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The last visitation
The last visitation: conflicts and death of Mr. Thomas Peacock bachelor of divinity, and fellow of Brazen-nose-College in Oxford. Published by E B from the copy of that famous divine, Mr. Robert Bolton, late minister of Broughton in Northampton-shire.The last visitation: conflicts and death of Mr. Thomas Peacock batchellor of divinity, and fellow of Brasen-nose-Colledge in Oxford. Published by E B from the copie of that famous divine, Mr. Robert Bolton, late minister of Broughton in Northhampton-shire.
London: printed for William Miller, 1660
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.
Elizabeth said, Whence is it tha• the mother of the Lord should come unto me? surely from ⟨p. 41⟩their Christian heart. Truly I could hardly have come to you, but that I thought I was bound in conscience, because I know you to be the servant of the Lord: When you were well, if we should have come with proofs out of the Word of the Lord, you would have believed us. Yes. Why not now when your judgement is blinded? Oh, the judgement of God! Call it as •e calleth it, Corrections. Oh, •ny insensible heart! Oh, dead! A dead man cannot perceive himself dead, and God quick•eth the dead. Oh, if he would enlarge my heart! This desire •s good; But it is without savour. God in mercy will •eild you a comfortable relish: Consider I pray you; whereas man may object, The ⟨p. 42⟩Lord is strong and terrible. It followeth, Merciful withal. But I am backward in seeking it. He is gracious, more forward then thou canst be backward: but I have provoked. Him; he is slow to anger: but my sins are great but he is abundant in goodness and in truth. The Lord hath promised that he on hi• part will be our God, an• we on our part shall be his people. For a while he commended him to God: shortly after returning, he prayed with him Cast your burden upon God He hath rejected me. Who mad• you his counsellor? Secret things belong unto God, bu• revealed things unto us: wil• you make Almanacs? He dot• manifest it: Oh mine abominabl• bringing up of youth! he withal ⟨p. 43⟩groaned most deeply. If you had done as well as the justest man, you should stand in need of the merits of Christ. I, or another may bring arguments, but it belongs to the Lord to fasten them on the heart. I say to you as Noah did to Japheth, God persuade Japheth, &c. What if your sins were as crimson, God can make them as snow. That is true of those that are capable. Behold, we make your estate our own, we have part in your sorrow: who hath thus (think you) disposed our hearts? God. And do you think that he which causeth us to love you, doth not love you himself? I fear I did too much glory in matters of private service to God. The nearer we come to God, the more we see our own vileness. This is the use which I make of