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FOR CHRISTI ANS

IN T [-1 E TIM E
OF AFFLICTION.

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ASERMON PRPACHED
At [Qtbering Lefiure by Maficr
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la ur of Divinlty, and fomctimcs

Fellow of Brafimnajé Colledgc
in Oxford.

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‘ 4 men 0 4 tmel)~noble 45
Religion: So nethzngro the
world make: 4 mm more
_ “1zr2hletoo»’*po/ition and a'If- 1? A435 23- 22»
, ~  ‘ ‘ john 15.19,
grace. And our mzghtyGoa’ Wxidum 2.. u
thatgovernesin mfdame'am’ever hath an ° e- C . pm 5_,
flmeiall mreofhtés pe0ple,e jteffere it [0 to he
fore/ome [Bach ends ct: theft. I That the
d graces of'God.s Children may /hine, the raft m r
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hezng/couredoff. 2 Thtztthezrzncen/e offrzngy . me, f,_',‘_;
in their fevemll dutiey being hroken and beaten
fmtzy jmeli the more. 3 Ihett thezr ohedzente E Gems 8.2,
may he dzfcerned by the pur/2/me! ‘world not to he
mercinary, hut   from fame Inward principle un-
knowne to nature 82¢. 1\7ow for the paoro
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ding tlmrefuflnefle that Goa’ may rrai/e tlm_,fbr~
it itfia bard wxtke : Nay though it be in
gH(‘fc.1l0.l?- fut/J note/Iar) ;.artzc:4lar;a5:: plowing renting
 5 0?“ pncking of the heart, ‘ Plucking out the
righrcyc, curtingoflehe right armc, &c.

or too/cajevcrafl per/ecutiom, tbat tlmfe that

, T;'m.;,l3 ‘M0 [nae godlymuf?/ttfier andoug/at kwillingg
M,.1.‘M_ N {y to yeeld unto t/Jam, lzemg the LORDS
‘ medicine for tbem,ana t/Jat 13/Je‘ L0 K1) jee; in
Wfimo. 3' bit Wfldonte t/Jefe tryals 1 _profitable,anel wing:
' /.713‘ /erwzntt 1171!}! Eagle; wing: to mount up-
rtara’,t/aat the [Yrengt/7 of all the r oppafltions

.. Heb, , ,0 dot/J not make’ them ‘“ faint, muck leffe deflro}
§§f'Y‘;;_s3‘l+ them, out I/Jofe footy " tryalls are made
: nmgcrrér ;-6-' more precxousto them than gold, and °t/Jay

t ' ole/fedm fuffmng of them. Tet t/Jo eye of

I aith 1'5‘/0 dimmed, and t/ye Fat/Jertface un-

der % the Cloud of affliétions /0 olzftured
jometimes, that the poor: C/Jrzflian, having

/"mafl flrmgr/2* is entlzmizle to. fainting; not

once tonfldering vobatjoever is in G 0 D

or come: from G OD, 2'; fior tb.=~ir comfort,

and that be u/et/J wicked men for /ti: atone

_ turne,t/.'e:t though they deale as I ofcphs. bre-

thcrcn am! with /Jim, fol] bzm to be a flavc,

(tberebj

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To the Reader.

(therehy fitisfying hlind reafon, that [salm-

no ‘flrther then natural! eau/es to efieft

their ends) to deflrqy the dreamer; yet/ea;

they /Verve not themjelves, hut G 0 D S

Wroroidenee to e ffefl hie decree for the rai-

fing of lofcph to honour. Or‘ though that

he as /hzrpe and cutting 45 the eommgffion

to the King of Aflyria‘, they are but

our F arhers rod in he: owne hand, ufed

.9 for our refining and good as neede re» it I Peter 1-6

quires and not i otherm/e, although with my no-7.

Alb ur all oppoflng Perjecutours thinke not

_/B, but imagine to deflroy and cutoff not a

few. N (y yet fierther the Diveli himflel 4:...

their grand ma/Zer -in perfeeuting and oppo-

jing CH RIS T3 flerirants, all his helliflz

oppc/ition, and I temptation /hall he turned

unto the good of G 0D 5‘ fermantt, which

heing confidered one would thinke it would

take off their edge and dz‘/animate their {hi-

rits, hut that their a'i)vel1i/h malice againfh

G 0 D and goodnejfe hurries the Di-

mefl again?! his orone Knowledge; ,

and orverjwayes the Judgement and Rea-

/on of mem But pitty and A pray for them
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; Ag; ,_3_ 35 }"4FbV€I',I'b£«’fl F0 66 angry anthem. I 
onely vpithl ti natural! eye : Ifez man lohko
upon G OD S waye: onely with the eye of
Reefim,t,he}; are foolilhncflc to him; and
[are zf'a- mamloolze upon G O D 8 Word
and Walks’: through the falfit glafle efworla’-
1} wifedame, ehettmmot hut imagine the thing
ptromtfitd in the one and in agitation in the...

1 othexihtpttjhhle-/o to he efieficdae fromzled for

_«, King, 10 , , ht: thiidremgood. Ifa man hadonlyolookca’

toggon the “ Sunne {landing Hill in Heze-

lu’al1stimc,~ or upon the X Sea ‘when the...
hoimme b€64”1,9fdI‘i€, t and the waters flood

A as walls on each fldeg or upon the we Starres

fEx0dus13.z1 that fought in their tourfes ogainfl Sifcra:
Or ulgnon the ‘fiery P11-lat which was wt to
the lfracliccsfwould they heme thought th:_r[:..-

fhottla’/zeta meant; to prejerrve G 0 D S chzl.

“Um, W, tdren and deflroy the Enemies. Little -did

=.:,=7- Nebuchadnczar the Jmiant men ofhts or.
my thinks: whmzhey hound the three children
in their clothes to ca/Z them into the hot ficry
fornacc,that the /amt. fire t/ms‘ prc perm o//sou/d
burn: and dcflroy them, and hurne only the;
homfltofet fxce the pooreperjetuted Saint-,not

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once to hurt either body or garmcn t,hut to hc_.
a means to hring them to greater honour amongfl
their Perfecutorc. O the iii/‘Mite mi/edome of
our good GOD that can put /“Eb under/handing
into jencele/fe creatures thus to dzflingui/h he-.
t‘weenetheprecioz/A and the ‘tile, him that (er-
’1>eth G 0 D and him that flrrvethhim not,more
cleare/y then the Dimell ana’ natural] men can»
dzfeerne: New therfbre to cleare the Eye 4;‘ Faith 4 ”°"°‘ "3 ‘
which one!) ‘’ difcernesjuch things and tohelpc; 5 A5“ ’ 6"’
thee taget/uppart againfl anyfuch F aiming: or
the lea/tgrumhling at [ucha pramideuee, which
is unhe/eeminga Paul (though in Pri/"on with
/ore/ides jfor Religion.
1. Set lfraycr a worke,n>hich worker won-J
tiers inHea‘ven and earth,hecau]e that [en G OD
a workefor tie that 55 the heater of Pray as and-
that hezps his ferrvants out of/everafl Perfccu-
xion-We A*rfii-aIotns'n‘tEn"‘i£112;;3mjiZ«j» 'ip”i;r;“
king ° ‘wonders for them rather then the}/hall 5 1°11“ 546‘
reft fiehj e€t to continua/I pnure; of wicked
men.
2.Set Faith a work c,a hard duty Icenfefle,  
it being eajicr to ohey ch en heleerve arzght.
Faith heing the “ worke of G O D, Ohedienco 4 Deume. c,7_
without

‘Tmhc Reader. '

‘without Fait/.1 bemg the work ofman. Tigers-
flore let me intreat oft/tee to ufle the meme:

t/mt GO D afiords, eit/yer to 19611571.’ t/Jee out or
comfort thee in affli€tion,4: 2'1‘:/zoubed/ino
pramzfe : A no’ yet /0 be/eeve and depend ujgo rt tbe
pro am] e for thy being /Jelpedattt or up Ueldin t/Je
afflifiionme zfthou badfl no mean: at all to
look after, that GOD may burn: all {/16 honour
from t/Jee, arm’ t/Jen certainly He t/7,ztgz"ve.r 4
being to his promi/e: and 4 lzlefflng to the metm:
will pro/per thee in t/Jeufie of them: wbztb of
his Mercy be grant tom" allfortlze L 0 R D
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MI C AH VII. VIILIX.

Rejoyce not agaihff mar, () mine enemy .- rvlzen Ifizll,
yetflmll Jrg/a againe 3 when I fit in darkcneffe, the
L0 n D willéealigbttmtamee.  W f‘  

zwill bear: tbeindzgnazian gftbe L cs R n‘ 1- V e beeaufi:
I /wuefirmed again]? /Jim, until! 11:: plead my
eaufe, and execute judgement fir mee,f Izee will
bring meefirtb to the light, and I flmll éelmld/11?:
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: 1 N the former part of this

 Chapter, the Prophet 1n
. 3 the P:-rfon of -the Chur.c11
j ' L.   complaincsv of the ‘paucxty
__z ~""e "’ ’of‘Go D s people, of I136
J   fcwncflé of ;11ofe"htha”t“truIy
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therings of Summer, and the grape-gleanings of
the Vintage, rwfrfll. Secon lly plainely; by
fiaying the good rrran is perillred out of :he
earth, :~!!1(l there is none uprigl'xt amovgfl men,
they all lye in wait for blood; they huntevery
one his Brother with a net,72.2.

Secondly, he complaines of the plurality of
the wicked, ofthe horrible and univerfall cor-
ruptionnofthe times. Firft plainly, That they
may ilqe evill with both hands earneftly, the
Prince a2‘.«l<eth, and the }utlgcasl<t:th f7;n';‘.rewa1'€l,
and the great man utter:-tl: his milchievous de-
fire,fi) they wrap itupxu 3. Secondly, in abor-
rowed fpeech, refembling the befttoa bryar,to
a thorny hedge-«z}.‘.q..

In the miferablc cftatc of all things, it is the
counfell ofthe Ho L Y G n o s 'r nottottufl: in
man,eor to rely upon the arme of flcfh,v.5,6.
For the dearefl, neerefi, great:-ti, (fie. will de-
ceive and Exile, and proove as broken flavesoi’
reedc‘, Pf4l,62.o. ‘I’/2c cl;/le/rm afmefl are wmlty,
tlze cljzefi’ men are lyzzrs .- to let)! tlzrm upon 4 éallarzce,
they are altogetherilzg/ater t/am vanity. ‘But it is
the L o R n that doth great t/Jings, and therefore
in /227» onely rejoyce, P]?zl.I26.3. Alfo Ier.I"7.s'.
Curfed be the man that mtfletlz in man, and ma/set}:
flefl: /1:35 arme, 4ndm'tba’rawetl2 12:2: /Jeart fiom tbe
L o a 1).? For why. Ifia.4o. 15, 1'7. Behold tbe
nation: are at! 4 dro of ‘a bucket, and are termed .15
tln’ dw/l of tbe éallazice, be/zolel lac mlmé aavay the
I_/lcm/5 a little da/l, V.I7. e/Ill mmam be/are hm
arcaanot/ma. mdtbey are counted to bmaulcjfe 2/ms

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nothing, and vanity; Thus doth the Prophet
will? man not tottuftinman, butin the L o R D.
And after this dehortation fromtruflingin man,
the Prophet in the perfon of the Church, doth
profcffe that he will look-e unto, and rely upon
the Lo R n,w.7. which bleffed confidence,
and {afe repole upon the all—Iuiiicient God,doth
beget this glorious triumph over the infolency
and infulzation of their enemies in the time of
their depreffion and di{grace,vu.8. And this
excellent exercife of their faith, doth repel!
and conquer very fore and flmrpe temptations,
which are Wont to fer upon the fervants of G o 1,
in their fuflerings under the preiTures and op-
prefiions of the wicked, the cruell mockings
and fcornefull infultations of the enemies to
their goodnefle: Which is bitterer (faith C41.
-yin) tl1€I-1 the filflering it felfc; Ne ' tmmm eff
accréitatzir in ip/oi mzzlo, qmgmzuri in lfdtérgs im-
probnrum, uh’ 7205:: pemlanter in/ultmt, derialent
fidcm no/Zmm éf éugenmér naturzk fimper efl durjor
contumclia, quam ipflz mars. W
lmmedia ely upon the Churches profeflion
of her rruflingrhe L o R D 3fl1e bids her enernies
not rejoyce agziinfi her,'v.8. and backs it with
mighty aud invincible reafons, which proves
they have no reafon for it.

When I fall I find! 4rifl’:]

If I were downe without hope or poffibility
of recovery it were fomething on theirfide, but
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as litre as my C o D is nlfiillicient, my head

C H R I s 1' nlmve water , the Angels ‘my
t;t1.:13;‘d, all the crezttmfes my friends 5. Snmte,
Monne and the Stars hsrme, the p1‘.‘.I_VCI’S ofall
that hleliied communion <_>i' my ft-llotv Saints
§:.te1'le continually For me unto the rhmne of
garnet’, nil the pttumilesin Go I) s BO()l{C are in
(3 H R 1 s 1- Yea and Amenflvc. So certainely
{hall ]up againe, fooner or later glorioully for
ever. 106 wIlS;1S deep-ely fhnckintio acornfott—
lefle pit of m::wa1'<i alllic’tiori as ever any was,
yet the slime of his G o n helpt him outagaine.
We know wlmt endthe Lo n n 1n:tcle,I4m.5.11.
Dmxia’ was Fear:-fully plunged into a dungeon of
extteame horror, PM .77. Yet the right hand of
the molt high changed all this. " And it mull
needs be fo, for the Almighty hand of G o n
is under him, P_/41.37.24. tzoug/1 I2e-cfzzll bee?/L411
not 66 54]} of,’ for tbe Lo n D jmttct/2 under 613‘
/mm’. Now muff not he needs up againe whom
an omnipotent hand fupports and upholds =3
What man or divell, or world ofcreatures can
keepe him downe, whom the Lo R 1) of Heat;
vcn and Earth will raife, either let the malice of
the wicked manacle the Almigltty arme of
G o D, which is more then utterly and infinitely
unpollible, or as fute as that highclt Majelly
is in Heaven, every fitithfull fervantof J  s n s
C u :: 1 s -r lhall rife ztgaine out oftheinnlt clef-—
})C‘l'..1CC dillrellie-,attl1e ntmofl, atthat greattlay,
which will be molt illulirions, when their
clearing and exaltation will be in the prefence

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of allthe Angellsin Heaven, and all the fame;
antidaughteis of L/Idtmz that ever were in the
face o‘r‘H<:;wen and Earth : Is it not therefore
flmngethatany wicked man fhould infult at their
fall, that thus certainly {hall tile; but the wic-
kedthemfelves flxallltagget and fall and rife no
more, for they want this onely helping hand to
recover them.

When I fit t';m’ttr/eetteflé the L0 RD fho/I hoe;
altghtuoto me.2.],~ ‘ * ‘ A  A  ’~ '

Nay in the meane time in the clairk€{’c midnight
oFdiItrefTe,the L o R ‘D will blefiedly Thine in-
to my heart with the beams of his; favounfence of
his love Sc prelince ofhis Spirit -,yea many times
more glotioufly, fpecially and comfortably,
then in the daycs of my peace, profperitytand
reft. For beficles particular pfomifes-for that
purpofe, obferve, 1/4. 43. 2. ’ When thou pa/fizff
thy otogh the waters! will he with thee, through the

oools that they doe not overflow the 5 when thou
walkcjf through the wryfirethozt/lmlt fi:1t‘h£ harm’,
neither./lmlltho,~’z'2zmos kindle upon thee. _For~I.1m
the LORD, &C. G o n s childtenin the time
of their aflliétions and fufierings are wont to be
mofl fnithfull, for then Pztith is let a worke one.-
ly to find comfort in G o D. 2.I\/loll _pr;tye,rfiill,,'
Efit.26.I6,I7. L .0 R I) in trouhlo have the; rut»
fitedthee, they powrod out It fmyor when thy Hm-
Jfenirtz my upott them, {,1/:c;_o5 4 womanin tr.<rzmtl:-
is injhrrom .ma'orz'cthtfi herpoimcr, fit 'hxrz)e'wo have

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are pzlllul lnnne horribly and plag,u’d in fBCh cafes,
no lmtixxring pt.a()Ic'l0ulCSIlT.1t the Saints havea
fovem%L;;2eirw./ard verrue, and vigour, I rneane,
pane cc (to wlvcli tl‘1emlclvcs :-lremeere firan-
gLTT\) wlterchytheyiake off he edge, and ex-
tizigtiifli the poylon of all aFHi5tio_ns, whether
froirw G C D. man,m' Satan, which would gate up
tlielicai-ts, anti druikeup the lpirirs, and don.
ble the fling in the wicked, VVl1Cl”ll~t)CVCl' they
are fore vexed; asifMara/eczzia better manythcn
Hanan, doenot crouch to him, it will norone-
ly vexe his heart, but caule him to loofe all that
fweetofhishonour, How,, would wicked men
have taken it, that fuch a dog asiskcmei {hould
raile upon Davidbeinga «King, and Kings you
know are impatient at oppofition, yet David:
patience takes away the Hung and ‘fpirittmlly an-
fvvers, It may bathe L 0 RD‘ hath fiwtjlam, ob-
fetve how grace conquers, and zhat,yFaith in
Go 1': st children begets not lonely peace, but
patience, R07fl.5'.?». We rejoyce in tribulation,
knowing that triéulation bringctlzfart/zpu-iemt.

Brmufi I bwvefinnsa’ againfl laim.'_]

The wicked in their fiilfcrings doe loolte upon
the {martandthe creatures, asa dog upon the
fionethatisthrowne. Go D 5 children looke
upon the offence, their owne defeits, and the
firfl moover,Go n himfelfe, who correéts in love
and for his g00cl,which caufcrh a veil: difference

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and aifwagethe anguilh oftliecroiiie, the bitter.

neileoftherrouble. Thus did 10!», Iofi'p,’;, ZD4,
via’, and fo did allethat truly fczzre G o D prom;-¢_»
a g’L‘c;‘3.tdCJ.lC o*fe.l;:["e aiid pzuience to their foules,
It is r/ye L 0 I{D,r3ec. looking upon their owne
dcferts, upon Goes kindneile, and their ingm-
titude, give fome eafe: As eiltzzzzritizu gm
Emperout who might have faved the lives of
many of G on 3 people from the fword of the e-
nemy, butdid not; at length an enemy came a-
gainflhim, and tooke him, and killed his chili
dren before him, he having one little one at nurfc
it was fen: for and all” o flaine before his eyes, then

hecried outbeing fcnfible of his owne fins, 11;]? i

are My juclgemem: 0 L 0 RD. So holy Brad.
fiard in Qeene Marya: time, cried out to the
L on D that hehad deferved to die, becaufc of
his fins; butfaith he, Behold L o 1: D they pu.
niihnot my fins, but pcrfecute me becaule of thy
Gofpell, and for {landing for thy truth : So
might al the Martyrs have faidgfo we may cry Out
we have finned,wc have bin lulcewarmcywe have
had a form of godlinues & denied the power ther-
of. Nay prodigious villanies,we have had {ins
rife up in the Gofpel, not beforeheard offifitter
for the dark nooks of hel,or midnight ofPopery.
How may wethereforecry out, now we all arc
afiliétedi thyjudgemenzs O L o n n are mofl:
jufi. The conficieration of their deferts, and

looking up untothe L o n D caufed 106, David
and_EZy to be contented. ~

Vnlill

in twfritime of A ffliéfion.

I/ntill beeplmde my ‘mt:/&_;.]

G o n will certainely and for ever plead the
caufe of his, I/4.re.5,6,7. L/Iflmr was fentby
G o n againfi the eople of Go 1:, andwas as
therodin G o o s hand to correétthem, but he
thought not fo, but that it was by his owne
Rrengthmfirc. ggories now‘: negotiwm efl mmim-
prabzk, duo fimt conflderanda. I. Impraéa: 7105;;
fine 6?}: infitrrc malejfiam , é- ideb juffam
efle mu zzmmflram ip/érumre/ficflu. 2. Na: tame»
ju/?E 4/fligi divinitzirg quid [camper repcriemm
multa czmf/u cur Dominm no: mfligct. So may
many a one tell the LORD, that his finnes are
grievous towards him, But that his perfecutors
and opprellbrs ayme not at, but at his belt part,
the good that is in him they fer a ainii, And
therefore defirethe Lo R n to plea their caufe,
But Go 15 will never plead the caufe of the
wicked, but will witneffc againft them, and fo
will all his creatures, and their owne aéiions help
to condemne them.

t/ndexecatc Iudgcmem fir mm]

Though the Church of G o 15 goe downe
for a while; yet at laft moft ccrtainely the day
{hallo be theirs. For this purpofe Go 19 is wont
to improove his owne Omnipotency. allthe
hoafis of Heaven and Earth, the ordinary and

extraordinary agency of his creatures‘, the Sun.
  C the

es.

‘V!’ Cordial! f"or2'/ari./fiztn:

7.

H the Sea, the Stars, Haylei1ones,&c. rnufl 

taculoufly ferve G o v s . turnc for the execu-
ting of this judgement for the Church. All the
miracles of deliverances from the red Sea, and
drowning the .Egypti.m:, to the fwallowing up
of the Spaniards in the Englifh Seas; and the

deliverance from the powder-plot were imploy.
ed this way. flay onely G o n s feafon and his
owne houre. and you {hall fee the falvation of
G o 9 . As Rae/yell when it was befieged,was faved

miraculoufly, and {hame fell upon the oppofcrs,

So for ushere,we or the Church beyond the Seas
beenedeliveredayeare ortwo fince,it had not

beene fo well in the laft of time; for that put‘.

pofc G o n will certainly deliver; this is our

hope, when Chrifiians are flirted up to Prayer,

the time is approaching, but howfoever inthc

befl oftime it {hall be granted.

H c flmll éring mefirt/2 to the lig/2!. J

Aftet-the execution upon the enemies and the
datl<ene{Te of diflreffe dif elled by {the light; of
G o n s countenance, ati eth upon the Church
the Sunne oflightfotnencffe, joy, and comfort,
aswe fee in Mefls fong, Exod..15 . The fong of
Deéorala, Iad'g.5 . The feafling of the Iowa: after

the hanging offlmon, the joy of the Kingdome t

after 88. The day of holy feafting for our Sal-
vation from the Powder-plot ; 715: L 0 R D 54:6
dmegrcat tbingsfir aw, av/vmfare we are glaahffiei.
126. 3. And when the rod hath correéted, it

' {hall

pd}

in the time afA_;j‘lié’fion.

II’

{hall beburned. when the fire hath purified the

gold, it ends it felfe in finder and allies: So
when the wicked have done their worlcc for the
good ol Chri{tians,they fhallbe confumedthem-
felves, as the powder-Traitors were, for which
we have aday, as if it were _in imitation of De-

éoralfr long.

L/1 rid I flmll ée/Jold/1;}; Rig/Jteoufize_[s’c]

In the merciful] performance of his gratious
promifes unto his people. then {hall the Church
find and feelethe truth ofthefe blcifed promi-
fes,Gm.15—r.8c 17.r.of the promife to Abraham
and to his Seed. So Exocl.6. 3. Iofl:.r.5. How
fweetly might Ioflma refrelh himfelfe with the
fence of Go D s mercy and truth, in making good
unto him that promife, Itflw. 1. I willmwtrfidlo
thee norfarfileetlm. The [ems with the fweet-
neffe ofthat,H.¢&alc.z.3. Tim: bit tarry, mitfir
igiecaujéitflmllfurely came an notfhq, when they
returned fit merrily lmnemurdr, P]: I 2 6 .Qt3eenc Eli-
zaéetb of that I S4m.2.3o. Tlvem that honour me
I will lmzaur, when the great Go D of at'mes,with
his powerfull arme had fcattered like a he-ape of
duft before the wind that mighty and (as they
cal’d it)invincible Spanilh- fleet. .

Now looke backe upon all thefe eight parti-
culars and confider the contrary cafe of the wic-
lted, and then obfervethe infinite vaft difference
betweene the grounds and reufons of comfort in

all troubles in the one and the contrary in the o.
C 3 ther:

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A U! C;diallfor C/arijfizzns

thet: There are tealons alfo taken from the {late
ofthe enemies why they {hould not rejoyce in
the troubles of the Saints, and why the pee leof
Go D {hould be patient in their ptefliites an pet-
fecutions.

T/Jen flm t/mt zkmy enemy flmllfie it.]

When the Church is delivered then‘ the enc-
mic mull: downe: when the rod in G o D 5
hand hath corrected his children, it mutt’ be caft
into the fire: When the wicked have refined
Go a 5 people, themfelves mufl he caft into
Hell: Vvhen Go D 5 children have drunke of the
top ofthe cup of Go n s wrath, the wicked {hall
wring out the very dteggs, and dtinke th€m,Pfa'.
75.8. Efi:.Io.12. When uljburhad punilhed
Gore 3 people, and began to bur{_t with pride,
then Go In fets upon him and defitoycs him.
But obferve herethe petfecutors {hall fee the
tiling againeand profperity, which will burft
their very heart with envy and make the m gnafli
theteeth, asa peece and beginning of that hel-
lifh gnaihing of the teeth hereafter, when they
{hall fee thofe bleffed ones, whom they have
fo hated and petfecuted, {it downe with «.1! bra.
lmm, Iflmck and Iacoé, in thekingdome of Hea-

vet) and the mfclvesexcluded.

Andflmmeflmll cover /;€r'.]

And at this light {he {h:;_1l be horribly aflhamed,
efpecially

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in ‘Me time afAfl‘lic:2l;2e;

efpecially hectaufe in the time of the Churches
diflxeffe, difgrace, {he didpcflilently pleafl-and
applaud her felfe: with fucfh inftiltin words as
thefe ( ivlztrc is new tire L 0 RD er 6' 0 Di)
fheis now downe {he will never rife againe, 'and
now {he fees thofe over whom the {o infultcd,
crow n’d with delivettince and joy,i‘,and her ~ felfe
covered with confulioniand lhame. l

tjlly ey esflmll értbolal her.) i 3-

‘ .-. ‘ ' - ;l‘~   _:, .

Which’ equal! )3» W,ilI‘rent the'.hoarts‘of the cue-
mies with felfe-vexing rage, as refrelh the afi‘¢.
&l()DS~0fGOD§ ftzithfull. children with glorious
joy, no:.becauFe.thei1' oppofites are ruined; no
fuch vile, iteivengfullfpitc mull lurke in any gra-
cious heart, but becaufe thereby the glory of
G o n s mercy a_ndtrutl1tohis;and.his jullice to
their implacable and incurable enemies is . made
moreillullriousiandadmirable. “ .

N ow jbe flaztll be trader: Jam» 4: we wire in tbtfl-rfflf. 4
Or at/[raw 2'5 trodm dorvmjfar 16¢ dwzgbill, as
it is, E/ay.25.ro. Afitend fbrfuch Divels, as
had they might to their malice, they would
{wallow up quickly the whole I/m [2 of G o D
P_[t.‘I24..;. Siththe Church of G o n feesand
is fo fenfible of the fcornefull carriage of her e-
nemies, and labours fa indufirioufly to fortifie
her felfc with ieafons againfl that temptation of
beingtroubled with tlieirinfultationsin the tiglc
C 3, of

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J Cerdiallfirmtghriflienst

190:7.

.Re4flI7 I .

of her trou'L)Ie;‘I obferve it is the wont of the
wickecl.tm»::joyce when they fee G o D s cbil-
dren down;-L: Let thtstheteforc bethe point that
fiffi nzlturallydoth offer it Felfc".

It is the want ofthr: twicked out of their dzmghill,
dogged, and deivellz"/hdi/13t2fition:, proudly to z'n/Eel:
udhearethemfilvee 2'22/ltlently again/t the jEr«y};;m
of G 0 D in thetimeof their fiferings.

The wickedrejoyce in the difitefle and dif-
gtace of Ge D rchildren. Proofes for this
you have, E(;k.2;.3,6. Becaufi thou he/l cifycd
aha, and rejcyced and clapped thme hand when
Ifraell went into captivity. Bec4zgfi.jhw4 heft clap-
feet’:/Jizze/2471475, and /iamped withtlre feet, and re-
jojcedin heart withall thy defflte ztgainfl thelzmd of
Ifrael.ergoE I33. 26 .1 .Tyrusfaidagaiufl I emfizlem
ahafbe :3hraken,Ezek. 36.2 . The Etzemyfcid, Aha,
the anciertt highplaces are mm itIptfle]]ion,crgo,é-c.
zeph4.2.8. I have heard the repraechof Moab, and
the revilings of the children of e/Immon, wherhy
they have reprwzched my people endmagnified them-
film: againfltheirharder, ergo, &'c. Pfi. 137.3.
The} that carried ue awry captive, required ofm 4
/&ng, and they that wafled ac, required cf ea
mz’rth,&c.

Becaufe they be limbs oi-"Satan and he impoy-
fons them with all his ill properties, now he in-
finitely tryumphs and pleafeth himfelfe in the
difgraceofgoodnefle, diftreffe of the Church,
and mifery of every godly man, Afietfm ex 0.
die ch’ gauelio mixtue ( fo 1: he Greeke word
fignifics) new odio impulfi, Letaxmer vet gande-

I75!!!

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15

in tire time r2f,1fiq7;',:;K,'m_

mm in aliormn calamitatibw, gfl .c_;j":¢.‘7w prop:-in:
Diaéolorum .- Prayter Ea illi /i qui in diarum
calamitatibm lretantur ad ipjum Diabolum amrltmt.
And they are like him in this peltilent property,
asif he hadfpitthem out of his mouth; when a
good mantis downe they joyswhen he flouriflzeth
-they hate: Now tell me. for you know your
hearts, have you looked upon thefe, and feenc
fome one diicover himfelfe fl1amefu11y,are you
glad ofit; {B would nofgood hwrtba («I dare
fay) thisisla certain: markc thou art a limbo

ofsatan, and this comes from the Divell. to I

fay, O fee then what all thefe are, the Divell
himfelfe would sioyneainrthis (if heiwcre a-»
mongft you) fave this for the language in hell
hereafter, begin not now fo foone, for this fhews
thouarta member of Satan, and he is the head
and thou taficfl of him; clfe normarrcould re-
joyce ata good mans fall,u”whcn ttlwcrefore ‘choir
feel! or hereafter hearefl of any that doe fog
think: of this. he-is like the DlVCll3» in this
no child is more like the father, then he to Satan,

to rejoyce, to difgrace G o n s children; why it

tell me if C H n 1 s r fhonld come now (as
it were happy if he would to end thefe miferable
times) wherewould he find his children, but a-
mongllgood and religious men, though form:
he hypocrites, and wearej vizards in their
facesthat we cannot difcerne them (whomthc
L o R D difcover and unmaske) we hold not
with them, nor for them,but for the truth. And

this! am fure amongfl: good a men onely G o D-

will

I. _....‘..--_....~...—.--\..,......—.. .

Rafi» 2.

Rmfan 3.’

;-—-an-all

g/1 Cordiallfor Cbrijliam

will have his ;_ be careful] therefore thou oppofc
none ofhis~any more, being the members of
C H n 1 s r, for he is their head,but leave that {in to
the Divell and his ilaves.

T‘ Thereis animplacable and evetlafiing enmi-
ty betweene thechildren of light and the chil-
dren ofdarkneile, betweene the feed of the wo-
man and the feed of the Serpent, betweene the
truly tnilitant—and’malignant Church: Where-
upon it is ‘D that this unquenchable hate in the
hearts of C H R x s 'r s enemies, doth not on-
ly ilitrethem up to be notorious inilruments and
meancs to aliliét, vex, and bring Go 1-) s chil-
dteninco mifery; but alio to rejoyce, revile,
and infult overthemc when they are downe, as
appeates in the Prophets before; quoted for this
purpofea 4 a  1 i ~ .~  , ». ,
.  When the beftemen are downe then the wic-
ked domineere and-doe what they liPc, that is,
keepetheir wakes or feafls (as they lay) and as
they would haveit 5 whereas on the other ficie,
whenthe Righteous are in authority and be-are
fway, they are curbed and hang downe their
heads, and are kept under and teilrained from
their rioting and roaring,which makesthem rage
and gnaih their teeth, and combine furiouily
to be rid of them, and rejoyee heartily when
they are difgraced and dejeéted. Confider and
exemplifie this in good Miniflers and Magiilrates
prevailing orput downe. Let a faithfull Mini-
fier preach precifely againil Iwearing, {swagge-

ring, Ale-houfe-meetings, 6?. And if this

mill]

d_._

in the rim: ofdflifiion.

man be back: by authority that the word and
{word joyne together, then all the rifle-raffe of
Hell are dejecfted, but remoove either ofthefe
then Chriftians and all good men are forrowfull,
and the lewd ones rejoyce.

Satan hereby promotes one oll his pellilent
plots in confirming them in that dangerous im-
pollute. and felfe-coufonage about the well-be-
ing of their foules, which they moi’: willingly
imbrace, and upon fuch occafions build higher
theirgroundleffe caille in the ayre, and ftteng.
th"en thofe hopes of Heaven, which when they
cometo the touchflone, will proove but as the
fpiders web, (as Ioéfpeakes) yet in the meane
time they pleafe themfelvespafiingly, and in-
fult out-ragioufly, beeaufe they molt fallly fup-
pofe that their profperity and prevailing againll:
the godly argues that Go D s hand is in mer-
cy upon themfelvels for their unprecifenefle,
and in judgement upon the other for their hy-
pocrifie, which is the quite contrary way; it
is Satans cruell cunning to keepe all his in
as great contentment, jollity and domineering
as he can poflibly, that they may not be trou-
bled with linne, and fo fearch their fpirituall

i eltatcs, and find them nought,c§-c. and at length
15

he loofe them, and therefore improoves
cunningefi slcillto fillthem with all finfnll COE-
tentment, and with all his bittereil ma-.
lice to {titre up all his to oppofe Chtilli-
ans.
To comfort all fufferers for good caufes
D efpeci-

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efpecially if thus qualified in thcfe fix Particu-
lafse V i I ' V °. 0

1'.‘ LOOl\’C' to the caufe and ground of thy
{t,li’er?ngs, els all is naught, ifthat benotgood,
1 C33 . I 3.

2  Thou mufi have acalling to fizfiet and not
totlnufl thy lelfeinto it withouta calling.

3. Thou muff havea cleare confcienee lying
in no lcnowne finne, or elfethy fuflering may
be as e/_Inani.u and Sap/2z'm,ju{t upon thee for thy
hypocrilie.

4. Thou mull have an upright herzrtin it.
5.Thou maifi not aime at by ends to pleafethy
felfe. '

‘6. Thou muftwaite for G o n s time of de-
liverance, he that believes makes not hafle to
getout by illmeanes; if thou be thus qualified
in thy fufferings the 37.P_fl:l.will afford variety of
precious comfort for thee, and tettiblejudge-
ments againflthy Perfecutours. Alfo obferve
thefe.

1. Thefe perlecuting Bclials {hall (will they
ornill they) glorifie G o o eitherin their con.
vetfion, or confufion. And the day is com-
ming in the meanetimeto cleare thy innocenc
and to difcover their malice: The Divell and
thineenemiesbe chained, they can goe no fur.
therthenthey haveleave from G o n. G o n is
about fome exrraordinarywork, that he is thus
fitting thee for it.

2. If Gon turnethem not on our parts there
is mofi caufe we {hould pitty them, and not envy

3!

in tbe tzme qf/Ifflza‘/01¢.

 

 

atitheir eflate: Who would have envied at P:/24:

real}, when he was perfecuting the 1/r4eIz'te.r,
and prefently after himlelfe and all with him call
away:What became ofhimeand what befals one
may befall all. ,

3, lfithou defirell revenge on any in the grea-
tefl manner, it is to have them thrive in ill,
and efpecially in perfecuting the good, Essa/e;
1 3.1 8 .&c.

_   4. When the wicked lflllllt the whole
Church is llirred up againlt them, (J!/I414. 3.
13,16.

5.Thefe inlulting Enemies are but as the
Wine—prcfl'es to wring out the {weft juyce of
Patience and Prayer out of Chriflians, they are
but as the Shcphcards dogg to keep the {heep
out olthe feveralls, and from unwlrolfome pla-
ces 5 and therfore know the time {hall come
thatyou {hall bleffe Go D for them, and con.
fefle that youcoulcl not have bin without your
fufferings under them.

6. The very Perfons of the fufferers them-
felves do teach much fweetnefle and comfort
to others by their grarious carriage-,and alfo from
the n3tureof.1{lliétionit felfe.

I. The generall end of all afiliétion is to make
grace lhine,or purifie the lbule.

2. G o D will glorifie himlelfe in the
ptefervation ofhis; as of the three Children,
Dang. »

3. Aflliétions will quicken and heattheheart,
wht ras many Chtiltians aIr)e cold,é'c,

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4. That it may appeare, as unto Ioé, that

Chtifiians ferve not Goo mercenarily.

5. Thatthey may not be overvalued by others,
fomeoppofe them and get ability for a time to
prevaile.

6.T hat weak Chrillians might not be dejeeled
when they are troubled.

7.’ That it may appeare felicity tells not in
Ill; fe outward things, which Salomon: calls *v4m'...
ty,empty clouds, nay rvexation affpirit, bringing
torment unexpeéted.

8. Thatthe vertues oFChri{lians may be dc.
lightedin, andlhine aboundantlyin thee. Thus
every way agood fufferer may receive comfort
in the depth ofhis mifery,and fupport his heart;
againll all dejeétions and difcouragements.

When I fill I jlmll trz:/&;.]'

From this firft reafon, which is ufed by (ha
Churchto dilfwade wicked men from rejoycing
at her fall, I obferve,

The dearefljérmnts of G 0 D may fallinto tho
Jeepeff dtflrej]7:.

Becaufe one fin will lceepe them downe, much
more all their times being fo grievous to them.
For when fin [1 its and looks grifly in their confci-
ence, it terrifies them 5 when as on the other
fide,wicl<ed men care for no ne; no marvell than
if they fleate in the face,when a godly man looks
heavily.

Satan the firong man procuresall joy to thc

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in the time of Afflifiion. 21

bad; butnot a Divell in Hell, but would do a
Chtifiian mifchiefe, and the L o n D {ome-
times to punifh form: of his fins fuffers Satan to
aliiifi him.dl d

All worl ings are kin one to another, but of ~
awotld of good-fellows,notoneofthem is kind RM‘/an 3“
to a C htifiian, but would do him adiipleafureif
he could.

G on deales with his children as with the Reafm 4;‘
blind man,that had not that punilhment for the A
{in of his Parents or himfelfe, but that G o
may have glory. r

2. For Chtiflianstryall, as Iah. G

3. Sometime in Judgement to harden the wic-
ked. whom they could not win by their good-
nefl”e, they tnuft now be hardened by their
punifhment.

He that refrainesftom evill makes himfelfea Reafm 5';

tey to wicked men,Satan and his cunningworld-
iings, when he that refraines not is contmry.

Many aflliétionsate proper to G o p s chil- 3345,, 5,
dren, as temptations, doubting of Salvation,
(file, Nav fometimes hideous luggeflions, as
were to C H n 1 s 1‘, that no Chriftianisinthat
heighnfotthe Son of G o n to be tempted to
throw himfelfe fiom the-pimxclc of the Temple,» .-
Nay he thatthtmght it not robbetv to he equall
with Go D, to be tempted‘ to war/hip the Diwll,was
more then ever any Chriftian had. *

Becaufe it is call’d 3 vale ofteares to Chtiflians, Rafi»: 7.».
though it be a fooles Patadife to wicked men,
for they have as‘ much pl:-afure, profit and ho-
D 3 nout

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nour as they can get: As Plmrmlz in ./Egypt‘,
when the Aimnzzm were there the leaves were
but {lavas unto them, and thxs reprefented
the narutall ellate of man.

 2.‘ Tphebringginp; out of‘/ligygat was followed

with a long hc~ing in the \/Vildetnel“l'e, which {ig-
ni,_fies,their'gracious flare; tn. whrch they had
many troubles and wants, and after many ter-

._rQLlf5;,,7G?I'fi€ IQ lCdIMa73"a type of Heaven : So
till ,th"Cy~W€l"C‘tl1€l‘C the belt was a wilclernes

orfwzle of tmrcs, becaufe of their leverall trou-
bles.

To Comfort thofe that be full of trouples 5
when they fee one afhiétion upon the neck of
another, to conclude, thevbe fons. not ba-
Ilards, pure go1d,not,rubbz{h.

Let all Chriflians prepare for new rfiaifringr;

p {Q1-rcljll dcathlet us frc.e,'We atcfnot to‘ look

to‘ be free from troubles, and never more need
to be prepared than now, when not only the
Church -beyond the Seas‘, but many good
men he in great troubles, obferve therfote
thefe helps to take away the Ring.

1. (Set Pati£m'e,thC naturallweapon to help
againfl all troubles, whither of GOD, Sa-
tan, or men, 105 by Patience bore all his trou-
bles, the tithe of which troubles would have
made a lcarnal-l man hang himfelfe, as Ha-
mam had no comfort in wife or children, or
outward honour, becaufe he could not with
Patience look upon L/1I0rdcmi whoa little crof-
fed him. A ftnall ctoffe, will robbe a man

that,

in :5: tz'2m- qf}_1fi€7.iV[fion.

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that wants Pazzmce of flu: cwmlort of all other
olt_r,watd thingug let therforc all Chrillians
lahotzr for~.I’a.z‘mce, and excgifclfe ittas Faith,
or love, or any other grace‘; for I know not
whither Cltrhzians lo ntuclt fcandalize Reli-
gion by any thing, as by impatience, when
there is any oppofition, elpccialfly for mam é-
tmme.   P '
Gersyour l'lC£'lrTS to Heaven, for earthly min-
dednefle undoes all.

2. Get /jzfritmzll I0_y,which makes us flande

as firmeas maxim ~S:'oz'c,l ‘itwill heat the heart
and give usrighuoother delights: As the heat
of the garment comes from the heart, for the
heart heats the body, the body the cloathes
and a little refleéts again, fo all comforts we
have come from /jviritmzlllloy: for camall joy
alway makes the heart melancholy after ,
Whereas fphima/1 Ioy eatcs out the heart of
worldly iorrowz Follow that therfore with
eagernes and obferve .the differences thus 5
0 death how bitter is thy remembrance to
thofe that live in cafe, in worldly profperity
and carnal! joy, but it is contrary to thofe that
live in fpmrml! Ioy, they had rather fome of
them have death than flcep when they are
weary. Let a Chriflian tell me (for he know-
eth his flare was once as the naturall mans,
and he laboured for joy, but found it mad-
neffe) now after he is gone on in a Chimi-
an courfe fome few yeares, and feeth his pri-
viledgcs, and prizeth C H R 1 s-r before all

things.

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W ' o./I Cordi all for Clxri [Hans

things and allowes no wickednes in h is heart,but

. hath taken the yoakeand will weare it for ever,

then tell me what joy hath ceazed on his heart
when he hath C H R I s -r. from hence will
fpring as much joy as the heart will hold and
more: If a poore man that lived in want a
longtime, had many thoufands befalne him
by the death of Fome great man. with what

joy would hcvim'bra‘ce it 2' So when a {cor-

ched heart with fight and fence offinne takes
C H a 1 s 1- and hath Heaven and Earth, and
takes pofleflion of the bleffed Word and Pro-
mifes. as fartc then as Heaven furpaffeth the
Earth and both thefe that mans eflate 5 fo this
joy dothoutgothe othergthetfore with the A-
{He I bid fuch a man rejoyce evermore,
ihowtc For joy, éc. Saint Clrryfifiome would
have a Chriftians joy to be like the Sea, into
which if a fparke fall, it cannot dry up all the
moiflure ofthewater, but is prefently extinct:
So lhould the joy of a Chrifiian extinguilh all
afiiiétions; and great reafor’, doth not CHRI sr
promifethat what we loofe here for him, we
fhall have an hundred fold a’ What everit be,
G o n is All-fufficient and can give the com-
fort of it to his, that we may have an hun-
dred fold of the comfort of thefe things here,
and happineffe hereafter: Labour than for this
/immzz Ioy in having C H 1: I s 1‘. this will
comfort in all thetroubles that befall any,though
they be likethetroubles ofthe Church beyond
the Sea, thattnen have all things taken from
‘them

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them; wives and children flaine, or men bani-
ihetl with them out of the Land,yet none can take
Cir R I 51' From us, heis our portionfor ever: la-
bour therfore for him.

Is: it fothat the Church of G o D is in many
troublesc’ "the Spiritof G o o feesit needfull to
give Antidotes againll trouble for her.

T hen this ferves to trouble thole that were ne-
ver troubled, their (‘tare is woefull, it argues
they be ballards: Let none then blelle them.
{elves that they were never troubled in -mind,
for Ifay if any man hath not beene troubled in
mind for his fin, nor be not hereafter troubled
for {in to drive him from all fin, he {hall be
fun: tofuffereverlaflinglyfor it: I pray you let
thisfinkeinto your hearts. and when any is trou-
bled fily not: 0 thefe be the Hypocrites that
willgrow mad,é~c. But let no {uch word come
from any but incarnate Divels. * i ~

oéjcfi. Why,] have feverall crolles and lofres
in my ell-ate, wealceneffe and ficlcenefle of bo-
dy,drc. Therefore my fpirituall c-{late is good
and happy '3

urnfv. There are three things obfervable in
affiiétiong fotaflliaion here ment is,

Firll, Sanét E-rd AlH:Cl:lOtI to caufe us to
grow inthe whole body ofSanCtification and de—~
creafe in fin.

Secondly, If thou allowelt any {in thefe af.
flifiions be the beginning of Hell ttormeats, as
Chrifiians fpirituall joy argues the beginning of
their joyes of Heaven. ' - ‘

B Thirdly,

 

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Thirdly, All rhinggs fitll alike to all outward-
ly, both tltegotlly and the wicked may have of.
liaelions, they wm-ltein the one contrary to the
mht:r, in the onethey work btokennefle of heart
and humility, in the other contrary: they are
i‘"ote-runners ofhell to the one, of Heaven to the.
other.

oéjeéi‘. But I have no fuchttoubles het.e,ther-
fore] am no Chrifliane   A

Lxnfw. It may bethou art troubled that thou
wantefi trouble. ls notthe fence of the want of
troubles now a trouble unto thee:’ but if thou
hall none inward, thou halt Tome outward, art
thounotfmitten with the ill tongues of the wic-
ked 2' Though a Chriflian may goe fo fatten
(thou h.v‘ery.rate)J as not to haveill tongues 21-.
gainft inn, yetaCht-iftian hath caufe thcnro be-
troubled for that, and fufpea himfelfe (though.
hemay bein good eflate) when ill tongues are
not againfi him 5 for men may have the
good word of ill men about thetmbeeaufe oftheie
faults, as. "

1.  When they give too muchliberty to their;
licentioufneffc. ‘ i

2. Not to reproove them when eheyare cal.
ltd to it.

3. When they are fpirituall cowards, and
dare not thew thetnfelves for God.

4. When they defire the good word ofall;
becaufe they thinke elfe, fuch fellowes will raile
on them gthefe be bafe cowatds,iF not Ila rk naught:

‘ letfuch as are t1_‘uC hearted Chtillians fay (asfoldlc

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in the time Afiiiifion,

faid) what have I done that fuch wicked men
fpeal<_e well of me : Saint L/Jag/fin {aid,IwiII by
no meanes be commended by a man that lives ill,
it isa corrafive to my heart, I cannot abide it.
When amanfirfl: rifeth to goodnelfe, his out-
ward virtue like the Sunne rifing cafterh a great
ihadowg fo is there muchoppofition to_it at the
firfl: But when the Sunnc hath come to his
height, then but a little fhadow : fothe height
of graceand virtue may caufe little or no oppofi-
tion, this may be by accident, by helpes of
good outward parts,and fair: and courteous
carriages, not grace and goodnelfc,
for this will dnaw hatred
from every wic-5

Iced man.
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