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Four learned and godly treatises viz. The carnal hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulness…Foure learned and godly treatises viz. The carnall hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulnesse…
Four learned and godly treatises viz. The carnal hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulness of sin. The benefit of afflictions. By T.H.Foure learned and godly treatises viz. The carnall hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulnesse of sinne. The benefit of afflictions. By T.H.
London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A man that is troubled with the toothache, if the Tooth-drawer apply his instrument, and he find he hath hold of it, he saith, that is it, pull it out, leave nothing behind. So when the ⟨p. 222⟩soul is under the stroke of strong distemper, if he make conscience of these things, when the word comes home to his soul, and meets with that distemper, he saith Lord, pluck out all of it, that I may never see that pride more that I may never see that malice more, leave not a stump behind, Lord, that I may be freed from that cursed distemper of spirit, this is the difference between a varnished hypocrite, and a sound heart, a wretched unsound heart, it fears least the Word should come home to it, it fears the blow when he seeth it coming, he wisheth he were rid of the place, or the Minister rid of that point; but a sound heart fears least the Word should not come close enough, it is conscious to it self, and knows and sees, I have heard such Sermons, and such terrors, and ⟨p. 223⟩such mercies revealed, and I am still to this day stubborn, to this day rebellious; so that I fear nothing will prevail with me, nothing will get ground against this rebellious spirit of mine, I fear the Word will not touch me, nor master this rebellious spirit, this is somewhat, you mean in good earnest that you and your sin will part; it is a fine passage Zach. 13.6. One meets him and asks him, where hadst thou this wound? I was wounded in the house of my friend; a gracious heart counts the Minister a friendly Minister, and a friendly Word that cuts his heart to the quick, and goeth to the core of his corruptions, oh the wound was the wound of a friend, it was a friendly reproof, the Minister spake friendly to me that wounded my corruptions, I saw the ⟨p. 224⟩core coming, why this is somewhat when the soul can welcome such truths, as are for the a wakening of it.
A man that is troubled with the toothach, if the Tooth-drawer apply his instrument, and hee find hee hath hold of it, hee saith, that is it, pull it out, leave nothing behind. So when the ⟨p. 222⟩