Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

1. There is first a necessity, that the hart which is full of evil by nature, must be emptied by conversion, and replenished with grace, or not saved with glory. what scuppet have we then to free the heart of this muddy pollution? Lo, how happily we fall upon Repentance; God grant Repentance fall upon us. The proper engine ordained & blessed of God to this purpose, is Repentance: a grace, without which man can never extricate himself from the bondage of Satan: a grace whereat (when it lights on a sinful soul) the devils murmur and vex themselves in hell,¹ and the good Angels rejoice in heaven. ²This is that blessed engine, that lightens the hearts of such a burden, that Rocks and Mountains, and the vast body of the earth laid on a distressed & desperate sinner, are corks and feathers to it.

1. There is first a necessitie, that the hart which is full of euill by nature, must be emptied by conuersion, and replenished with grace, or not saued with glory. what scuppet haue we then to free the heart of this muddy pollution? Loe, how happily we fall vpon Repentance; God grant Repentance fall vpon vs. The proper engine ordained & blessed of God to this purpose, is Repentāce: a grace, without which man can neuer extricate himselfe from the bondage of Satan: a grace whereat (whē it lights on a sinnefull soule) the deuils murmure and vexe themselues in hell,¹ and the good Angels reioyce in heauen. ²This is that blessed engine, that lightens the hearts of such a burden, that Rockes and Mountains, and the vast body of the earth layed on a distressed & desperate sinner, are corkes and fethers to it.

1. 1Luk 15.
2. 2Reu. 6. 16.