What Wesley Left Out

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flatteries, and cruel! mercies of 
unskilfull D awbers: what an heaven of fpiricuall light- 
fomneſſe, and joy might ſhincin the hearts,and New 
it felfe in the faces of Gods _ 2 Vnrill it pleaſe the 
Lord to move the hearts of my learncd and holy Brc- 
thren in populous Cities and great congregations, 
who muſt needs have much imploymenr,and variety 
of experiments this way ; or fome ſpecial! men extra- 
ordinarily endowed & exerciſed herein,toput to their 
helping hands, and furniſh the Church with more 
large and exa& diſcourſes m this kinde ; take in good 
part this Eſſay of mine, 


Jnftrwttions b ofor P right comfortin T4 


Mi 4 & 1 


Sc. 2, Part, r. 


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» > A+ 


T he firſt errour tn Curing Conſciences is the wnſt a- 
ſonable applying of comfort ro them that ſorrow nor at 


Herein I firſt deſirc to diſcover and 
& retifie ſome ordinary aberrations a- 
boutſpirituall Cures, Which fall our, 
Wa when the od = Soule, 
< - RAVI 7-Applyesunſcatonably the Cordi- 
Vercarrable 2ppi- GOD als of tic Gof ell, and comforts of 
contre y io Mercy; when the Corrofives of the Law and commi- 
nations of judgement are convenient and ſutable. 
Wereitnot abſurd in Surgery, to powre a moſt ſove- 
« raigne Balſam of exquiſite compoſition,and ineſtima- 
ble price upon a ſound part? Ir isfarre more vnſecme- 
lyand ſenfelefle, andof an infinitely more peſtilent 
conſe- 


eAffiitted ( onſtiences. I TY 


CCD <> EE CR ee co — — C——- 


Part 1.Cap.I. - 


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— em 
\ CC CG I I 1 IE 


conſe quence inany Miniſterial paſſages,to profer the 
Mond

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tells them to their faces,they ſtanding before him ſtai- 

ned with the horrible guilt ofthe deareſt blood, thar' 

ever was heduponearth,moſt worthy to have beene | 

gathergdup by tae, moſk.glorious Angels, .in veſſels of '... 1s. + 

gold ; that they had &rwcrfied and ſtainethat jultand « wav 


holy 


4 


nam _— 0 oo] <2 "OS & Di i moo ne ot OI out A > OO I on 
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138 


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(b) The word inthe 
Origin!l bgnificth , 
to vexc, rent, and 
wound punGuelly ; 
even cyery the Jeaſt 
art,and point of che 
hoe If che ſharpeſt 
points of many em- 
yſoned daggers, 
ad beene all art once 
faſtened in thc 
hearrs, in the crucl- 
leſt manner could be 
deviſed: they had nor 
by the thoulanth pare 
to tortur'd them, as 
did now the ſting of 
conſcience for their 
Sinnes, and the ſenſc 
of that horrible guile 
of crucifying rie 
$Sonne of God. Scele- 
wm & proditions [ibs 
conſcy tum e[) ent nax- 
ime eos pudebat flag» 
iy. liaqut «gnocentes 
crimen /uum, cor pus- 
gun'wr carde, lorrore 
Faximo a fficruntu bots 
ribuls timare p 1eeVuu- 
tur, aique ado flam- 
md ignus 1nferni accen- 
duntur, Buc. Ny WW , 
puntiin cal [wwul- 


Inftruftions far aright comforting SeR. 2

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when the holy Ghoſt ſhall 
[9s ( briſt 1s thine, All theſe things belong to Thee, and 

od is thy Father : when that ſhall witneſſe to our ſpi- 
rit by aworke of his owne,Then ſhall we beleeve,coc. 

@ T bs ts the order obſerved in onr) 

Firſt, There ts a fight of our miſcr 
brought by the Law, ). Secondly, 
an holding for 
ard death, 


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po” ons for aright comforting Se. 2. 


144 
Zeich, Ig I 
(ge) Greembam. Of 
Repeatance Serm 7, 


(b) Hieren. The 
Preachers Plea. pag. 
201.202.203.104, 


Marth. 13. 


lerem, +3. 


3 Cor. F.11. 


IKing.!9.11 12, 


Habak, 3.16, 


Prov. 27. 7. 


the comforts, ,and favours which ſhine from 
theface of Chriſt ; for all the expiations , rcfreſhings, 
and exultations, which ſpring our of that bleſſed Fown- 
raine, cpened for ſinne and for unoleanneſſe. 

Never any of Gods Children, faith (g) Greencham, 
were comforted thorowly, but they were firſt humbled 


for their Sinnes, 


T he conrſe warranted unto us by the Scriptares,faith 
(h) Hieron, « chis: Firſt, to endeavour the ſoftni 
onr Hearers hearts by bringing thens to the ſight & ſenſe 
of their owne wretchedneſſe, before we adventure to ap- 
ply the riches of Gods mercy in (hriſt 7eſts.T br red bs 
ing of the Gofpell is compared by our Saviour himſcife 
wnto the Sowing of ſeed : as therefore the | Apia « firſt 
rtorne up with the plough, before the ſeed be commutted 
wnto it : ſo the fallow ground of our hearts muſt firit be 
broken up with the ſharpneſſe of the Law, and the verie 
terrour of the Lord, before we can be fit to entertaine 
the ſweet ſeed of the Gofpell — 1 would have a-Prea- 
cher to preach peace, and to ayme at nothing more, than 
the comfort of the Soules of Gods people : yet I would 
have him withall, frame hi courſe to the manner of 
God's appearing to Elijah, The Text ſaith, that firft 4 
mighty ſtrong winde rent the Monntaines,and brake the 
rockes : then, after that came an earthquake; and after 
the earthquake came fire: and after all theſe, then came 
4 ſtill and a foſt voyce. After the ſame manner, 1 would 
ot have the ſtill and milde w_ of the GofFell come, 
ull rhe ſtrong tempeſt of the hath rent the ſtan 
hearts of men , have made their bellies to tremble, 
and rottenneſſe ro enter into their bones — Or at leaſt 


* becauſe our Auditories are mixt,conſiſting of men,of 


vers humonrs, it ſhall be good for Hime, to deliver Hu 


doftrine with that cantion, that meither the humbled 
[onles may be affrighted with the ſeverity of Gods judge- 


ments, nor the 


| ane and unre | Pent Ant grow preſs = 
e of Gods mercy. = The pero 
r 


twors by the 


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TT OT I ITC ——_—_ a _— VE RE" 


Part 1.Cap.1. Affuted Conſciencer. » "| 149. 
feht,and guilt of "inne, before { hrift cares 15,and binds 


Ms iP. 
The holy Ghoſt worketh and maketh Faith effettnall yy 
by theſe three eAtts : "4 
t. Firſt, it put an efficacy into the Law, and makes 
that powerfull to works on the heart ; to make 4 man 
poore in ſþzrit: ſo that he may be fit toreceive the Goſpel. 
— The ſpirit of bondage muſt make the Law effettual: 
4; the Spirit of eAdoption doth the Gofpell,cc. 
2. The ſecond worke, is to reveale Chriſt, when the 
heart te prepared by the ſpirit in the firſt works, then in 
the next place, hee ſhewes the unſtarchable riches of 
(briſt, what is the hope of his callang, and the glorious 
inheritance prepared for the Saints : what #4 theexcee- 
ding greatrneſſe of hus power inthem thas beleeve.. I ſay 
we need the Spirit to ſhew theſe things, &&c. 4 
3. The third Att of the Spirit, 1s, The teſtimonie 
which hee gives to our for » intelling ws that theſe 
things are ours, When the beart 1s prepared by the Law, 
and when theſe things are ſo ſhewed unto ms, thatwee 
prize them, and long after then, yet there. muſh bee 4 
third thing : To by them to our [el ves, tobeleeve they 
are ours : and there needs a works of the Sporit for this, 
For though the promiſes be never ſocleare, yet having 
nothing fo the promſesy you ſhall never be able to ap- 0 
ply theme to your ſelves. But

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is thy Father : when that ſhall witneſſe to our ſpi- 
rit 7 a worke of his owne,Then ſhall we beleeve,coc. 
t) This ts the order obſerved in onr juſts cation: Tt, (4) P, Baintin his 


Firſt, There ts a fight of our miſery, to #hichwee. erm. loh, 3, 

phe + by the "a Fad Seendy Ther by the Go) 16. Ps _— F 
an holding forth of Chriſt, as our redemption þ nne 
ard dear 3. Thirdly, there & a work eG _ - 4 


the heart ro reſt on Chriſt,as ther an/ome 
death, Now when a man i come hither, beu 


and 
really jo m_— 


& 3 Wo 


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InfiruBiow for aright comforting Se. 2; 


(a) 0) Cade in his Tufti- 


(x)D. S.In his Bruiſed 
Recde,Pdg, 13.14415+ 


(u) Fe reach mes - comver ſow, amanmaft þ be 

conſcience by the ſenſe of his Ak Hi 
, and vehement, br 

Tae oi renting the beart, and f feeling the throwes Yo 
a woman labourmy of childe ) before the new-creature 
be brought forth,or Chrift truly formed in Him, [t is nos 
gory ge biutterneſſe of the Soule ; without care, in- 
-2. Cor,7.11. But as ſome Tufants, 
are = ——— e paine to the mother , and ſome with 
more : ſo may the new-manberegenerated, in ſome with 
wore, in fomn with leſſe anxiety of travel. But ſurely 
_ = wer Fa. na into the heart Ae ke , excepr 
fr at beaſt ſo eat affiittion Spirit for ſinne fore= 

that He Res but feele it, ec. F 

x) Thi Coy m before converſion, 1. 
That J. the way for it ſelfe into the 
al from high rhonghrs,&c. 2, To 
price upon { brifts dearth — This 54 
, and Apoſftaſier, becanſe men never 


at the Th tl, 
ofthe Low! Hoe thirfercerwert 


of the downe thenghts, « 
darn converſion. hgh Are 


grenflEnnn—. 


D awbers veprebended, Faith Ac 
—— = futuſe in pr bing 


Y this time it doth moſt 42h hn 
Ne Pe Rkr for men, e,and 
> che managing of their Publ Mini 
managing c 
}) Rtery;or more ate gt con- 
-S- pon Langu ti the ficke, con- 
ſtations abouta good eats to Godard, and other 


Aftified (onſtivnces, >; $5 


Part 1. Chap. 2

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abhorred Creatures as 
your Miniſtry hath made us; and in fo forlornc and 
wotull eſtate? Now youblefſed Men of God, helpe us 
out of this gulte of fpirituall confuſion , or we are loſt 


jp W- | 
on thele two, it raileth terrour,and puts this Gnner our of His old, ſecure, and peaceable 
courle of impenitency, that He went on in, Whether it be the prophancthart went on 


boldly in His { 


1wnez or the civil] man truſting in His owne righteoulneſſe —— And makes 


Him as one thutints the fleſh with a crolley er bearded arrow, which Hee cannot ſhake 
out, nor aide the (mart, bur ampes as one ftung withan Adder, that cannot Rand His 


ground, but is wholly poliefied with feate, 1bid, P4g, 68, &6s 


EVCcI- 


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Affited Conſciences, 


P art 1 . Cap. 3- 


Oe En 


167 


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—_ 


everlaſtingly. By your diſcovery of our preſent ſinfull 
ind curſed eſtate, we feele our hearts torne in * pieces 
with extreme; andreſtlefle anguiſh, as though many 
ficry Scorpion's ſtings ſtucke faſt in them; Either leade 
15 to the light of that bleſſed eLrrs-type of the Brazen 
Serpent tocoole andallay the boyling rage of our guil- 
ric wounds, or we areutterly undone: Either bring us 
to the Blood of that j#ſ# and holy One, which with 
exccrable villany wee have ſpilt as water upon the 
round, that it may binde up our broken hearts, or 
they will preſently burſt with deſpaire, and bleed to 
crepnall death, Give us to drinke of that ſoveraigne 
Fountaine,opened by the hand of mercy, for all thirſty 
Soules or elſe we dye. There is nothing you can pre- 
ſcribe , and appoint, but we will molt willingly do, 
We wil withall our hearts , placke out onr right eyes, 
cut off onr r1 ht hands ; W e meane, part with our be- 
loved luſts, and deareſt ſinfull

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be willing and eager to bay the Trea- 
ſwre bid in the field, ; 


CHAT... 


— — — — — 194 ; | "x. | C 
176 Inftruftions for 4a right comforting Sec. 2 + 7 


—— —_. 


— 


Cruanr.TTIL 


Foare particular direflions / lod the avoyding this ex 
your, 1. How the Law us to be efſed. 11, Pow the 
Gofpell to be ached, I IT, How Chriſt to be propo- 

ſed. 1.11 T. How pardon to be aſſured. And wayes to be 
ſed for the putting of theſe direttions in prattice. 


we Ow thus to re, wound, affli&, 
D @ andhumble le, that it may bee 

al} fitted for leſas Chriſt, and ſo for com- 

> VLA fort upon good ground,let Miniſters, 

BSA or whoſoever meddle in matters of 

2) OS I this nature, publickly or privately, uſe 

;; all warrantable meanes, (f) faire, and foule, as they 


lay, letthem preſle the law, promiſe mercy, propoſe 
Chriſt,&c, Do what they will feaſonably and wiſely; 
Let them improve all their learning, wiſedome, diſ- 
* cretion, mercifulneſſe,experience,wit,eloquence,ſan- 
" Rified unto them for that purpoſe ; So that the worke 
be done. 


(g)In ng the law, beſides other dexterities 
recions for 


and managing their miniſtry in this 
Point ſucceſſefully by Godsbleſling, let them take no- 
tice

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preſſed upon - 

their conſciences by Sowerl-Sam.7.5. Thefinne of Samuel. 
| acinga ag; 4 12.29. Viury by Nehemiab;s . 12. —_— 

trange wives by Zere, chap. 19, 9.'were thereupon” 

as appeares in the cited Places, Conſider for this par-. 

pole, that worke upon Devid: heart, by Nathan: Mi-' Nathas. 
niſterie, And Felix trembling,when Paw ftrucke him; Pax!. 

on the right veine. | 13 20 3V122 | 


| ko Ji67 6 GIZLVE Oi 
.. The reaſons, why this more-particular diſcoverie, 


- / -> Fot theſe reaſons." 
anddenouncing of t againita Mans princi- _ | 
U ſinne, is like, God aſſiſting withthe Sporic of bon. 
poet i fuch life into the worke of the Law; are 
as Go I 4 >. [+ 457 5 4*7 p00 7 of 
I. The Sword of the Spiritqwhich is the Word of ©, Thy; ford of the 
God, being welded by the hand of the holy Ghoſt:and Like gp mot = 
edged, as it were, with the ſpeciall power of God's chere, becauſe there 
bleſſing, for the cutting aſunder of the iron-finewes is peatelt reliſtance. 
ofa eand ſtony heart', doth cruſh and con- os, 
quer, pike through and breake - pieces,with an un- 
reſiſtab e puiſlance, propartion to the.inſolenc ;y, of 
ealineſſe ofreſiſtance,My meaning is this; As Philoſo- 
phers ſay of the Lightning ; that by reaſon of the eaſi- 
neſle of the paſlage, welneſſt of reſMance, porofitie 
of the parts, it pierceth through the Purſe, Scabberd, 
and Barke without any ſuch ſcorching and viſible 
hurt; tpn whe omar the ſword, rents and (hi- 
vers the tree their ſubſtance and ſoliditie,doth 
more extecys; and boprageoafirantth eden 
b $ 


2 


"Trdiufo argirforene S _ Se. 2, 


tie: So Sword, though it firike a atevery 
lg. th thorow , even to the dividing aſnn- 
I ven AY par 10-167 Mag TER 
ct n er 
one it bak a wiſer eortures and 
teares in-pieces with and. 


ſmart, ſcarching and ſence:for tharoy with the 
moſt flintieiron-ſinew,to blount and rebateir's edge, 


tly wounded 
artiycodal ei, £0 Hy of 
tl bainoaſels 
ban agears + .Some like a Maſtife, 
ſome like a Wolfe in the Eve- 


ing: ( d, that ſpirituall a ih ſurpaſ- 
keyed fore con- 
ceive of them with a vaſt Hort the 
Minion or Captaine frighting e heart 
with hanour, and ig with extremitie 


ore of Conſcience, 
Gocby neem power (God bleſſing the buſi- 
bd od ſtroke, to drive a mand deepeſt 


tothrow Him downe to the 
—_ ep of peniens penitent dejetion,toencager His thir- . 


- cedinefſe after pardon and ,and at length 
Him cur of Henaralleſtas 
. A Mans principall, and moſt prevailing finne is. 


» ſtrongeſt Hold, When Heis

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ſtand out > Why come you notin®' | gum Diving 
ver/id in the myſtery of Chr el. Bibles lay, is nothing "roar 
—_— ror oy ne me ys o EEE nſw. It is 
rruez we wult lire a nor horn DOES God bath ; 
he. D. Þ. Howſoever | 
ay + nam ho ) 


Him. —Yea bur there js opanſa hey 
kari erouble, and orber = —__ » Tad, ell X 
Hal actor tt wildoenry rg ay thou 

thy life? Wik een arto kl 'rhar yraſs wa rime 


but I will pate with irs ik 


E 
* 
3 


Hal 


FH 


thou 
t h dowinion over thee, what art Thou ? So long we are 
onely dead, De that it evoy be ſad of asic was of of T 
Lo vnbe be nhub + So we ace not onely otenin f be 
8s any flime or emma = over us, D. U, oh 
rb rare themchar deny 


Hiws that moniifie the deeds ofthe Body Body bythe Spia 0 luſtiication net | 
is required; burthis c2u: jon muſt be a6ded; ſt be a Fabhaharpurifes het 


may p<} tarde ade Pr may (bew-is ſclfein fivits,. and aero Gi . 


worthy amendment 


the. 


t] 


eee ls 


= 


ee intenſe, Sets, ; 


» +* <P Jay ©» *# %, 


Revel, rs, 16 


y) See Giffard upon 
bop Caf 
eap 6. De ye nerf 


we amnianm pulcberr 
al qu? 


"ae Divell woald 


1 leave to ſpeake out, - and in 
yr dogg Cad rather be damned 

[love the world 
* Athird, I willnotpart with 
my eafic and trade of Vſary, for the 1reaſwre

~206 words

is incredible 
to conſider, what aſſiſtance, and advantagea gracions FOO 

man hath, by his ſweet (r) communion with Jeſk@ (*) WidCbrifofuevir 
Chri/t,and thoſe refreſhing beames of comfort which =" —M- 
ſhinefrom his face, to con Pe and conquer thole ma- magni, & gaudio in- 
ny impertinent, irkeſome, and vexing vagaries ofthis credibili, ut 763 plan? 
wilde humour ; which with much folly and furie ty- /2v» eſt ea,que appre- 
ranniſe in the fearefull phantaſies of leſlse men, pot a + 
and make their life very diſconlolate, and abhorred; 1 2 OP: "Tar 
am per{waded, the very ſame meaſure of melancho- 
licke matter , which raiſes many times inthe heads, 
and hearts of worldlings (having beſides, the guilt of 
their unforgiver{innes ſtaring with grieſly repreſen- 
TAt;OoNs . - 


_— 


204 


Inſtrufions for a right comforting Set. 2 


Worldly men 0an- 
der 


Scripture & Preack- 
ing as Cauſes of Mc- 
lancholy, but a1c 


tations in the face of their conſciences,and acquainted 
with no comfort but that which comes from carnall 
joyes) continuall clouds of many ſtrange horreurs, 
and gaſtly feares, nay and ſometimes makes them 
{tarke mad - I ſay, the very fame in a ſantifed man 
may be ſo mollified and moderated by fpirituall de- 
light, and (overaigntie of grace, that he is not onely 
preſerved trom the ſting and venome of them, but by 
Gods bleſſing from anyſuch deſperate extremities, 
violent diſtempers, and diſtra&ions, which keepe the 
other ina kindeof hell upon earth. If the very darknes 
of the helliſh dungeon werein the heart; yet reachin

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upon the 
glorious face of Chriſtianitie, the incomparable ſweet- 
neſſe of the wayes of grace , and that One neceſſarie 
thing. bave knowne, when the onely wiſe God,hath 
ſuffered for ends ſcene and ſeeming good to his hea- 
venly wiledome the hideous , and raging humour of 
melancholie,to darken rhe native clearnefle of the any 
mall ſpirits in the braine, requiſite to a due diſcretion 
of things apprehended ; and to blunder, and diſorder 
the objes,and operations of the phantaſie in his dea- 
reſt childe, even to diſtraction, and breaking out into 
that inordinate paſſion, againſt reaſon ; Ifay then, the 
concurrent cry and clamour of the enemies to the 

ower of Godlineſſe tobe :; This it i now to be [0 bog- 
kB, to follow Preachers ſo much, to be more holy than 
their netghboxrs, never to have done inſerving of God: 
Her ſo muchreading the Scriptures, and ſuch pori 
upon preciſe bookes (ſo they call thoſe, Lord molt 
pierce the conſcience , and guidethe clearlieſt in the 
holy path) hath made her Rarke mad : The Puritan u 
now beſides her ſelfe,&c, Now Lay againe, the Lord 
rebuke thee Satar,whoſits withſuch extreme malice, 
and Soule-killiag folly in the hearts and heads of ſuch 
miſerable men,whom thou ſo ſottiſhly hood-winkes, 
and hardens to the height,for a moſt deſperate down- 
fall, and horrible confuſion at laſt. 

Were now the glorificd Soule of that blefled Saint 


conlulted - 


LReprohended, = 


(r) Am Tenure 
«x47 'v, boc eft, a ſanan- 
dis ommubtus mw 0d. 


z. Convinced 
1. From the quality 
of Gods word. 


CEE CC 


— — << ©a__— —_— —— 
-_ O— 


Inftreftions for a right comforting Sek. 2 


conſilted with, and asked: Diddcſt thon ever receive 
hurt by reading Gods blefſed Booke , by icarching 
ſwectly into the great myſterie of Chrilt crucified, by 
meditarion upon heavenly things? Di.1 the ſacrel ſenſe 


of thoſe divine Oractes diflettle thy noble faculties, or 


ever make ſad thy heart? &c, Ol! with what infinite 
indi o2nation,\wwould it flic in the face of ſuch curſed Cas 
villers, and wranglers againlt the truth. 

Is it, poſſible for thedole, and ſoveraigne Antidote 
{ent from heaven by God himſclfe againſt the [ting 
and venome of all heart-griete,and horrour;the ſacred 
Sunne

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the particulars of the Law, (which was hor- 
rible to heare) juſtified themſelves throughout. Of 
which extreme ſpirituall miſery,and pro:ligious mad- 
nefle, [gnorance(though I know Satan manageth that, 
and all other advantages withall the malice, and cun- 
ning hecan poſlibly,to the overthrow of {oules) is the 
principall ground ; the prime, but peſtilent occaſion: 
I ſay, /gnorance , Which though it bec not perhaps ſo 
much talked of, taxed,and taken to heart as others, yet 
is a loud-crying (inne oft the kingdome For itis a moſt 
incredible thing, and of infinite amazement,now uni- 
verfally it raignes1n this glorious (&_) noone-ride of 
the Goſpell! And therefore muſt needs provoke God 
mightily, and haſten the removing of our candleftiche. 
And in the meane time, beſides many moe, and that 
dreadftull doome at laſt. 2, The/.1,7.8, it brings upon 
moſt (more1s the pitty and ſhame;efpecially fo glori- 
ous beames of a bleſſed Miniſtry ſhining about us) 
theſe two ſpeciall miſchiefes ; which ar this time 1 
onely mention , becauſe they ſerve fitlicit for illuſtra- 
tion of the point. Firſt, ignorant people ſticking faſt 
in his clutches, ſtand all,as they ſay,at the Divels mer- 
cic, and devotion,todo with them whathe will;even 
as a poore helpeleſſe Lambe in the bloody paw of a 
Lyon, or a filly Wren inthe ravenous claw of a Kite; 
to ſlaſh and mangle their wofull ſoules at his pleaſure, 
with a curſed variety of (1) innumerable finnes ; they, 
in the meane time, which is the perfe&ion of their mi- 


lery, neither fearing nor feeling any hurt at all,by rea- 
ſon 


i. tet. 


Bae 3. Chap.6. Afflifted C onſciences, 


[on of thehelliſh miſts, and miſerable lethargie of ſpi- 
rituall bhindneſie, which makes them ſightleſſe , and 
{enſclefle, Secondly, when times of forrow come up- 
on them , when melancholy and old age growes on, 
and they ſay unto the world, upon which they have 
dored all their lite long, I have a pleaſwre in thee; 
when loſl.s,crofles, and heavie accidents befall them; 
when hideous injectione,teimprtations toſelf-marder, 
deſpaire, &c. preſſe them full fore; and they thereup- 
on bale to caſt abour ſeriouſly, and to conceive with 
great tcrrour and anxiety of ſpirit, what is like to be- 
come of them in the other-world: Then in ſich extre- 
mity, and forced by neceſlitic, they are wont(to have 
recourſe to Miniſters for eale and helpezand alas! then 
wearc at our wits end, as they fay, and in muchper- 
plexitie how.to deale, and what to doe with them. 
For upon the firſt entrance into a diſcoverie of their 
ſpirituall ſtate, we ſee evidently witirgriete of heart, 
that their (-) ignorance hath betrayed them to the 
Divell, and now in the evill day expoled them to mer- 
cileſſe crueltie and cunning ; even: as it a man ſhould 
commit 2 (hip without ſailes, rudder, pilot,&c. to the 
rage, and roaring of the tempeſtuous devouring tea; 
or puta poore weake naked man into thefield againſt 
an implacable mightieadverſarie, compleatly armed 


from top ro toe. We tell them truly;thatthe true we, » 
b 


to comfort, 1s to R epent and Belteye, But for the fir 

by reaſon of the fotriſh diſacquaintante with them- 
ſelves, with thcir miſerable, ſinfull naturall ſtate, and 
their groſle ignorance inthe Law and Word of God, 
they onely cry out in the generall, they are very prie- 
vous ſinners; but to deſcend toany competent exami- 
nation of the con(cience, ſearch of their ſoules by the 
ſight of the Law, particular ſurvay of their ſinnes, and 
{o to {peciall repentance, becauſe; of their"fpirituall 
blindneſle, they are ntterly unable. Nay many in this 
caſc are (o deſticute

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to-promiſe pardon to ſuch partiall Peni- 


rents. 
Suppoſe a man ſicke of the Plurifie, ſhould ſend to a 
Phyſitton, and tell Him , Hee is fore troubled with a 


h mſ{cHfe,and choſewho it ſnared him ;"that after ſo many yeeres 


A fourth caſe : 
When they. are wrou + 
bled forſome one na+ , 
coriout linne, onely 
negleRing the reſt 
yee when through 
want of 
(x) | knew a man a 
meere ſtcanger to lee 
ſua Chriſt, both in 
knowledge and pra- 
Ailez and yer not viſt- 
bly notorious. Who 
plcafing himſclfe ma- 
ny yeeres that he was 
not noted to be cx- 
traordinatily naught; 
yo _— was ſud- 
enly let upon by 
ſome ates c OS 
panions , and made 
drunke. eupon 
in cold bloud hee 
cooke on extremely, 
and way very much 


COUNTenance, 
came to @ Miniſter, 


ed out againſt 
ſobriery, he be £9. 


(wely overcakven, &c. He was counſeled won t hisorcahen ro make a full and further 


{eorch into his heart arid life, andſo procecd to a and ſaving repentance, &c. Bor- 
the ground of his greife being | y ſhame of his f, hus neigh the 
nine nights wander of his being drunkes was over, He was,whete he was Now had 


the Minſter miniftred comfort hand over head at rhefirft fight 


wi: bout any farther (earch; thoagh the man mighe be undone both wa yesz 
31g, He ſhould have beene juſtly hable to that fearchullzype denounced 2 
that not returne from Hil way, by promifeng, - 


ftr be bands of the wich:d, 
Hf Bur roogrh faichfully, He 


veted His owne 


— - —_ 


, and drawn over a skinne, 


by ſo do» 
them, who 


3 


224 


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(y) Morbi laterails 
no/4 [wn dolor punts 
ri, ſprave, 
februs continues, tnſſuc, 
pulſus ſerratilis, Pilo 
de Morb. c ON & 
Cur, hb. z- C1P«7s 


(z) Indefiniza Propoſs- 
119 valet wniverſalem 
in materid neceſſarid. 
Paulus ab Fuzen. lib, 
3 PBs 116, 


rn 


Cough,& intreat His help,concealing other fy) ſignes 
and {ymptomes , whuch

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His reſt, be told; That 
farib fra meet for repentance, fhewes, that repentance ir ſelfe isnor 2n outward aRion, bur 
an inward grace :0 be expreſied in outward ations, Dike of Kepentance, cap. x. (b) Iris 
the inwaitd and }:25;ruall Repentance, the inward frame, bent, and diſpoſition of the 
Soule that God reſpeRs more, then the corward Atzas we may ſee by that of David, P/al, 
3&5. 1 /aid, 1 will confeſſe my trenſgreſſions unto the T.ord, ayd ſo thou forgaveſt the iniquity of 
wy faxne. The inward purpoic and a:{poſition of Davids heart to repent, was ſufficient to 
more God :otorgive His fiane, beferc His outward, aQuall, and particular Repenrance 
was expretied. Prone of the Po pelgity of 8 Revenerate mans eftate, In 615 Anſw, !0 Arg, 24» 
* Bur ke wuſl be 1nftruRed to earch acer all, , | 
though 


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hand — MM. OR 
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though He dwell withdeepelt ſigtes, heavieft heart, 
and falteſt teares

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pardon for thine 
everlaſting peace, When the guilty rage of thy raign- 
ing corruption begins to preſle upon thy conſcience, 


lay on load, and more weight ſtill by a penitent addi- 
Q 2 tion, 


228 


ToſtruBions for a right comforting SeR. 2, 


PIT 0) CTAr hr 07 1167 
bis fitim banc, ac deſi- 
derium bec gale, eſt 
| ſenſu peceats, 6c miſe- 
ri nojtre. Rolloc in 
tohan. cap.7.pig 474 


10N and ainfull A on of all thy other finnes, 
that growing very ſenſible of thy ſpiritnall ſlavery, 
wearte of the Dungeon oflewdneſſe and luſt,ſenſuali- 
tie anddeath,whercin the Divell hath kept thee long; 
and chine hearr being happily broken and bruiled to 
the bottome, and ſcorch'd, as it were, in ſome mea- 
fare with Helliſh flames of guilty horrour; (c ) Thou 
mayeſt fee, and feele the greater neceſſitic of 7e/ie 
Chriſt, ſer Him at an higher price ; with more eager- 
neſſe and impatiency thirſt for His righteouſneſſe,and 
blood ; long for ſpirituall enlargement, more than for 
worlds of pleaſures, glory, or wealth ; relliſh the hid- 
den Manna of the promiſes moſt kindlily,and caſt thy 
wounded and bleeding Soule with more delight and 
{weerneſſe, into His bleſſed armes of mercy and love, 
For, O how acceptable ts the Fountaine of living was 
ters,faith a worthy Divine,to the chaſed Hart panting, 
and braying? The blood of Chriſt to the weary and tired 
Soule? To the thirſty Conſcience ſcorched with the ſenſe 
of Gods wrath? He that preſents Himmith it, How wel. 
rome is He? Even as a ſpecrall choiſe man,One of a thou- 


ſand. The deeper us the ſenſe of miſtrie,the ſweeter i; the 


(9) The Lord will * 
not part from any 
drop of His mercy to 
them, which firſt 
bave net beene (wal- 
lowed up of His judg; 
ments, which have 
not laboured, *nd 
beene heavy laden, 
which have not been 
locked wo in Hell fur 
aſeaſon, and fclttor 
a time the fire rhereor 
in their bones, which 
have not beene Bap- 
tized with the Bap- 


ſenſe of mercy.The Traytor layd downe upon the blecke, 
15 more ſenſible of His Soveraignes mercy in pardoning, 
than He, who 1 mot yet attached, — In our dead ſecu- 
rity before converſion,God ts faine to let the Law, Sinne, 
( #nſcience, Satan, a deepe ſenſe of our abhominable 
and curſed ſtate /ooſe wpon nu, and to kindle the verie 
(d ) fire of Hell in our ſonles, that ſo we might be rog- 
244, and afterward more ſweetly and ſoundly raiſed 
and refreſhed. For after the moſt toyleſome labour it 
the ſweeteſt ſleepe, after the greateſt tempeſts the ftilleſt 
calmes, Santtified troubles and terrours eſtabliſs rhe 


ſureſt peace. And the ſhaking of theſe windes makes the 
trees of Gods Eden take the deeper rotting, 


tilme of their owne t cares: He that fecles nor theſe things inſeme meaſuie bere,cYewhere 


He (hal feele them. Greenebaw, pay. 2, #7. 33, Edit. 31 


1 


Partr.Cap.6. AffuiRed Conſcience, 


229 


I confeſſe

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violent diſtemper of 
Body ; or becaute God would haye the manner of His 
death ſerve the glory of His juſtice, in hardning thoſe 
about him, who were ſo farre from being won by His 
godly life, that they heartily hated it ; or for ſome 0- 
therſecret and ſacred end ſeene,and ſeeming good to 
Divine wiſedome, who ever diſpoſeth every circum- 
ſtance, even of the leaſt affaire moſt —_ and wiſely. 
And yet this, as it doth yer prejudice His ſalvation, 
neither ſhould it His Chriſtian reputation, Heare that 
reat (g)) Door in the Art of rightly comforting af- 
Ricted conſciences. But what if you ſhould dye tm this 
diſcomfort? For my part ( as I my ſelfe looke for m_— 
things in my leak) 
10u;neither would Iwiſh - to judge otherwiſe of Gods 
Childe in that ſtate of death : For we ſhall not be judged 
according to that par ricular inftant of death, but accor- 


ding to our generall courſe of life ; not accorasug to our 


deed in that preſent, but accordmg to the defire of or 
hearts ever before: And therefore we are not to miſtruſt 
Gods mercy in death,be we never ſo uncomfortable af (0 
be it hath beene beſore ſealed in our vocation and ſan- 
Uification

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2. Others may end their dayes very uncomfortably 
in ravings,impatiencies,and other ſtrange bchaviours, 
Nay, the fiery diltempers of their hot diſeaſe, may 
{omerimes,even in the Saints of Gad,produce furious 
carriages, fearefull diſtrations, and fome defpairctull 
{pecches. Burt theſe being the naturall eftes and iflues 
of melancholike exceſles, Phrenfies, and burning Fe- 
vers, are ſ{innes of infirmity 1n ſanftified men, For 
which, ifthey come againe to themſelves,they aRual- 
ly repent; ifnot,they areall undoubtedly,by a general} 
habiruall repentance, and Gods gratious acceptation 
thereof, pardoned by the Paſhon of Chriſt,and buried 
for ever in his bloody death. That laſt and unreverſa- 
ble doome,at the dreadfull Tribunal of the ever-living 
God muſt paſle upon us; not according to the violent, 
and unyoluntarie diſtempers at our laſt houre, but ac- 
cording to the former Paſſages of our lite ; the ſinful, 
or ſanifiedexpenſe of the dayes of health, Heare that 
other (o) great Artiſt in the Myſteric of dealing with 
troubled conlciences, The common opinion is, that if 4 
mandye quietly, and £ away bike a Lambe (which in 


ſome diſeaſes, as Conſumptions, and ſuch like,any Man 


may dv ) then he goes ſtrazght to heaven : but if the v40- 
lence of the diſeaſe ſtirre np impatience, and cauſe fran- 
ticke behaviours, then men uſe to ſay, there 15 a jndpe- 
ment of God ſerving exther to diſcover an Hypocrite, or 

| ; to 


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237 


ro plague a withed man, But the truth i otherwiſe: Foy 
indeed a man may dye like a lambe , and yet go to Hell: 
and

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of the Well of life, and 
Rivers of cndleſle pleaſures, So himſelfe is moſt ho. 
noured, by helping when all hope is paſt: The heart of 
his Childe more raviſht with the firſt fight of thoſe 
unutterable joyes, being ſuddenlyras'd to the height 
of happineſſe, from the depth of horrour. The enemies 
to the narrow way daſhr and confounded , by obſer- 
ving his deliverance, whom, out of prophane blinde- 
nelly they deemed an Hypecrite : Goaly Chriſtians 
gratiouſly reviv'd, when they ſec, That though the 
Lord hide dw face from his Childe for a moment , yet 
at laſt with everlaſting kindnefle will He have mercy 
on Him : And that He will never utterly, and finally 
forſake any of His. Thus dyed thoſe bleſſed Servants of 
God, Miſtris Bretergh, Maſter Peacock, &c, Miltris 
Bretergh in the heat of temptation, wiſhed that ſhe had 
never beene borne, or that ſhe had beene made any other 
creature, rather than a woman: But when that Helliſh 
ſtorme was over-blowne by the returne of the glori- 
ous beames of the Sunne of righteouſnefle into Her 
Soule; She turn'd her tune , and triumphed thus : 0h 
happy am I, that ever I was borne, to ſte thu bleſſed 


Day! 1confeſſe before the Lord hu loving kinaneſſ ya 


1: Afrer a mixt man- 
ner, a3 


Miſtceflo Brevoryh1 


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Inftruftions for a right comforting SeR.2, 


Mater Pecorket 


$. Ordinarily. 


hs wo 


bath ſatisfied my Sonle, and filled my hungry Soulewith 


| works before the ſonnes of wen : Foy hes 


00aneſſe. 
Malter Peacecke inthe height of His dreadfull De- 


ſertion, told thoſe about Him, that hee con ver/t with 


Hell-hounds ; That the Lord had curſed him ; That hee 
had no grace;That it was againſt the conrſe of Gods pro- 
ceeding, to ſave him, &c,But when thathorrible tem- 

{& of ſpirituall rerrours was happily difperſt ; and 
the light ef Gods comfortable countenance begun to 
ſhine againe upon His moſt heavy and atHicRed ſpirit; 
He diſ-avowed all inconfiderate ſpeeches , as he called 
them, in his temptation, and did humbly and heactil 
aske mercy of God for themall; And did thus trump 
What ſhould I extoll the magnificence of God, which us 
wnipeakeable, and more than any heart can concetue? 
Nay rather let us with humble reverence acknowledge 
Hu great mercy, What gyeat cauſe have 1 to magmfie 
the great Urs of God, that hath humbled, Nay ra- 
ther exalted ſuch a wretched miſcreant, of ſo baſe con. 
ditiow to an eſtate ſo glorious and ſtately ! The Lord 
hath honoured me Ks his goodneſſe: I am ſureghe hath 
provided a pa: Kingdome for me : $-* joy which [ 
feele in my heart ts uncyedible, 

4. Some of Gods worthieſt Cham ,and moſt 
zcalous ſervants do not an{wer the ufeprooveable 
{ſanity of their life, and unſpotred current of their 
tormer converſation, with thoſe proportionable ex- 
traordinary cemforts,and glorious Paflagesupon

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yet ſome there are, to 


2272 F the wicked, and thoſe, who yyere ever Of 2+ Wicked, and 


TE 
. Deipera 

(m) Of one Repro- 
bate that dyes in 
this deſpaire and- 
tofment of confci- 
ence, here be milli» 


ons hat dye in preſumption of mercy, without ſenſe of finne, or puniſhment: The reaſon 
whercof js,becauſe Saran, who knowes he hath time little enough in this Jife rodraw men - 


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JE RCCEOEEEEETEE—— 
240 


CCC... De... om. 


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eo finne, —_ 
acugh after this life 
to rorment thera for 
it, doth therefore or- 
| reſerve che 
tormeating of ſinners 
tothe Day of judge- 
ment,and til] chey be 
in Hell; leſt if Hee 
ſhould deale fo 
roughly with all (in- 
ne1s in this world, 
they might, being (0 
with terrours, 

{ccke afrer the means 
of ſalyacion,as Cid the 

lajlew and the lewes 
AR.r6.,30,and 2.27. 
&c: Chilbald. Triall of 
Faith, lib. 3. C4þ+ 5+ 


« 70. 

FE We ſhould never 
be in ſuck a fo:lorne 
condition, wherein 
there ſhould bce 
grouad of deſpaire, 
conſidering our fins 
be the linnes of Men, 
His mercy the mercy 
of an inhnire God. 
DovQor Sibbes, Brui- 
ſed Recde, Pretacec 
29 the Readers

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and quite ſwallowed up 
with enilty and deſperate horrour.So that afterward, 
No counſ\cll, or comfort ; no conſideration of the im- 
meaſurableneſle of Gods mercy,ot the unvaluablenefle 
and on_ , that I may ſo'{peake , of Chrifts 
blood-ſhed, of the variety and excellency of gratious 
promiſes, of the lofle of their owne immortall Soules, 
can poſlibly drive and divert from that infinitely 
(» ) falfe conceit, and curled Cry; Ay innes are grea- 
ter, than can bee pardoned. Whereupon moſt miſera- 
ble, and forlorne wretches , they very wickedly, and 
wiltully throw themſelves into Hell, as it were, upon 
carth, and are damned above ground, Thus the Lord 
ſometimes for the terrour of others, glorifying his 
owne jultice,and bringing exemplary confuſion upon 
impenicent obſtinacte in linne,and wilful] oppoſition 
to grace, doth in greateſt indignation by the hand of 
divine vengeance, unclaſpe unto them , the Booke of 
their owne Conſcience , and of His owne holy Law. 
In one of which they finde, now at length, all their 
innumerable iniquines, tranſgreſſions, and (innes en- 
graven with the Point of a Diamond , enraged with 
Gods implacable wrath, aggravated with the utmoſt 
malice of Satan ; And never to be razed out, or remit- 
ted, butby the blood of the Sonne of God , in which 
they peremptorily profeſſe themſelves to have no 
part, In the other, they ſee the fiercencſſe,and tulaeſſe 
of all the curſes, plagues, and torments denounced 
eherc, and due unto all impenitent ſinners, readie to 
be powred upon their bodies and foules for ever; /.nd 
no PE to prevent them, no wayes to decline 
them, but by Gods infinite bounty through 7e/#s 
Chriſt 


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" "e Affited Conſciencer. 


ſith hecertainly paſſes thorow thoſe pangs into plea» 
ſures and joyes-endlefle and un e, muſt bce 
content ro glorifieGod,and to be ſerviceable to His 
ſecret ends, with-what kinde of death He plcaſe : 
whcther it be glorious and untempted : or diſcom- 
fortable, becauſe of Bodily 'diltempers, and conſe- 
quently interpretable by! undifcerning ſpirits: or 
mingtcdoftemptations.andTriumphs; or ordinarie, 
and without aqy.great ſhew , or remarkable (pce- 
ches,afterextraordinarie [1:gularities of an holy life, 
which promiſed an end of tpcciall note,and adini- 
ration. Jak 

Why may not: ſome worthy. heavenly minded 
Chriſtians,ſometimes by {trong mortifying medita- 
tios,and many conquering fore-conceits of death 
in their life time, make it before-hand fo familiar 
and caſicuntothem;and by continuall. converling a- 
bove,and conſtant peace of confcience,taſte ſo deeply 
of {pirituali joyes,that chat dreadtull Paſſage out of 
thislife, as it may breed nogreat ſenſe of alteration in 
themſelves,ſono extraordwaric matter of ſpeciall ob« 
ſervationtoothers, 


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CHAP, VIII, 
The 4iv'crs kindes of death in Wicked men, 


@2 SI) the wicked, and thoſe, who were Or 2. Wicked; and 


ever ſtrangers to the myltcris of thr ydyeylome 


1-Deſperately,as 


| Chriſtandtruth of godiincſſe; = Ol one Levrebats 


WORE. Some dye deſperately. Thongh (he dyes in this dow 

(JD AC thouſands periſh by ®preſumption, ſpaire _ rexment 'of 
*=SS822 to One of theſe who delpairc z yet conſcience, there bee 

fome there ar2gto whom upon their beds of death all —_— mo = tay 

Without ſenſe of finne, or niſkmene : The rea'on me _ -— So 

who knowes he harhtime liecle enough ia this life "ro dr.w 

| Novghakerthiy lite to w_— them 


— 


Cl BB 


240 Tnftruftiont for a right comforting 


cormentiag of finners their (ing are /et i» ordey before them, a1d repreſented 
ome Day of juds>- rothe eyeoftheirawakedconſciences in ſuch greifly 
in Hell ; ny $2. formes,and ſoterribly,thar at the very firlt and frar- 
ſhould deale rough» full ſight, they arc preſently {trucke ſtarke dead nt 
ly wich all Gnners in ſoule and ſpirit, utterly over-whelmed, and quite 
this world, they might, (ya[lwed

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up with guilty and deſperate horrour. So 


being fo pinche with y 5 
es: Grbe ales che afterward,Nocounſell, orcomfort ; nocen(ide 


meines of ſalyation,us ration Of theimmeaſurablenefſeof Gods mercy, of 
did the [«ylewr,and the the unvaluableneſſe and omnipotency,that I may fo 
4 pag 7. = __ (i peake,of Chriſts hlood-ſhed, of :he vari-ty _ = 
2:37.Xc Ci84'4:T14- cellency of gratious promiſes, of the lofle of their 
all of Faith, (ib, 1. cap $- 2wne a. + S2oules,can poſſibly drive and divert 


70. 


n) We thou'd never from that infinitely ® falſe conceity and curl! ed Cry ; 
in ſuch a forlorne My finnes are greater,than can be pardoned, Where- 


coudition , wherein pon moſt miſcrable, and forlorne wretches, they 


our Gns bee the finnes Hellas it were, upon earth, and are 'damned above 


of Men,His mercy the ground. Thns the Lord ſometimes for the terrour of 
mercy of an infinite others, glorifying his owne juſtice, and bringi1g cx- 
— wm mo _ —_ confuſion upon impenitent obftinaciein ſan, 
rothe eader And Wilfulloppolitionto grace, doth in greateſt in- 
dignation by the hand of divine vengeance, unclaſpe 

untothem, thebooke of their owne Conſcience,and 

of his owne holy Law. In one of which they finde, 

now at ength.alltheirizuumeraole iniquitics, tranl- 

greſſions,and ſinsengraven with the Point of a D1a- 

mond, enraged with Gods implacable wrath, aggra- 

vated withthe utmoſt malice of Satanz And never 

tobe razedout,or remitted, but by the blood of the 

Sonne of God, ia which thcy p:remptorily protelile 

themſelves to have no part. In the other, they ſee 

the fierceneſſe,and fuineſſc of all the curles, plagues, 

and torments denounced there, and due unto all im- 

penitent finners, ready to be pour:d upon their bo- 

dicsand ſoules forever; And no pollibility to pre- 

vent them, no wayes todecline them, but by Gods 

infinite bounty through eſs Chriſt, in which F'> 


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alſo mterly di{c/aimeall right and intereſt, Andthere- 
fore they are now finally, and deſperately reſolved 
tro looke for no mercy : But in theirowne judgement, 
and by their owne confeffion, Rand reprobates from 
Gods covenant, and voide of all Hope of his inhent- 
tance,cxpeRing with unſpeakeable terrour and a- 
maz: ment of ſpirit,the conſummation oftheir miſc- 
ric,and fearcfull ſentenceof cternall damnation. T hey 
arc commonly ſach,® as have beengrofle Hypocrites © Out of the curled 
like Iudas,and lien in ſome ſecretabomination againſt Nurcery of w_ _- 
the knowledge of their heares, all rhcir life long ; ” —_— mms" 
that have followed {till their owne ſenſuall wayes, eleour ſome, 3nd hang 
ar dcourle of the world againſt the light of the Nint- them up as it were in 
ſtry,ſtanding likean armed man in their conciences chaines,23vofull Spe- 
to the contrary ; who havebeen Scorners and Per. Racles of pur 0 ap 
ſecutours of the power of godlineſſe, andthe goort "0s OR 
w4y ; who have abjured the Goſpellof Ieſus Chriſt, 
and forſaken the Truth for honour, wealth, or 
worldly happinefſe : To whom the Lord in theic 
life-time vouchlafed many metrcies, much proſpert- 
ty, £75at mceancs of falvation, long forbearance,&c, 
And yetthey Rood one {till,they ſtill hated co be re- 
formed, ſet at naught all His connſell,and would nene 
ef His repreofe, Whereforethe Day of gratious vi- 
ration being once expired, athouſand Worlds will 
not purchaſe it againce y Heaven and Earth cannot re- 
callit, No mercy, no comfort, no bleſling can then 
be had, tho they leeke it withtearesand yelling. They 
{hall ncver more be heard, tho with much violence 
they throw their ſcrikings into the Aire, they cry 
with lighes and groanes,aspietcing asa ſword. Not, " X 
but that the Gates of Heaven, and armes of mercy 
may ſtand wide open, untill theirlaſt breath : But 
alas! They have alrcady ſo hardened their hearts, 
that they cannct repent. «After thine bardneſſe, faith nom. x.5- 
Paul, and heart , that cannot s They nowbut 
hewle wpon therr &eds, they doc not cry wnto God my 
2 k. 


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bf Inftrultions for aright comforting Sea,2, 


their beart z asthe Prophet ſpeakes, Ho 7.14 Their 

carncſt and early crying in this laſt extremity, 1$ one. 

ly becauſe, Their fearess come wpon th:m as deſolation, 

and their deſiruttion as a Whirlewinde, When they 

caſt out their conſiderations for comfort, It is notthe 

whole Creation can poſſibly helpe them; for they 

mult ſtand or fall tothe Tribunall of the ever/aſting 

God mighty and terrible, and Creator of the ends of the 

Earth, |t they looke up to God the Father ; thay 

Prov.1.24.26. comes preſently intotheir heads with 

much horrour,and quite kills their hearts :- Becauſe 

Hee hath called all our life long, and all that goodly 

time wee refuſed y Hee Will laugb now at owr calamie 

21, and mocke when our feare is come. Jeſus Chriſt, as 

hey ſtrongly conceive, and un-mooveably conclude 

aJain(t chemſelves,hathnow to them for ever cloſed 

up His woundsas it were, and will not aftord them 

o1cdropof His blood ; becauſethey have ſo often, 

by commiag unworthily, ſpilt it in the Sacrament, 

pcriecuted Himin His members, and deſpiſed Hin 

m the Miniſtry. The bleflced Spirit, becauſe in the 

Day of vilitation they repelled all his inward war- 

nings and holy motions, preferring Satans impure 

ſuggeſtions, before His ſacred inſpirations, doth now 

in theirowneacknowledgement, by the equity of a 

juſt proportion, inthis Day of vexation, leave them 

to eat the frait of theirformer wiltulnelle, and reape 

the reward of their own wayes. Thusthele forlorne 

wretchesare diſclaimed, forſaken, and abandoned of 

re = aver angry Man; = allthecomforts 

= Ta afe de; inthis lite,andbleſiingsof the World tocome. ' And 

ſpair or eb ſo by finall deſpairing of Gods mercy, the ® greateſt 

ne 2: for it is not of ſinnes, they moſt unhappily,and curſedly follow 

fimply (o. nou the [4Ja:the worſt of men, into the darkeſt and moſt 

more cxxtent the amnednookein Hell. 

z.Some dicicaſcleſly, =2- Others die ſenſclefly and" blockiſhly. They de= +» 
S——-=== meangthemſelyes,upontheir dying Beds, asthough- 


= _ ce ww  c W- ow. - P— —  —_ 
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there wereno immortality of the Soule, ro Tribunall venue is; the more pe- 
above,no ſtrict acconnt to bee giuenup there for all flilene is the” eppoſite 


things donein the flcſt, no everlaſting eſtate in the ny org \ x Ow 
n great 


Ce Ie ren 

aſpeakeatle ' lepleaſurcs, becauſe the Love of 
Intheir life time,they Were never woont totremble God is a n ore excel- 
at Gods judgements, or rejoyce in his promiſes, or lene grace then Hope. 
muchtrouble themſelves with the miniſtry of the — ;riba® | 
Vord,or about the ſtate of their foules. All was one Flew. gauney Mar, 
to them what Miniltcr thcy had, whether a Man billof muchrorten "4 
taucht to the kane dome of Chriſt, ora gencrall Teacher, P®Niition,and falleDi- 
or a!1 ignorant Mangler of the word,or a diſſolute fel- vinhy zy8 avout Yer= 
low,or a Dawber with untempered morter, or a —_ a 
dambe Dog. It they were neither Whores nor call Points, He lets fall 
Thcevcs,but well accounted of among{ttheirneigh- ſometruths. Deſperatis 
baursgthrivedin the world, proſpercd in their out- *4%97 of emmbus pecca- 
ward ſtate, provided for poſterity, flept ina whole CESS 
$kinne, were not vexed onthe Los Cay with any of — ” 
theſe preciſe Troubvle-townes : They were well qued,mor, ame ef. Sex 
encugh, and had all they looked for, cither in this <Yerere eff deſeendere 
world,orintiie world rocome. Wherefore at their fernam, Wd, ldes 
death Ly reaſon of theirformer difacquaintance with ——_— vey. en 
{piritua)l things,and God not opening their cics,they hats, miagat'; AQ 
arencitheraftlicted with any feare of H-ll;orattected mum prodidit Hieron, 
wth any hope of Hcaven z they are both un-appre- Plal.108. Indam tree 
henſive of their preſent danger,and \fearel; fle of the —_— 
ery

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they might as well ſay, (but for their featherbed, and 


they icy nr ee po agar” dyed like a beaft, and periſhed like an 
3+ Some die formally, * 3, Others dic fo:mally ; I mcane they mike very 
| —— goodly ſhewes and irepreſentations ef much confi- 
þ > pan G p_ —_— denceandcomfort, Having formerly beene formall 
Pur comfort ar] fees, Profeſſours,and ſo furniſhed with "nt if es of 
hag of Go1s love; as godly ſpeeches, and outward Chnſtian dehaviours yg 
Nab4. Dyke of Con- And the {piritof deluſion,and (piritua!l Selte-couſe- 
KCignce,Cap-12. nage, which ia their life time detained ehem in con- 

ſtancy of ſecurity,and ſelfe-conceiredneſle about the 
q Whom Satan (eeth {Pirituall ſafety of their ſoules, 4 without any ſuch 
out of Gods favour, doubts,troubles, fears, temptations, whichare woo. t 
whom Hee knowerh tg hauntthoſe who aretrucof heart, (for ordinarily 


to bre His flaves, and : - LRN” 
»*Nf ſuch is the peace of unſuand Proteflors) continuing 
Har = cr ror their imaginary groundleſſe perſwaſton and pre» 


Hee falſely perſwade, ſumption inthe height and ſtrength unto the e1d,for 
aharthey areour of all their very laſt breath may be (peat in ſaying, Lord, 
7 9—poddem —__ ſuffer 7 74,0penanto us,a5 WEE (ec inthe fooliſs Virgins,and 
ceive ow m—_— choſe, Afar-7.1 fay ſuch men as theſe, thus wotully 
eſtace: Barwhom Hee deluded and fearcfully deceiving others, may calt our 
CS upon their - beds many _—_ ſporthrs nies 
_ - ela h ſeeming confidence of a eſtate to 
bee Cit bends, "B29? mg Coryidenge 07 8 $9 o-ward, 


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Part. Cap 8. Affuted C onſciences, 245 


God-ward, conterpt of the world, willingneſle to _ uy es 


dic,rcadinefle to ave all the world, _ tobe {a- he ng Hee 
ved,d([ire to be dilſolved, ard goe to Heavery&c gun. very ofen to 
Thcy may cry aloud with a great deale of formall fra.e, to doubr, yen, 
conhdence, Lord, Lerd,* Mercy,Mcrcy in the name ſometimes eyentode- 
of Chriſt, Lord Iefusreceive cur ſpirits,&c. And yet Paire mo _ 
a't theſe goodly hopes, and earneſt ejaculation, _ ata : 
growing onely from aforwe,and not from the power , Ex hoc lece ſatu liques, 
of godlinefſſe,arc but,as I ſaid ſomewhere before, as lo ww'res, quibwinereeſ, 
many carchings and{crablings of a Manover-hcad i11 Po wine miſereremofiri, 


waterzHe {truggtesand ſtrivesfor hold toſave Him- - - pena {] 


ſelfe, but he g'alpcs nothing but water ; it 1s [lil] wa- 

ter, which Cube = hinekive li: kes and -— c ——_— 
drowns. They areall but as 4 /piders web, [ob 8.14.15. poft demnari: adulentes 
Vronwane o- w_—__ — top of Y houle, / ——_—_ 
layes ho. the way,fcrſtay and ſupport. He ſhall | Dy 
[: me agen bis bonſe ox in Raltmes Pank;He foal bold ahyw arty Proms with 
«faſt, but it ſtall not endare.O how many deſcend (aith'ſe nomen Domini invee 
an ai'cient Father, with this hope to eternall travaile; tare, quoniem young 
and torment ? HoW many faith an * other werthy Chriflum credeve, & ſa 


DoQour, goe to Hell with a vaine bepe of Haven ; TO ——— ag 


o F 
Whoſe chiefeſÞ cauſe of dammationss their falſe perſwa- ke neue _ 
ſion and groundleſſe preſumption of | eng ? Of all eleHlorvAugait.Devert 
the foure kirdes of death, which ordioarily tefall ®f2b-3 mvs rs. 29 
ſuch asarenot ſaved, thisis thefaireſt in ſheww

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ſhould all burſt with penitent gricte, and bleed top yo 1 be: 

death torthe lioncs of ovrſoules yit were more then came nor a Papiſt, in 

immeaſu! ably, unconceiveably inſurhcient. For were thinking to _ merie 

all thisſo, \ yet were it not this ; but the hearts- meerely ty thy conri- 

b'ood of Icſus Chriſt, could make the Fathers heart "==> ao. 

to yarne compallionately over us, or haſe pate 250. ne ang 
yeme comp y $, Or PUrCNate PAr- td forour owne wee 

don,and acceptation at his hands. Tendcr ther« fore ping, but tor Chriſts 

untothat poure troubled jonle,wl a being ſorely cru- 

ſhed, and langu ſhingunderthe burden of hisfinnes, © ——_— 


refulesto be raiſed ard retiefhed, endkfly pleading, ——— reap ns os 


and dil puting agai: {t him({cltc, out of a ſtrong, feare- becnan hundred tin es 
tall apprehenſion of his owne vilenefle and unwor- more,could merit per. 


don ot the Jeaft ot th 
Gnnes, If the Lord Teſs h-d not (ſuffered infinite ſorrow ard gric'e in Sovle and oy 


for them zitisnor all our grieving could ſatisfie Gods juſticeter the imallett offence $ 
no r,0t tho wee ſhould weepe ow our eyes, and mcurne to death, T hereſore, tho God 
ha:h ap; ointed all, ro whom hee will thew mercy, to bee contrite hearted ; yer nor ro 
Come to m' rey thereby, as by a yer terious meanesz but as ty a convenient ard meet 
C1\pofinien, to prepare us to (eeke ard receive mercy with thankfulnefle. Rogers of Ded- 
bam Of Faith, pag 152. Non imfletibus noj'rs, nox tm athb mw noſirs, ſed in Aavoannoftys , 
alleg,a1,0x6 confruamm, Gregor tk zechition: 7, : he 


thineſle,. ; 


Inflruttimn for 4 right comforting Sea. 2 
thineſſs, putting a ail comtort by this miſ-conceit, 
tharno S:as of forrow,no meaſure of mourning will 
ſerve the turne to come comfortably unto /e/ws 
Chriſt ; I ay, preſſeupon ſuch a O:cthis true Prin- 
cipleinthe high and hzaven!y Art of ©.gntly comfore 
ting «A cd. conſcrences

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to bind up a broken hcart;then irto bleed be- Hee may bee gracious 
forc Him. Conſider tor this purpoſe the Parable of on” = + 92.90 18% 
the prodigall Sonne, Luke 15. Hee is there ſaid to £0e, (ed ney an —_ —_— 
but the Father ras. "4 pot he x 
2. Thou maiſt, bythe nnſctrlednefle of thy heavy 2 Thy feltc diiavied | 
heart unaccefſarily,unfit and dif-able thy (elfe for the !9y90d duties, 
duties, and dilcharge of boththy callings. 50» Gy 
3. Thou ſhalt gratific the Divell g who will labour 3The Divuell hathad, 
mightily by his lying ſuggeſtions, (it thou wiit not vanroge. a 


vec countelled and comforted, when there is caule)} WE 


to dcraine thee in pcrperuall borrour here, nnd in an yt 7 wy hy why 
OE on 3 & Na ws. 


cternall 


Inſtruftions for a right comforting S:0t.v; 


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foundations w.th Sa- ecernall Hcll hereafter. Som? find him 17 fririonfly and 


ires. Cap 54 11. al:tioully buſie to heepe them from comlort, When the 
ce recainerh nor his - fly f k P f | FI; Sp J 


anger for ever, becauſe ®* fittedy as from funeſſe for compore. 
Hedelightech in m:r- 4+ Thou art extremely un-adviſed,nay, very cruell 
cy.He/ 7.18, tothineowne Soulz

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the dog unto the vomit ; and plunge againe perfidiouſly 
intothe curſed current of their diſclaimed pleaſures, 
Bur by the way, and ina word,to illighten a perplex= 
ed Point, andprevent a (cruple, which may trouble 
truc hearts indecd z whohold truth of heartin their 
repentances, ſervices and duties towards God,to bee 
theirPecullar, and a ſpeciall Touchſtone totrie and 
teſtifiethe ſoundneſſe of their ſanRificacion,thetruth 
of their ſpirituall ſtates, anda diſtinRive CharaRer 
from all ſorts of unregenerate men z and all kindes of 


Hypocrilie: I ay es andpromiſcs made from. 
CREE | —_— id, with carneſt cager 
proteſtation, whilethey are in anguiſh and ex:remi- 
ty, andyet after deliverance andeaſe, mcit away, as 


a morning cloud, and like the early deaw z procced from 
hearts, rather affeQed onely with ſting of prelene 


horrour, naturall deſire + 2+, ny miſ-conceit, 


thatit isa light te leave Lnne, and the like;. 
thentruly broken and burdened with ſight of their 
ownevileneſfſe, ſenſeof Gods diſpleaſure, batred of 
wickedneſſe,and former ſenſuall wayes ; or enamou- 
red withtheſweetnedle of Jeſus Chrrb, amiableneſſe 
of g race, and goodneſſe of God, &c. Howloever for 
wy nes maniteſt by many 
wotull experiences ; that as it often falls out, and 
fares with men in their corporall viſitations, and 
outward croſſes ; to wit, That whilethe ſtorme and 
{} beates ſore uponthem,they runae unto God 

as their Rocke, and enquire early after Him, as it is ſaid 
of che Iſraelites, P/ale98.34- But whenonce, an hot 
que former and proſperitic ſhines apon 
againe, they hic as faſt out of Gods bie(hng in- 
tothe warme Sunne, as they ſay ; from forrowfor 
axe, to delight of ſenſe from ſecking God, co 
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Fart.s,Chapngs —&«Afiied Conſoiences, © yo! 


ſecurity in their old wayes: I ſay, even ſoit is ſome» 
times alſo, with men in affitionsof Soule,and trou- 
blescf conſcience: whilethe andextremity is 
upon themgthey take on, 6 chonghchey would be- 
come true Converts ; both promiſey and purpoſe 
many excellent things forthe time to come,and a re- 
oa Try : Butif a Sos he ery they 
art afrde, like a broken BoW ; awa 
from w hatthey have vowed, with horrible lograad- 
tade, and exectable villany; having been extraordi- 
narily ſchooled and ſcorched, asit werezin the flames 
of horrour,and warned to take heed by the very ven- 
geanceot Hell. For the former, hears the expert 
ence of reverend Divines: CAany ſeemmy,(aich 
to repent affeionately wm dangerone fichneſſe, when they 
bave recovered, have beene ratber Worſe then before: 1 
Wonld bave thewght my [elfe, ſaith another, ther my 
monſtrous Perſons , Whom I have vifited, when G 
hand upon them, eanſed them to cry ont, and promiſe 4- 
menament , would have proeved rare examples to 0s 
thers, of true converſion unto God : But to my great 
iefe, and to teach me exporience, what becommeth of 
uch untimely fruits; they bave trrned backs agame, 
as an arrewfrom a ſtone Wall, and as the dog to His oWynor 
vomt,os, 

Forthelatter , | could here make it good alſo by 
too many experiences, were it convenienty But I for-. 
bare for ſome reaſons, toreport them at this time. IT 

I publiſh this Point,and ſpeakethus z Notto trou- *, 7% 147 bye 
ble any true Converts aboutthe truth of their hearts a: re

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is ; when the ſpiritual! Patient 
hath paſſedthetempeliuous Sea of atroubledconlci- 
enccy and is now uponterimesof taking anew courle, 
That by all mcancs Hee take heed, that Hee runneno! 
upon this Rocke. 7t ir better to bee key-cold, then 
luke-warme : and that the mutke bee over, then bee 
PAW, | 
Secondly, the cheriſh= 5. Tho itbeean ordinary, yet it isa dangerous and 
ing thoſe (ceds ſown. utterly pagan. uu 7 deceit, Toconceive, that 
all is cnded, when theafflitcd party ismended ; and 
hath reccived eaſeandenlargement fromthe terrible 
prelluresof histroubled conſcience. To thinke, that 
after che tempeſt of preſent terrour, and rage of guil- 
tinefle bee allayedand over-blowne, there needs no 
moreto beedone. Astho the New-buth were not 
ever infallibly and inſeparably attended with news 
obedience, Astho, whenonce the ſoule is ſoundly 
and ſavingly {trucke thorow, humbled, and prepa- 
red for Chreff, by the terrifying power of the Law 
revealing thefoulenelle of finne, and fercenefle of 
divine wrath, which ſcton by the /prrs: of bondage, 
@ Ste Forbes mpon cap, 15able, likea mighty © ;hunder to breake and teare in 
23 4-2f the KeveGy ez: pieces the iron ſynewes of the moſt ſtubborne and 
ſtony-harr, there followed not hearty ſhowres of rc- 


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houre, as I caught before, when all teares ſhall bee 
everlaſtingly wiped away with Gods mercifull hand: 
Andthatthe Sunne of rightcouſnefle did not pre- 
{ently breske torthupon that happy Soule, todifpell 
che Helliſh clouds of tentuality, luſt, lying in ſin,&Ccs 
a"d toillighren, inflame, and fill it with the ſerenity, 
and cleare $kie,asit were, of ſanRification, and pu- 
rity, a kinCly fervour of Zeale tor Godsglory, good 
cauſes, good mengand keeping a good conſcience, 
and fruitfullinflueuce of ſobriety, righteouſneſle and 
holinelle for ever after. And therefore if upon re- 
covery out of trouble of conſctence,there follow not 
a continucdexerciſe of Repentance both for finnes 
paſt, preſent, andtocome, as you heard before ; an 
univerſall change in every power and part, both of 

Soule and Body, tho not in perfeRtion of degrees, as 

the Schocles ſpeake, yet of Parts; an heart-rifin 

batred and oppoſition againſt all ſinne; a ſhaking-o 

old companons,brethren in iniquity,all Satans good- 

fellow Revcllersz a delight inthe word, waies, (cr-- 

vices, Sabbaths,& Saints of God; a conſcionableand 

conſtant endeavour toexpreſletherruth of proteſta- 
tionsandpromiſes made intime of terrour, as I told 
youbefore,&c

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they have 
done a worthy worke ; Tho after their dawbin 
there be nothing If behind in it, but a ſenſclefle 

15-2 Skarre y 


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«arre ; Nay, and perhaps more brawnednefle, and 
benummedaeſſe brought upon it, becauſc it was not 
kindlily wrought-upon in the furnace of ſpirituallaf- 
flition z and rightly cured. 


a Thore are ſome will .. [ tcare mec, mary poore ſoulesare fexrcfully - dee 
ſoy, They heve felt ter- livered, whobeing recovered,out of teriours of Cone 
rour of their cltate; {cicnce, too ſuddenly, untcaſonably, or one way or 
but chey have out. other unſoundly, conceave preſently, they are truly 


growne it, it is paſt : conyertedy tho afterward, they bee the very ſame 
yea ? \Vhart have you 


one wiehie> Have vou 11101 Of the famecompany aad conditions, they were 
one wienlt® :TAVE YOU, . . . 
broke Pri/on , or did 2£fore yorat belt, blefle themſelves in the ſecming 
God let you out? If happincfle of an halfte' > converſion. 

you have br ke Priſon, | 

you mult eveninazaine, and that worſethen beſore,&e. All the counſel], I can give thee 
in ſuch a caſe,isto call after theſe terrours 4g4ine , which thou haſt ſought todrive a» 
way ; and call aloud, «re they begone paſt call z andcall quickly, erethy heartbee hare 
den:d quite, and then it will coſt Jouble labour. Andpray God to worke them upon 
thy heart againe. Regers of Dedham Doftrine of Faith, pag.104-107, A man may have 
quierneſle after crouble, and yet the Houſe nor wonne, #0 wit fromthe flrong Man : Hee 


mayaliohae ſome kind of —_— and yetrh1e comf rter notchere abiding, That 


thou mayſt not therefore bee deceived, conſider the whole covurlic of thy life, fince that 
time.——Forthe holy Ghoſtwill nat governe asthe Direll did; they are of (o contrary 
a nature, Touchflone for 4 (hriftian, cap 3. b- By this halfe Herodia» converfion, they 
may leave many fiunes,and dormany things, beare the beſt Miniſters g/zdly, reſpe&t and 
countenancethem,&c, b And yet for all this,inreſpet of their owne Perſonall (alva- 
tion z Aswellnever a Whit,asncverthebetterz As well not ar all, as nocchorow..ſirtch, 


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CHAP. X VI. 


T wocaſes Wherein pangs of Conſcience are not heas 
led what ever they ſeeme, 7 


ZDÞ|Or

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as it were, above ground, Suchthey are commonly, 
who all theirlife long have beene contemners of the 
conſcionable Miniftry yz Scorners of the good way ; 
Quenchers of the Spirit; Revolters from good be- 
ginnings, and profeſſion of grace ; Harbourers of 
{omelſecrer, vile, abominableluſtsin their hearts a- 
aink the light of their conſcience y cloſe Agents 
orPopery and Prophanenefle; plauſible Tyrants a- 
gainſtthe powerof godlineſſe ; and ſuch other like 
notorious Champions of the Divell, and infamous 
Rebelsto the higheſt Majeſtic: Whom,tith we + have 
bin ſuchgand have ſo deſperately, and ſo long deſpiſed 
the riches of His goodneſſe, and forbearanco, and long« 
ſuffermg/eading them to Repentance y God molt juſtly 
leaves now intheevillday,when once the hot tranſi» 
tory gleame of worldly pleaſures is paſt, and His 
jadgementsbeginto grow upon their thoughts, like 
atecmpeſtuous {torme;and death to ſtand betore them: 
unreſiſtable,like an armed Man gaud linto lic at the 
doore, like a bloodhound y andthe guilty conſcience 
to gnawupoathe hcart,likea Vulture,&c.1 ſay, then 
Hcelegvesthem in Hi rigbteons indgement to finke 
ar 1unume , 20 cate the front of their owne wejer, 
[@- 


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rothe fulnelſe of that unquenchable wrath ; which 
by their innumerable linfull provocations, 1mpeni- 
ec1Cy, and unbelicfe, they have rrea/ured np againſt 
this Day and wrath, Tha: raging worme, which ne- 
ver diesin the damacd, and naturally breeds incvery 
graccleſle conſcience, by their inſatiabie ſurfer in 
linne, and greedy drinking-in iniquitie like Water, 
growes{o ſtrong, and to tucha [trange bignelle grhat 
taking advantage,eſpeciallyin the time of terrour,of 
their weakenefle and contuſion of {ſpirit upon the 
Bcd of death, at ſome: dead lift, and irrecoverable 
anger, it ſurpriſesthem upon the tudden, with un- 
expced Hclliſharmiesof guiltineſle and horrour g 
and over-throwesthem quite, horſe and azan, never 
toriſc againe inthis wortd, or the world to come. 
Thea would thoſe wofull wreeches, who would ne- 
ver bee warned betime, givetennethouſand Worlds, 
if they hadthem, for one moment of that mepcif All 
timeof grace, which they have cuſedly long abu- 
{cd, forthe benctitof the Miniſtry, which they have 
inſolently (corned; for a drop of that pretious blood, 
whichby their deſperate villenies, and hatred to bee 
retormed, they have trampled under foot. Bur alas ! 
no mercy, nobleſling, nocomfort will thea bec had 
tho with prophane E/ax, they ſeeke it with tearcs, 
ale ae. . andthrow their rufull, and piercing criesinto theaire 
ws d yelling. And theref 
Jenis ſuit, qui ſao ardore WEED hiGeous groanes and yelling. And therefore, 
terram exarerer, tavey Farung their eyeupontheir torments, will roare out 
aliquid lonse atreciue UKE thote lintu lHypocrites, //as. 3 3-14. With un-ut= 
sf" Ba ener rhe cot terableanguith of ſpirit : Wbo among ns ſpall dwell 
94 ogg Viaeticetror= vcr þ rhe devouring 4 fire? Who among us ſhall dvell 
Wn, 0W) ex4aghtdt= | OE 2 ; 
tar imp; 1 conſeientia a. th everlaſting burmmgs? * In the Corning they 
ealeep', qa rerand; new [hall [ay,Wonla God it were Even: and at Eventhey 
pe ys nextingu:b1'e ball ſay, Would God ut were Alorning, for the feare of 
go - -— pores _ 1 ” thei hearts whereWvith they ſhall feare; and for the 
ey. Calv.in Loc /09t of their eyes Which they ſhall ſec. In their life- 
* Deut.18.57, umethey Lchavedchemſelves _——_ w_ 
Moooy 


Part.x.Cap 16. —Affited Conſeiences. 


PE apa ——_—_— 


bloody Goades in the ſides of the Saints, and againſt 
their ſyncerity zand now atlaſt themſelves arecaught 
witha witneſſe, andlieupon their Beds of extremi- 
ty audterrour like wilde Bulls, and Beaſts in a net, full 
of the fury of the Lord, 

2. Others thereare, who finding their ſinnes dif- 2, They who ſeeke res 
covered,andthcir conſciences wounded by the light medy from carnall 
and power of the World ; and now feelin adnele, pleaſures, 
heavy-heartedneſſe, uncouthterrours, much perplexi- c Some men are pric= 
tyandanxiety of ſpirit comming uponthem,addreſle ked , and to put awa 
'themſelves preſently, and have ſpeedy recourſe tc _ _ _ _ 
the @Lrme of fie, outward mirth, carnali content- —__ mol he fan. wr 
ments

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into the hands of the Puritanes, into the tri 

tortures, and Hypocritcall miſcrics of preciſe- 

ncfle, into ſowreneſle, unſoctableneſle, dumps of 

Mclancholy ; and indeed, into a ſtate, nor paſt a 

{tcp ſhort of diſtraftion and madneſie. And theſe 


therefore. 


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Part.x.Cap.1 To eAfflifled Cenſciencer, 


therefore caſt «bout to getout of trouble of minde, 
and fenſe of divine terrour with as great impati- 
ency and precipitation, as the former y onely more 
plauſibly, and with ſeemingly fairer, but truly falſe 
ſatisfaQtion to their owne Soules. For the former 
ruſh with furious indignation our of theſe ſpirimall 
&cjetions of Conſcience, as unmanly feares, not” 
tit for worthy ſpirits, and men of Toviall reſolution, 
into greater exceſle, and variety of worldly de- 
lights, and fenſuall ſooſeneſſe ; and {o ordinarily bee 
come afterward very notorious, and more deſperate 
enemies to the Kingdome of Chrift t Becaule the 
Pa of the Word hath once ſtung their carnall 
carts with ſome remorſcfull terrour , they ever 
after heartily hatethe found and ſearching Miniſtry, 
and managersthereof, the Infliters of their ſmart 
for nonther reaſon in the world, but that they tell 
them the truth, and thereupon torment them before 
theirtime; that ſo, if they bee not wanting unto 
themſelves, they may eſcape the rorments of eter- 
nity hercafter. And they ſet themlclves againt 
godly Chriſtians with incompatible eſtrangement, 
and implacable ſpite y onely becauſe they are Pro- 
feflours of Selfc-deniall, holy ſtrinefle, inconfor- 
mity to the world , repentance, mortitication,&c. 
theencertainement and exerciſe whereof they furi-= 
ouſly moredeteftt and flic fromy then the death of 
their Bodics,and damnation of their Soules.But theſe 
latter, paſſe more plauſibly out of trouble of conſci- 
ence, and take a fairer courſe | of the two, tho it 
proovebutan imaginary and counterfeit Cure. For 
they labourto cloſe up their ſpirituall wound, with 
comfort cutof the W >rd;and promiſe peacctotheir 
troubled hearts from the promiſcsof life: But here» 
inthey faile, and fearcfully decave themſelves, in 
thatthey conceive, the. firlt firs and qualmes, as it 
were, of Legall terrour, to bee ſaying repentance; 
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agenerall ſpeculative apprehenſion of Chriſt's Paſh. 
o(t1; to rea ſpeciall pardon for all their finnes; 
fruitleſſe ſpeculations of Faith to preventand ſecure 
them from the wrath that istocomeyz a mecre ver- 
ball profcſlion tobee forwardnefle enough, except a 
Man would bee too preciſe. Vpon the firlt tright, 
and ſeeling the ſmart of a confaſed remorſe and hore 
rour for ſane, without any farther penitent wading 
into Particulars, or thor»w-ſearch into their hearts, 
lives,conſciences,and Callings g without ſuffering the 
worke of the ſpirit of eee

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they build 

comfort upon his Pa//iong who doe not conſcionably 

conforme tothe praQtiſe of his #ard;; Andiletthem 

further bee informed for a more _cleare diſcovery of 

their groſſe and damnable Selfe-deceit ; that howſo» 

ever adead Faith, according to it'syame and nature, 

enters(if it hathany entitieat all) intotbeunderſtans | 
ding, without any remaxke-able metion, {enſe,and In trac Faith conſider; 
alcerationy yet that Faith, which truly. quſtifies, 

fics,purifies, mortifics,ſanRtifies,and ſaves, iseyident- 


ly diſcernable, by,firlt, Many Ming Prpogurer: i.The Preparatives: 


Sight and (cnſc.of a Mans miſe | by: nature, 
of his linfalnefſe and cutſcdnede ; Hnmbling bun/oife 
in the ſight of the Lotd ,, fearekull- a 
wrought by the /pirst of bondage z Uawingtion; con- 
viRion, Legall terrours, &c. Secondly, Violent affeti- 2, Violent afeQions, 
onsabout che infuling of it, which arc-wont to bec 
raiſedin the humbled heart by the Holy Ghoſt 36x» 
ereme thirſtinflamcd deſires, vehement long) 
utter-able groanings of ſpirit, prizingand preterring 
the Perſonand Pallion of Chrift,betore the Poſſeſſion 
of infinite Worlds z waillingnefle to. /c// all, copart 
with anything tor Him,tho never ſo .deaze, or -{o 
much dotedupon heretofore ;| with plealuregriches, 
preferments,a right hand, aright ezeg liberty, life,&c. 
Nay, if inſucha Caſe, if cvcn it ſclfe ſhould 
Rand berweeng lelus Chriſt anda poore Soule, Hee 
would moſt willingly paſle thorow the very 

: Y3 thereof 


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Inftruftions for a right comforting, SeQQ.2, 
thereof toembrace Hisblefſed crucificd Lord, in the 
armesof alively Faith. Thirdly, inſeparable conſc- 
— firſt, an hearty and everla» 

ing falling-out with all ſinne :{c condly, ſanRifica= 
tion thorowout, in Body, Soule, Spirit, and Calling, 
andin every power, part andpaſlage thercof, cho ot 


omg — ky. truth and 
eFeually : thirdly, A ſet andſolkemne courſe of 
New-ob:dience, ſpent principally in Selfc-ſovricty, 
rightcouſnefſe towards our Brethren, and holineſle 
towards God. . 
Manyunfaithfullmen

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as yet,a good ground-worke 
of truchumiliation is not ſoundly laid. Many and 
lamenrable are the ſpirituall miſcrics in thoſe Places, 
where ſuch Dawbers with untcmpered morter do- 
minecre; whonever paſſedthorow the Pangs of the 
New-birth-themſelves , were never feelingly ac- 
with the wonderfull dealings of God in 
Miracleoft a Mans converſion ; or trained 
up expcrimentally in the Schoole of temptations, 
painefull exerciſes of mortification, and counter- 
Minings GE Deptbes, Wiles, D rviſes, and fira- 
Tagems of rhe Dovell, The bleſſed Prophet paints them 
out to the life, and denoances a dreadful woe a- 


En EIT EEE" 


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Part.a.Chap. 17. Afffirtled Conſeiences, 


A Ship-Maftcrskilfull onely in Atronomy, and os 
ther ſpeculative Paſſages of the Art of Navigation, 
is nobody in conduQting Men ſafely over ſome dan- 
gerousSea, to Him, that beſides ſufficiencies of Art, 
15 furniſht alſo with experimentall skill in thoſe 
Parts, by paſling formerly that way Himſclfe, and 
having diſcovered thuſedangers of ruine, and hid» 
den Rockes, which the other Man might calily rua 
upon. Give me a Man, in whom varicty and pro- 
foundneſle of beſt learning doth concurre in the 
higheſt degrec of exccllency, yet if his owne heart 
beenot ſoundly wrought upon, and ſeaſoned with 
lavinggrace, Himſelfe experi y (ſcenc ihtothe 
Myſtcryof Chriſt, and Secrets of SanRification, as 
Hee (hall bee hardly able to wonnd other mens con» 
ſciences, and pierce them to the quicke ; fo Hee will 
bce found very unfit to manage aright tne ſpiritall 
miſerics of a troubled Soule ;andto tranſport it ſa- 
vingly thorow the tempeſtuousterrours and temp= 
tations incident tothe New-creation,into the Port of 
true peace, and Paradiſc of the bleſſed Brother-hood; 
Arightdrcadfull and tender Point iris, to deale with 
diſtreſſed conſciences z ſo many depths of Satan,and 
deceitsof Mans heatt mingle themſelves with buſi» 
ncfle of ſo great conſequence. Euen a well-meaning 
Man without much heedtulncfle, and good expert- 
ence both inthe Paine, and che Party, may erre 
geroully,and be much deceived herein. Ihave beard 
froma Man of conſcience and credit, belides many. 
and manyin the ſamekind, of a fearcfull i 
to this purpoſe : af many Who for the world was Well 
enough, viſited with ſome trouble of minde for hus finnes, 
ſent for a Munſter to minifter comfort, Hee gt ſromet, 
not (ounding Hm to the bettome,'er ſearching to the 
quicke, 9caped upon Hum wnſcaſenably, and too ſoour, 


mercies, and hepes of ſpiritnall (afery. —— 
tbmgs, Hee led Haw, _—_ formerly, Hee had 
4 ever 


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ever felt teſtimonies and refreſhings of Goas favonr, 
and love ; Tea, anſwered the Party , (and here take 
notice of a notoricus depth of the Divell ] Once v4 
ding aloxe npon the way wn ſuch 4 Place, | greW upon 
the ſudden , very lightſome, and light-bearted,Chc. 
[ This wasbuta fafh of Satans Angclicall glory,cun- 
ningly tolighten andleade him the way to further 
contuſion}. #49 then, replied the Adiniſter, you may 
build uponu. Goduconftant in Hu favours ; and whom 
Hee loves once, Heeloves for ever, Herenpon the Pa- 
tient was preſently bealed of his wounded beart , and 
after fell nnto his former courſes , and grew fully as 
projhavie,as Hee was before. Amongſtthe many imp« r= 
-\ 2 mangnee gr evs. Paſſages of our Miniſteriall imployments,1 tcare 
ho vt ne® ex. mcc, this P waighty aftiire of viſiting the licke, is 
poſi pur bemines, quam paſſcd-overalio (moreis the pitty ! ) with much ig- 
dum infirmratibes ex- norance, (lightnefſeand negleR. Ir is incredible to 
p—_—__ 4x -1-*'> conlider, how fearefully