The application of redemption

So David when Abigail met him and reproved him, and counselled him against his sin, 1 Sam. 25. 32, 33. says he, Blessed be thou, and blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be the Lord, which hath kept me this day from shedding blood; that hast kept me this day from venting this distemper, and hast met me so ⟨p. 339⟩[…] and spake so effectually unto my soul. […] heart that finds his special corruption his greatest […] wherewith he is most pestered, is therefore […] willing to be rid of that, which is most […] to him, and therefore the word that meets […] directly, and works most powerfully, his will, […] Gods will meet there fully, and therefore he is […] pleased: When a reproof stabs him to the […], Oh more of that Lord; and that comfort […] would remove his main discouragement, he […] the continuance of that: That exhortation […] would awaken his sluggish spirit, and put life […] virtue into his soul, he says, speak home there Lord, Prov. 2. 10. When wisdom entereth into thy […], and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul: Oh […] hath wished this, longed for, looked for this, and […] now he hath his will, and his hearts desire, […] is pleased at the heart; when the Lord brings off his spirit kindly that was awk and wearish in duty, […] the best day that he hath seen a long time; Oh […] he that I had such a heart still, ever to be in this […], for God and against my sins: and still he […] in that frame; Psal. 85. 8. I will hear what God will speak to my soul: whereas a corrupt heart when the Word meets with his beloved lusts […] the heart is in league, and indeed would not only pinch, but pluck it away by main force; it's death to him, and so distasteful as that he cannot endure it, though he can hear many Counsels, receive some general Reproofs, and listen to many […], yet this he bears not: It is as though a man should rent a member from his Body, or pluck one part from another; the sinner riseth up with fell opposition here: As she said when she had lost her Darling, and conceived that the Man of God had a hand in it, What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? ⟨p. 340⟩¹