where the Lord did re» 
vealit; Oh this « good ((aith the foul.) 0h that / might ever be - 
thus cheared and refreſhed ! Or as the fpouſe contracted , thinks - 
every day a yeer;till ſhe enjoy her beloved, and take ſatisfati> 
on to her ſoul in him : .Sq the ſoul that hath been trnly bum» 
| bled, and enlightened, and is now contracted to Chriſt Jeſus, 
Ob when will that day be, ((aith it) that I forall ever be With my Fe» | 
ſas ! he takes hold ofevery word he hears, every - promiſe that . 
revealsany thing of Chriſt, ®ur 0b! when will that day be, that T Phit. r,52,: 
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be will ſave thy life : Thus the ſervants go, and coming to 

Ahab , they deliver the Meſſage ; Thy ſervant Benhadad /airh, 

Ipray thee let me live: and he ſaid, 1s be yet alive? be is my 
brother : Now the men diligently obſerved whether any thing 
would come from him, and did haſtily catch arir, and they ſaid, 
Thy broth:r Benhadad, and they went away re joycing:.This is the 

lively Picture of a broken-hearted ſinner, after , hath taken 

up arms againſt the Almighty, and that the Lord hath ler in Ju. : 
ſtice, and he ſeerh (or bath ſeen) the anger of God bent againſt 4 
him ; then the ſoul reaſons thus, / have hrard, thongb 1 am a 

rebellious ſinner , that none but ſinners are pardoned, and God is a 

racious God, and therefore unto bim let me go: with this he 

talls down at the footſtool of the Lord, and cries, O what ſhalt 

I do! what ſhall I ſay nnto thee ? O thow preſerver of men! © 

let me live, I pray thee , in the ſight of my Lord! The foul thus + 

humbted, the Lord then lets in his ſweet yoice of mercy , and 

faith ” Thow art my ſonne, mytove , - and thy fins are pardoned: 

Theſe words no ſooner uttered,but he catcheth chereat, ſaying, 

Mercy, Lord ? and a ſonne,Lord? and love, Lord ? and a pardon, 

Lord? The heart holds it ſelf here, and will never away. 

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diſpleaſure,and the ſoul turns to the T. ord Chriſt, and will never 
leave til! it go God-ward, ani Chriſt-ward, and Grace-ward, 
and faith , Let the Lord do what he pleaſe, I wit go no fur. 
ther , till he be pleaſed to ſhew Mercy. Thus the ſoul once.come 
to Chriſt, it will never away, but ever cleaves to the Promiſe, 
and is turned towards God and Chriſt, uncicYſs's it. 
Poor ſoul, art chou yet ſhut up- in Unbelief | then as 
the Priſoners in New-gate, what lamentable cries do they utter 
toevery Paſſenger by? Sodo thou, look our from the gates of 
Hell, and from under the bars of infidelicy, and cry, that God 
would look on theg ig mercy, and ſay, Spare, Lord, a pror un- 
believing wretch, lockt up nndey the bars of Un! elief: good Lord, 


ſuccour, and deliver in thy due tims, David could. ſay , Let tbe Plal,7ga1, 


ſighing of priſoners come up before thee ; that indeed was meant 
of bodily impriſonment, yet the argument prevaiſs much in 
regard of the Spiritual: Good Lord, let the ging of priſoners 
come hp before thee ; let the ſighing of poor diſiruftfull ſouls come 
wp before thy Majeſty : © jend belp from heaven, and deliver the 
ſoul of thy ſervant from theſe wretched diftempers of heart, Is 


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viour)is condemned already : He is caſt in heaven andearth, b 
the Law and Goſpel , there is no relief for him abiding in this 
condition ; lay this under thy pillow, and ſay , How can 1 ſleep, 
and be a condemned man ? What if Gol ſhould take anay my life 
this might ? Alas! 1 never knew what it was to be enlightened, or 
Wounded for fin; 1can commu fin , and play *ith ſin, but I never 
kuew what it was to be wounded for ſine ; | never knew what it 
was to be zealow ina good cauſe ; O I confeſſe 1 have no faith at 
all | Beloved ! would you yield this, then were the:e ſome 
hopes that you might get out of this condition & ſtate; to have 
Aſenſe of its want, to go to the Lord by prayer, and to ask 
hearty counſel of ſome faithful Miniſter , are the firſt ſteps to 
obtain it. And to help a.poor wretch in this caſe, O you that ate 
gracious,g0 your ways home,and pray for him : Brethren, ler 
us leave preaching agd hearing,and all of us fall to praying and 
mourning; In truth, I condemn my own ſoul, -becauſe 1 have | 
not an heart to mourn for him ; we. reprove his fin, and con- 


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heart-b!ood petitions that we put up for ſuch a one? Where are 
the tears that me make for the ſlain of onr people ? You tender. 
hearted Mothers , and you tender: hearted Wives, if your chil- 
dren or husbands bein this woful caſe, O mourn for them , lex 
your hearts break over them, and ſay, O wo is me for my children! 
q O Wo 1s me ſor that poor hushand of mine ! 
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the fir coming ; and this is the way to finde comfort, Ear, 0 
friends, and drink ye abundantly, O welbeloved: The Originalis, 
" #n drinking drink ; ye cannot be drunken with the Spirit, as yon 
may with wine, drink abund2ntly; were dainties prepared , if an 
anger ſtarved man comes in, and takes only a bit and away, he 
muſt needs go away an hungred: Think of it fadly, you faith. 
ful Saints of God; you may come now and then, and take 
ſnatch of the promiſe, and then comes fear , and temptation, 
and perſecution,and all quiet is gone again;it is your own fault, 
brethren, you come chirſly, and go away thirſty, you come diſ- 
comforted, .and ſo you I away. Many times it thus befals us 
Miniſters;when we preach of conſolation,andwhen we pray,and 
confer, we think we are beyond all trouble; but by and by we 
are fyll of fears, and troubles , and forrows , becauſe we take 
not full contentment in. the promiſe , we drink not a d 
draught of it : of this take heed roo; 1, Of Cavilling andQuar- 
relling with carnal reaſon, 2. Of attending to the parlies of 
Satans temptations;if we liſten to this chat, he will make us for- 
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him and grieve him? O gprieve not the holy Spint! 

2, For Examination ; If thy heart be therefore eſtranged 
from ſuch as walk exactly before God , becauſe they are hum- 
ble and faithful it is an ill ſigne ; when they are made oxe ſpins 


- with Chriſt, wilt thou be of two fpirits with them ? I conteſſea 


godly beart will have his fits and excurſions now and then, but 


all this while this is poyſon, & the ſoul of a godly man ſees this, . 


and is weary of it , and is marvellouſly burthened with it, and 
ſaith, O wile wretch that 1 am , what would | have ? and What u 
he, that 1 cannot love him ? Is it becauſe the good Spirit of the Lord 
& there ? ſhall I reſiſt the good Spirit of the Lord? and ſo commit 
the ſin againſt the holy Ghoſt? away thou vile Yeretched heart, 
will lave him:Thus the ſoul labours and ſtrives for that exaQtnes, 
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the grace that he now doth preſerve. 5. As the Lord 
quickens what he preſerves, ſorheinever leaves till he perfes 
what he quickens. 6. AstheLord peffects what he quickens,ſo i1 
the end he crowns all the grace he hath perfe&ed: And now may 
I read your Feoffment to you , you poor Saints of God , you 
live beggarly and baſely here:Oh! if you have a Saviour you are 
made for ever;it is thac which will maintain you.not onlyChri- 
ſtianly,but Triumphantly;what you want,Chriſt hath,and what 
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execution to be adminiſtred, ſuggeſt to him how to be rich, of, Mt- 
how to be pardoned , how to be honoured, or how to be par- 
doned, he will tell you, Rrches are good, and honow's are good; bug © 
0, a pardon or nothing: Ah, but then ſhould you ſay, he muſt 
leaveall for a pardon; he will anſwer again , T ake atl, and give 
me a pardon, that I may live, though in poverty , that I may live, 
though in miſery : So it is with a poor believing ſoul, Every man 

| . . _ that hath committed ſin,muſt ſuffer for ſin , ſaith Jaſtice ; the 

zorn 3-159. Sentence is paſſed-, Every man that believes not , is Condemned 

Ke already faith our Saviour : What would you have now ? thou 

ſayeſt, thon Wonldeſt have a pardon, but wouldeſt thou not have 
riches? Alas ! hat is that to me (faith the ſoul) to be rich and 
a reprobate ? hononred and damned? let me be pardoned,though im- 
poveriſhed ; let me be juſt ified, thougly debaſed , yea though 1 never 
ſee good day : Why, then labour for a Chri/?, tor there is no other 
way under heaven; get a broken heart, get a believing heart; 
hut O,above all, get a Chrif to juſtify thee, ger a Chriſt to ſave 
thee : if I could pray like an Angel, could I hear and remember 
all the Sermon; could I confer as yet neyer man ſpake , what is 
that to me, ifT havenot a (hriſt ? I may go down to Hell for 
| all that] have ordo ; yet take this along, and underſtand me | 
Note. aright, (hriſt is not onely a Saviour of all his , but he is the God 
of all grace; as he is the God of all perdoning , ſo he is the God of 
all purging and purifying unto the ſonl of each Believer : grace 
thereforeis