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             The cause and cure of a vvounded conscience by Tho. Fuller ...
             Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
          
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             1647.
          
           
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           Conscience.
           Christian ethics.
        
      
    
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           THE
           CAUSE
           AND
           CURE
           OF
           A
           VVOVNDED
           CONSCIENCE
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           THO:
           FULLER
           ,
           
             B.
             D.
             
          
        
         
           
             PROV.
             18.
             14.
             
          
           
             But
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             who
             can
             beare
             ?
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Williams
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Crowne
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Churchyard
           .
           
             M
             D
             C
             XLVII
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           ,
           And
           Vertuous
           Lady
           ,
           
             Frances
             Mannours
             ,
          
           Countesse
           of
           
             Rutland
             .
          
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           BY
           the
           Judicial
           Law
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           if
           a
           servant
           had
           
           children
           by
           a
           wife
           which
           was
           given
           him
           by
           his
           Master
           ,
           though
           he
           himselfe
           
           went
           forth
           free
           in
           the
           seventh
           yeere
           ,
           yet
           his
           children
           did
           remain
           with
           his
           Master
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           goods
           of
           his
           possession
           .
           I
           ever
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           a
           servant
           to
           that
           noble
           Family
           ,
           whence
           your
           
             Honour
          
           is
           extracted
           .
           And
           of
           late
           in
           that
           house
           I
           have
           been
           wedded
           to
           the
           pleasant
           embraces
           of
           a
           private
           life
           ,
           the
           fittest
           
             wife
             ,
          
           and
           meetest
           
             Helper
          
           that
           can
           be
           provided
           for
           a
           Student
           in
           troublesome
           
           times
           :
           And
           the
           same
           hath
           been
           bestowed
           upon
           me
           by
           the
           bounty
           of
           your
           Noble
           Brother
           ,
           
             EDW
             :
          
           Lord
           
             MONTAGUE
             :
          
           Wherefore
           what
           issue
           soever
           shall
           result
           from
           my
           mind
           ,
           by
           his
           meanes
           most
           happily
           marryed
           to
           a
           retired
           life
           ,
           must
           of
           due
           redound
           to
           his
           
             Honour
             ,
          
           as
           the
           sole
           Proprietarie
           of
           my
           paines
           during
           my
           present
           condition
           .
           Now
           this
           
             Booke
          
           is
           my
           eldest
           Off-spring
           ,
           which
           had
           it
           
           
           
           beene
           a
           Sonne
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           a
           Worke
           of
           Masculine
           beauty
           and
           bignesse
           )
           it
           should
           have
           waited
           as
           a
           
             Page
          
           in
           Dedication
           to
           his
           
             Honour
             .
          
           But
           finding
           it
           to
           be
           of
           the
           weaker
           sexe
           ,
           little
           in
           strength
           ,
           and
           low
           in
           stature
           ,
           may
           it
           be
           admitted
           (
           
             Madam
          
           )
           to
           attend
           on
           your
           
             Ladiship
             ,
          
           his
           
             Honours
          
           Sister
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           mind
           your
           
             Ladiship
          
           how
           God
           hath
           measured
           outward
           happinesse
           
           unto
           you
           by
           the
           
             Cubit
             of
             the
             Sanctuarie
             ,
          
           of
           the
           largest
           size
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           would
           be
           posed
           to
           wish
           more
           then
           what
           your
           
             Ladiship
          
           doth
           enjoy
           .
           My
           prayer
           to
           God
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           shining
           as
           a
           Pearle
           of
           Grace
           here
           ,
           you
           may
           shine
           as
           a
           Starre
           in
           Glory
           hereafter
           .
           So
           resteth
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             in
             all
             Christian
             offices
             ,
             
               Tho
               :
               Fuller
               .
            
          
           
             Boughton
             ,
             
               Ian.
               25.
               1646.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           AS
           one
           
             was
             not
             anciently
          
           to
           want
           a
           
             wedding
             garment
          
           at
           a
           Marriage
           feast
           ;
           So
           now
           adayes
           ,
           wilfully
           to
           weare
           gaudy
           cloathes
           at
           a
           Funerall
           ,
           is
           justly
           censurable
           as
           unsuiting
           with
           the
           occasion
           .
           Wherefore
           in
           this
           sad
           subject
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           decline
           all
           light
           and
           luxurious
           expressions
           :
           And
           if
           I
           be
           found
           faulty
           therein
           ,
           I
           cry
           and
           crave
           God
           and
           the
           Reader
           pardon
           .
           Thus
           
           desiring
           that
           my
           pains
           may
           prove
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           thine
           ,
           and
           my
           owne
           edification
           ,
           I
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Thine
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Fuller
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           of
           the
           severall
           Dialogues
           .
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
               Dialogue
               .
            
             What
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             is
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             godly
             and
             reprobate
             may
             be
             tortured
             .
          
           
             
               page
               1.
               
            
          
           
             
               2.
               Dial.
            
             What
             use
             they
             are
             to
             make
             thereof
             ,
             who
             neither
             hitherto
             were
             (
             nor
             haply
             hereafter
             shall
             be
             )
             visited
             with
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               3.
               Dial.
            
             Three
             solemne
             seasons
             when
             men
             are
             surprised
             with
             wounded
             consciences
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             
               4.
               Dial.
            
             The
             great
             torment
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             proved
             by
             Reasons
             and
             Examples
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               20
            
          
           
             
               5
               Dial.
            
             Soveraign
             uses
             to
             be
             made
             of
             the
             
             torment
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               page
               30.
               
            
          
           
             
               6.
               
               Dial.
            
             That
             in
             some
             cases
             more
             repentance
             must
             be
             preached
             to
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               36.
               
            
          
           
             
               7.
               
               Dial.
            
             Onely
             Christ
             is
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             soules
             truly
             contrite
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               43.
               
            
          
           
             
               8.
               
               Dial.
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             drawne
             from
             the
             grievousnesse
             of
             his
             sins
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               50.
               
            
          
           
             
               9.
               
               Dial.
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             drawn
             from
             the
             slightnesse
             of
             his
             Repentance
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               59
            
          
           
             
               10.
               
               Dial.
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             drawn
             from
             the
             feeblenesse
             of
             his
             faith
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               72.
               
            
          
           
             
               11.
               
               Dial.
            
             God
             alone
             can
             satisfie
             all
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               76.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               12.
               
               Dial.
            
             Means
             to
             be
             used
             by
             wounded
             consciences
             ,
             for
             the
             recovering
             of
             comfort
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               81.
               
            
          
           
             
               13.
               
               Dial.
            
             Foure
             wholsome
             counsels
             for
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             to
             practice
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               95.
               
            
          
           
             
               14.
               
               Dial.
            
             Comfortable
             meditations
             for
             wounded
             consciences
             to
             muse
             upon
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               102
            
          
           
             
               15.
               
               Dial.
            
             That
             is
             not
             alwayes
             the
             greatest
             sin
             whereof
             a
             man
             is
             guilty
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             conscience
             is
             most
             pained
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               111.
               
            
          
           
             
               16.
               
               Dial.
            
             Obstructions
             hindring
             the
             speedy
             flowing
             of
             comfort
             into
             a
             troubled
             soule
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               118.
               
            
          
           
             
               17.
               
               Dial.
            
             What
             is
             to
             be
             conceived
             of
             their
             finall
             estate
             who
             die
             in
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             without
             any
             visible
             comf●…rt
             ;
          
           
             
               p.
               124.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               18
               Dial.
            
             Of
             the
             different
             time
             and
             manner
             of
             the
             comming
             of
             comfort
             to
             such
             who
             are
             healed
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               134.
               
            
          
           
             
               19.
               
               Dial.
            
             How
             such
             who
             are
             compleatly
             cured
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             are
             to
             demeane
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               140
            
          
           
             
               20.
               
               Dial.
            
             Whether
             one
             cured
             of
             a
             wounded
             con●…cience
             ,
             be
             subject
             to
             a
             relapse
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               147.
               
            
          
           
             
               21.
               
               Dial.
            
             Whether
             it
             be
             lawfull
             to
             pray
             for
             ,
             or
             to
             pray
             against
             ,
             or
             to
             praise
             God
             for
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               p.
               152.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           CAUSE
           &
           CURE
           OF
           A
           wounded
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           
             
               I.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             What
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             is
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Godly
             and
             Reprobate
             may
             be
             tortured
             .
          
           
             
               Timotheus
               .
            
             
               SEeing
               the
               best
               way
               never
               to
               know
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               by
               wofull
               experience
               ,
               is
               speedily
               to
               know
               it
               by
               a
               sanctified
               consideration
               thereof
               :
               Give
               me
               (
               I
               pray
               you
               )
               the
               description
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               
               the
               highest
               degree
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Philologus
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               
                 Conscience
              
               frighted
               at
               the
               sight
               of
               
                 *
              
               sin
               ,
               and
               weight
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               ,
               even
               unto
               the
               despaire
               of
               all
               pardon
               ,
               
                 during
                 the
                 present
                 Agony
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               there
               any
               difference
               betwixt
               a
               
                 broken
                 
                   *
                
                 spirit
                 ,
              
               and
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               this
               your
               acception
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Exceeding
               much
               :
               for
               a
               
                 broken
                 spirit
              
               is
               to
               be
               prayed
               and
               laboured
               for
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               healthfull
               and
               happy
               temper
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               letting
               in
               as
               much
               comfort
               ,
               as
               it
               leakes
               out
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               :
               Whereas
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               is
               a
               miserable
               maladie
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               filling
               it
               for
               the
               present
               with
               despaire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               In
               this
               your
               sense
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               
                 conscience
              
               wounded
               every
               time
               that
               the
               soule
               is
               smitten
               with
               guiltinesse
               for
               any
               sinne
               committed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               God
               forbid
               :
               otherwise
               
               his
               servants
               would
               be
               in
               a
               sad
               condition
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               case
               of
               
                 David
              
               
                 *
              
               smitten
               by
               his
               owne
               heart
               ,
               for
               being
               (
               as
               he
               thought
               )
               over-bold
               with
               Gods
               
                 Anointed
                 ,
              
               in
               cutting
               off
               the
               skirt
               of
               
                 Sauls
              
               garment
               ;
               such
               hurts
               are
               presently
               heal'd
               by
               a
               
                 Plaister
              
               of
               
                 Christs
                 blood
                 ,
              
               applyed
               by
               
                 faith
                 ,
              
               and
               never
               come
               to
               that
               height
               to
               be
               counted
               and
               called
               
                 wounded
                 c●…nsciences
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Are
               the
               
                 godly
                 ,
              
               a●…
               well
               as
               the
               
                 wicked
                 ,
              
               subject
               to
               this
               malady
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               :
               
                 Vessels
                 of
                 honour
              
               as
               well
               as
               
                 vessels
                 of
                 wrath
              
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               are
               subject
               to
               the
               
                 knocks
              
               and
               
                 br●…ises
              
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
               A
               patient
               
                 Job
                 ,
              
               p●…ous
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               faithfull
               
                 Paul
              
               may
               be
               vexed
               therewith
               no
               lesse
               then
               a
               cursed
               
                 Cain
                 ,
              
               perfidious
               
                 Achit●…phil
                 ,
              
               or
               treacherous
               
                 Judas
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               
                 difference
              
               betwixt
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               
               in
               the
               
                 godly
                 ,
              
               and
               in
               the
               
                 reprobate
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               None
               at
               all
               ;
               oft
               times
               in
               the
               parties
               apprenensions
               ,
               both
               (
               for
               the
               time
               being
               )
               conceiving
               their
               estates
               equally
               desperate
               ;
               little
               ,
               if
               any
               ,
               in
               the
               widenesse
               and
               anguish
               of
               the
               
                 wound
              
               it selfe
               ,
               which
               (
               for
               the
               time
               )
               may
               be
               as
               tedious
               and
               torturing
               in
               the
               
                 godly
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               the
               
                 wicked
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               then
               doe
               they
               differ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Exceeding
               much
               in
               Gods
               intention
               ,
               gashing
               the
               
                 wicked
                 ,
              
               as
               
                 Malefactors
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               Justice
               ,
               but
               lancing
               the
               
                 godly
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               love
               ,
               as
               a
               
                 Surgeon
              
               his
               
                 Patients
                 .
              
               Likewise
               they
               differ
               in
               the
               issue
               and
               event
               of
               the
               
                 wound
                 ,
              
               which
               ends
               in
               the
               eternall
               confusion
               of
               the
               one
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               correction
               &
               amendment
               of
               the
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Some
               have
               said
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               their
               pain
               ,
               by
               this
               
                 mark
              
               they
               may
               be
               distinguished
               ,
               because
               
               the
               
                 Godly
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 wounded
                 ,
              
               complain
               most
               of
               their
               
                 Sinnes
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 wicked
              
               of
               their
               
                 sufferings
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               heard
               as
               much
               ;
               But
               dare
               not
               lay
               too
               much
               
                 stresse
              
               on
               this
               slender
               signe
               ,
               (
               to
               make
               it
               generally
               true
               )
               for
               feare
               of
               failing
               .
               For
               
                 sorrow
              
               for
               
                 sin
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 sorrow
              
               for
               
                 suffering
                 ,
              
               are
               oft
               times
               so
               twisted
               and
               interwoven
               in
               the
               same
               person
               ,
               yea
               in
               the
               same
               sigh
               and
               Groane
               ,
               that
               sometimes
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               the
               partie
               himself
               so
               to
               separate
               and
               divide
               them
               in
               his
               owne
               sense
               and
               feeling
               ,
               as
               to
               know
               which
               proceedeth
               from
               the
               one
               and
               which
               from
               the
               other
               .
               Onely
               the
               All-seeing
               
                 Eye
              
               of
               an
               infinite
               God
               is
               able
               to
               discerne
               and
               distinguish
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Informe
               me
               concerning
               the
               Nature
               of
               
                 Wounded
                 Consciences
              
               in
               the
               
                 wicked
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Excuse
               he
               herein
               :
               I
               remember
               
               a
               
                 Passage
              
               in
               S.
               
                 *
              
               
                 Augustine
                 ,
              
               who
               enquired
               what
               might
               be
               the
               cause
               that
               the
               
                 fall
              
               of
               the
               
                 Angells
              
               is
               not
               plainly
               set
               down
               in
               the
               
                 Old
                 Testam.
              
               with
               the
               manner
               and
               circumstances
               thereof
               ,
               resolveth
               it
               thus
               :
               
                 God
                 ,
                 like
                 a
                 wise
                 Surgeon
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 open
                 that
                 wound
                 which
                 he
                 never
                 intended
                 to
                 cure
                 :
              
               Of
               whose
               words
               thus
               farre
               I
               make
               use
               ,
               that
               as
               it
               was
               not
               according
               to
               Gods
               pleasure
               to
               restore
               the
               Devils
               ,
               so
               it
               being
               above
               mans
               power
               to
               cure
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               in
               the
               
                 wicked
                 ,
              
               I
               will
               not
               meddle
               with
               that
               which
               I
               cannot
               mend
               :
               Onely
               will
               insist
               on
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               i●…
               Gods
               children
               ,
               where
               ,
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               ,
               one
               may
               be
               the
               instrument
               ,
               to
               give
               some
               ease
               ,
               and
               remedy
               unto
               their
               disease
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               II.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             What
             use
             they
             are
             to
             make
             thereof
             ,
             who
             neither
             hitherto
             were
             (
             nor
             haply
             hereafter
             spall
             be
             )
             visited
             with
             a
             
               wounded
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               ARe
               all
               Gods
               Children
               ,
               either
               in
               their
               life
               or
               at
               their
               death
               ,
               visited
               with
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               O
               no
               :
               God
               inviteth
               many
               ,
               with
               his
               
                 Golden
                 Scepter
                 ,
              
               whom
               he
               never
               bruiseth
               with
               his
               
                 r●…d
                 of
                 iron
                 .
              
               Many
               ,
               neither
               in
               their
               
                 conversion
                 ,
              
               nor
               in
               the
               sequell
               of
               their
               
                 lives
                 ,
              
               have
               ever
               felt
               that
               
                 paine
              
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               and
               measure
               ,
               as
               amounteth
               to
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Must
               not
               the
               
                 pangs
              
               in
               their
               
                 Travell
              
               of
               the
               
                 new-birth
              
               be
               
               painfull
               unto
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Painfull
               ,
               but
               in
               different
               degrees
               .
               The
               
                 Blessed
                 Virgin
                 Mary
              
               (
               most
               hold
               )
               was
               deliver'd
               without
               any
               
                 paine
                 ;
              
               `as
               well
               may
               that
               
                 child
              
               be
               
                 borne
              
               without
               
                 sorrow
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               conceived
               without
               
                 sin
                 .
              
               The
               
                 women
              
               of
               
                 Israel
              
               were
               sprightfull
               and
               lively
               ,
               unlike
               the
               
                 Egyptians
                 .
              
               
                 *
              
               The
               former
               favour
               none
               can
               have
               ,
               in
               their
               
                 spirituall
                 travell
                 ;
              
               the
               latter
               some
               receive
               ,
               who
               though
               other
               whiles
               tasting
               of
               legall
               frights
               and
               fears
               ,
               yet
               God
               so
               
                 *
              
               
                 preventeth
                 them
                 with
                 his
                 blessings
                 of
                 goodnesse
                 ,
              
               that
               they
               smart
               not
               so
               deeply
               therein
               as
               other
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Who
               are
               those
               which
               commo●…ly
               have
               such
               gentle
               usage
               in
               their
               
                 conversion
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Generally
               such
               ,
               who
               never
               were
               notoriously
               profane
               ,
               and
               have
               had
               the
               benefit
               of
               godly
               education
               from
               pious
               parents
               .
               
               In
               some
               Corporations
               ,
               the
               sons
               of
               Free-men
               ,
               bred
               under
               their
               Fathers
               in
               their
               Profession
               ,
               may
               set
               up
               and
               exercise
               their
               
                 Fathers
                 Trade
                 ,
              
               without
               ever
               being
               bound
               
                 Apprentices
              
               thereunto
               .
               Such
               children
               whose
               
                 parents
              
               have
               been
               
                 Citizens
              
               of
               new
               
                 *
              
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               and
               have
               been
               bred
               in
               the
               mysterie
               
               of
               godlinesse
               ,
               oftentimes
               are
               
               entred
               into
               Religion
               without
               any
               
                 spirit
                 of
                 bondage
              
               seizing
               upon
               them
               ,
               a
               great
               benefit
               and
               rare
               blessing
               ,
               where
               God
               in
               his
               goodnesse
               is
               pleased
               to
               bestow
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               may
               be
               the
               reason
               of
               Gods
               so
               different
               dealing
               with
               his
               owne
               
                 Servants
                 ,
              
               that
               some
               of
               them
               are
               so
               deeply
               ,
               and
               others
               not
               at
               all
               afflicted
               with
               
                 a
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 Even
                 so
                 Father
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 pleaseth
                 thee
                 .
              
               Yet
               in
               
                 humility
              
               these
               
                 Reasons
              
               may
               be
               assigned
               ,
               1.
               
               To
               shew
               himselfe
               a
               
                 free
                 Agent
                 ,
              
               not
               
               confined
               to
               follow
               the
               same
               precedent
               ,
               and
               to
               deal
               with
               all
               as
               he
               doth
               with
               some
               .
               2.
               
               To
               render
               the
               prospect
               of
               his
               proceedings
               the
               more
               pleasant
               to
               their
               fight
               ,
               who
               judiciously
               survey
               it
               ,
               when
               they
               meet
               with
               so
               much
               diversity
               and
               variety
               therein
               .
               3.
               
               That
               men
               being
               both
               ingorant
               when
               ,
               and
               uncertaine
               whether
               or
               not
               ,
               God
               will
               vi●…it
               them
               with
               
                 wounded
                 Conciences
                 ,
              
               may
               wait
               on
               him
               with
               humble
               hearts
               ,
               in
               the
               worke
               of
               their
               salvation
               ,
               
                 looking
                 as
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 the
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 servants
                 to
                 receive
                 Orders
                 from
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 their
                 Master
                 ,
              
               but
               what
               ,
               when
               ,
               and
               how
               they
               know
               not
               ,
               which
               quickens
               their
               daily
               expectations
               ,
               and
               diligent
               dependance
               on
               his
               pleasure
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               one
               of
               those
               ,
               whom
               God
               hitherto
               hath
               humbled
               with
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 :
              
               give
               me
               some
               instruction
               for
               my
               behaviour
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               be
               heartily
               thankfull
               to
               Gods
               infinite
               goodnesse
               ,
               who
               hath
               not
               dealt
               thus
               with
               every
               one
               .
               Now
               because
               
                 Repentance
              
               hath
               two
               parts
               ,
               
                 Mourning
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 mending
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Humiliation
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               the
               more
               God
               hath
               abated
               thee
               ,
               in
               the
               former
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               
                 Gentlenesse
                 ,
              
               the
               more
               must
               thou
               increase
               in
               the
               latter
               ,
               out
               of
               thy
               
                 Gratitude
                 .
              
               What
               thy
               
                 Humiliation
              
               hath
               wanted
               of
               other
               men
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 depth
              
               thereof
               ,
               let
               thy
               
                 Reformation
              
               make
               up
               in
               the
               
                 Bredth
              
               thereof
               ,
               spreading
               into
               an
               universall
               
                 Obedience
              
               unto
               all
               Gods
               Commandements
               .
               Well
               may
               he
               expect
               more
               
                 work
              
               to
               be
               done
               by
               thy
               
                 Hands
                 ,
              
               who
               hath
               laid
               lesse
               
                 Weight
              
               to
               be
               borne
               on
               thy
               
                 Shoulders
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               use
               must
               I
               make
               of
               Gods
               kindnesse
               unto
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               You
               are
               bound
               the
               more
               patiently
               to
               beare
               all
               Gods
               
                 rods
                 ,
              
               
               
                 poverty
                 ,
                 sicknesse
                 ,
                 disgrace
                 ,
                 captivity
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               seeing
               God
               hath
               freed
               thee
               from
               the
               stinging
               scorpion
               of
               
                 a
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               shall
               I
               demeane
               my selfe
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Be
               not
               high
               minded
               ,
               but
               feare
               ;
               for
               thou
               canst
               not
               infallibly
               inferre
               ,
               That
               because
               thou
               hast
               not
               hitherto
               ,
               hereafter
               thou
               shalt
               not
               taste
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               therefore
               for
               the
               future
               with
               continuall
               feare
               ,
               wait
               for
               the
               comming
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Wait
               not
               for
               it
               with
               servile
               feare
               ,
               but
               watch
               against
               it
               with
               constant
               carefulnes
               .
               There
               is
               a
               slavish
               feare
               to
               be
               visited
               with
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               which
               feare
               is
               to
               be
               avoided
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               opposite
               to
               the
               free
               spirit
               of
               Grace
               ,
               derogatory
               to
               the
               goodnesse
               of
               God
               in
               his
               
                 Gospel
                 ,
              
               destructive
               to
               spiritull
               joy
               ,
               which
               
               we
               ought
               alwayes
               to
               have
               ,
               and
               dangerous
               to
               the
               soule
               wrecking
               it
               with
               anxieties
               ,
               and
               unworthy
               suspitions
               .
               Thus
               to
               feare
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               is
               in
               part
               to
               feele
               it
               ,
               antidating
               ones
               misery
               ,
               and
               tormenting
               himselfe
               before
               the
               time
               ,
               seeking
               for
               that
               he
               would
               be
               loth
               to
               finde
               :
               like
               the
               wicked
               in
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Gospel
                 ,
              
               of
               whom
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 Mens
                 hearts
                 failing
                 them
                 for
                 feare
                 ,
                 and
                 looking
                 for
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 comming
                 .
              
               Far
               be
               such
               a
               
                 feare
              
               from
               thee
               ,
               and
               all
               good
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               feare
               then
               is
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               so
               lately
               recommended
               unto
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               One
               consisting
               in
               the
               cautions
               avoiding
               of
               all
               causes
               and
               occasions
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               conjoyned
               with
               a
               confidence
               in
               Gods
               goodnesse
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               either
               preserve
               us
               from
               ,
               or
               protect
               us
               in
               the
               torture
               thereof
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               ever
               sends
               it
               ,
               will
               
               sanctifie
               it
               in
               us
               ,
               to
               his
               Glory
               ,
               and
               our
               Good
               .
               May
               I
               ,
               you
               ,
               and
               all
               Gods
               servants
               ,
               ever
               have
               this
               
                 noble
                 feare
              
               (
               as
               I
               may
               terme
               it
               )
               in
               our
               hearts
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               III.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Three
             solemne
             seasons
             when
             men
             are
             surprized
             with
             wounded
             consciences
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               WHat
               are
               those
               times
               ,
               wherein
               men
               most
               commonly
               are
               assaulted
               with
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               So
               bad
               a
               
                 guest
              
               may
               visit
               a
               man
               at
               any
               houre
               of
               his
               life
               :
               For
               no
               season
               is
               unseasonable
               for
               God
               to
               be
               just
               ,
               Satan
               to
               be
               mischievous
               ,
               and
               sinfull
               man
               to
               be
               miserable
               ;
               yet
               it
               happeneth
               especially
               at
               three
               principall
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Of
               these
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               first
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               twilight
               of
               a
               mans
               conversion
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               conflict
               and
               combat
               betwixt
               nature
               and
               Innitiall
               grace
               .
               For
               then
               he
               that
               formerly
               slept
               in
               carnall
               security
               ,
               is
               awakened
               with
               his
               fearfull
               condition
               :
               
                 God
                 ,
              
               as
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 Psal.
              
               50.
               21.
               
                 setteth
                 his
                 sins
                 in
                 order
                 before
                 his
                 eyes
                 .
                 Inprimis
                 ,
              
               the
               sin
               of
               his
               conception
               .
               
                 Item
                 ,
              
               the
               sinnes
               of
               his
               childhood
               .
               
                 Item
                 ,
              
               of
               his
               youth
               .
               
                 Item
                 ,
              
               of
               his
               mans
               estate
               ,
               &c.
               Or
               ,
               
                 Inprimis
                 ,
              
               sinnes
               against
               the
               first
               table
               .
               
                 Item
                 ,
              
               sins
               against
               the
               second
               ;
               so
               many
               of
               ignorance
               ,
               so
               many
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               so
               many
               of
               presumption
               severally
               sorted
               by
               themselves
               .
               Hee
               committed
               sinnes
               confusedly
               ,
               hudling
               them
               up
               in
               heaps
               ,
               but
               God
               
                 sets
                 them
                 in
                 order
                 ,
              
               and
               methodizeth
               them
               to
               his
               hand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Sins
               thus
               set
               in
               order
               must
               needs
               be
               a
               terrible
               sight
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               surely
               ,
               the
               rather
               because
               the
               Metaphor
               may
               seem
               taken
               from
               setting
               an
               
                 Army
                 in
                 Battell
                 array
                 .
              
               At
               this
               conflict
               in
               his
               first
               conversion
               ,
               
                 Behold
                 a
                 troup
              
               of
               sinnes
               
                 commeth
                 ,
              
               and
               when
               God
               himself
               shal
               marshall
               them
               in
               
                 Rank
              
               and
               
                 File
                 ,
              
               what
               guilty
               conscience
               is
               able
               to
               endure
               the
               furious
               charge
               of
               so
               great
               and
               well
               order'd
               an
               Army
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Suppose
               the
               party
               dies
               before
               he
               be
               compleatly
               converted
               in
               this
               
                 twilight
              
               condition
               ,
               as
               you
               term
               it
               ,
               what
               then
               becomes
               of
               his
               soule
               ,
               which
               may
               seeme
               too
               good
               to
               dwell
               in
               outer
               darknesse
               with
               devils
               ,
               and
               too
               bad
               to
               goe
               to
               the
               God
               of
               light
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Your
               supposition
               is
               impossible
               .
               Remember
               our
               discourse
               onely
               concerneth
               the
               godly
               .
               Now
               God
               never
               is
               Father
               to
               abortive
               children
               ,
               but
               to
               such
               who
               according
               to
               his
               appointment
               shall
               come
               to
               perfection
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Can
                 they
                 not
                 therefore
                 die
                 in
                 this
              
               interim
               ,
               
                 before
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 Grace
                 be
                 wrought
                 in
                 them
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               No
               verily
               :
               Christs
               bones
               were
               in
               themselves
               breakable
               ,
               but
               could
               not
               actually
               be
               broken
               by
               all
               the
               violence
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               because
               God
               hath
               fore-decreed
               ,
               
                 A
                 bone
                 of
                 him
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 broken
                 .
              
               So
               we
               confesse
               Gods
               children
               mortall
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               power
               of
               devill
               or
               man
               may
               not
               ,
               must
               not
               ,
               shall
               not
               ,
               cannot
               kill
               them
               before
               their
               conversion
               ,
               according
               to
               Gods
               election
               of
               them
               to
               life
               ,
               wth
               must
               be
               fully
               accomplished
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ti
               :
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               2.
               solemn
               time
               ,
               wherin
               
                 wounded
                 cōsciēces
              
               assault
               men
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               After
               their
               conve●…sion
               cōpleated
               ,
               and
               this
               either
               upon
               the
               committing
               of
               a
               conscience-wasting
               sin
               ,
               such
               as
               
                 Tertullian
              
               calleth
               
                 Peccatum
                 devoratorium
                 salutis
                 ,
              
               or
               upon
               the
               undergoing
               of
               some
               heavy
               affliction
               of
               a
               bigger
               
                 standard
              
               and
               proportion
               ,
               blacker
               hu●…
               
               and
               complexion
               then
               what
               befalleth
               ordinary
               men
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               case
               of
               
                 Job
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Which
               is
               the
               third
               ,
               and
               last
               time
               ,
               when
               
                 wounded
                 Consci●…nces
              
               commonly
               walke
               abroad
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               When
               men
               lie
               on
               their
               death-beds
               ,
               Sathan
               must
               now
               roare
               ,
               or
               else
               for
               ever
               hold
               his
               peace
               :
               roare
               he
               may
               afterwards
               with
               very
               anger
               to
               vex
               himselfe
               ,
               not
               with
               any
               hope
               to
               hurt
               us
               .
               There
               is
               mention
               in
               
                 Scripture
                 of
                 an
                 evill
                 day
                 ;
              
               which
               is
               most
               applyable
               to
               the
               time
               of
               our
               
                 death
                 .
              
               We
               read
               also
               of
               an
               houre
               of
               
                 *
              
               temptation
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 *
              
               Prophet
               tells
               us
               there
               is
               
                 a
                 moment
                 ,
                 wherein
                 God
                 may
                 seeme
                 to
                 for
                 sake
                 us
                 .
              
               Now
               
                 Sathan
              
               being
               no
               lesse
               cunning
               to
               finde
               out
               ,
               then
               carefull
               to
               make
               use
               of
               his
               time
               of
               advantage
               ,
               in
               that
               
                 moment
              
               of
               that
               
                 houre
              
               of
               that
               
                 day
                 ,
              
               will
               put
               hard
               for
               our
               Soules
               ,
               and
               we
               must
               expect
               a
               shrewd
               
               parting
               blow
               from
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Your
               dolefull
               prediction
               disheartens
               me
               ,
               for
               feare
               I
               be
               foild
               in
               my
               last
               encounter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Be
               of
               good
               comfort
               :
               through
               Christ
               we
               shall
               be
               victorious
               ,
               both
               in
               dying
               and
               in
               death
               it selfe
               .
               Remember
               Gods
               former
               favours
               bestowed
               upon
               thee
               .
               Indeed
               wicked
               men
               ,
               from
               premisses
               of
               Gods
               power
               collect
               a
               conclusion
               of
               his
               Weaknesse
               ,
               
                 Psal.
              
               78.
               20.
               
               
                 Behold
                 be
                 smot
                 the
                 Rock
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 waters
                 〈◊〉
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 streames
                 over-flowed
                 :
                 can
                 he
                 give
                 Bread
                 also
                 ?
                 can
                 ●…e
                 provide
                 Flesh
                 for
                 his
                 people
                 ?
              
               But
               Gods
               children
               
                 *
              
               by
               better
               
                 Logick
                 ,
              
               ●…rom
               the
               prepositions
               of
               Gods
               former
               preservations
               ,
               inferre
               his
               power
               
               and
               pleasure
               to
               protect
               them
               for
               the
               future
               .
               Be
               assured
               ,
               that
               
                 God
              
               which
               hath
               beene
               the
               
                 God
              
               of
               the
               
                 Mountaines
                 ,
              
               and
               made
               our
               
                 Mountaines
                 strong
              
               in
               time
               of
               our
               
               
                 prosperity
                 ,
              
               will
               also
               be
               the
               God
               of
               the
               valleys
               ,
               and
               lead
               us
               safe
               
                 *
              
               
                 through
                 the
                 valley
                 of
                 the
                 shadow
                 of
                 death
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               IV.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             The
             great
             torment
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             proved
             by
             Reasons
             and
             Examples
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               IS
               the
               paine
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               so
               great
               as
               is
               pretended
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               God
               
                 *
              
               saith
               it
               ,
               we
               have
               seene
               it
               ,
               and
               others
               have
               felt
               it
               :
               Whose
               complaints
               ,
               ●…avour
               as
               little
               of
               dissimulation
               ,
               as
               their
               cries
               in
               a
               fit
               of
               the
               Cholique
               ,
               doth
               of
               counterfeiting
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Whence
               comes
               this
               
                 wound
              
               to
               be
               so
               great
               and
               grievous
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Six
               Reasons
               may
               be
               assigned
               thereof
               .
               The
               first
               drawn
               
               from
               the
               
                 Heavinesse
                 of
                 the
                 hand
              
               which
               makes
               the
               
                 Wound
                 ;
              
               namely
               ,
               God
               himslfe
               ,
               conceived
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               an
               infinite
               angry
               Judge
               .
               In
               all
               other
               afflictions
               ,
               man
               encountreth
               only
               with
               man
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               worst
               temptations
               ,
               only
               with
               
                 Sathan
                 ,
              
               but
               in
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               he
               enters
               the
               Lists
               immediately
               with
               God
               himselfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Whence
               is
               the
               second
               Reason
               fetcht
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               From
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 sharpnesse
              
               of
               the
               
                 Sword
                 ,
              
               wherewith
               the
               
                 wound
              
               is
               
                 made
                 ,
              
               being
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               keen
               threatnings
               of
               the
               Law
               therein
               contained
               .
               There
               is
               mention
               
                 Gen.
              
               3.
               24.
               of
               a
               
                 Sword
                 turning
                 every
                 way
                 :
              
               parallel
               whereto
               is
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               in
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 .
              
               Mans
               heart
               is
               full
               of
               windings
               ,
               turnings
               and
               doublings
               ,
               to
               shift
               and
               shunne
               the
               
               stroke
               thereof
               if
               possible
               ,
               but
               this
               sword
               meets
               them
               wheresoever
               they
               move
               ,
               it
               fetcheth
               and
               finds
               them
               out
               ,
               it
               hants
               and
               hunts
               them
               ,
               forbidding
               them
               during
               their
               Agony
               ,
               any
               entrance
               into
               the
               Paradise
               of
               one
               comfortable
               thought
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Whence
               is
               the
               third
               Reason
               derived
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               From
               the
               
                 tendernesse
                 of
                 the
                 Part
              
               it selfe
               which
               is
               
                 wounded
                 ;
              
               the
               
                 Conscience
              
               being
               one
               of
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               sensible
               of
               the
               smallest
               hurt
               .
               And
               when
               that
               
                 Callum
                 ,
                 Schirrus
              
               or
               
                 Inerustation
              
               drawn
               over
               it
               by
               nature
               ,
               and
               hardned
               by
               custome
               in
               sinne
               ,
               is
               once
               〈◊〉
               off
               ,
               the
               
                 Conscience
              
               becomes
               so
               
                 pliant
              
               and
               supple
               ,
               that
               ●…he
               least
               imaginable
               touch
               is
               painf●…ll
               〈◊〉
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               fourth
               Reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Folly
                 of
                 the
                 Patient
                 :
              
               
               who
               being
               stung
               ,
               hath
               not
               the
               wisedome
               to
               looke
               up
               to
               Christ
               ,
               the
               
                 Brazen
                 Serpent
              
               but
               tormenteth
               himselfe
               with
               his
               owne
               activity
               .
               It
               was
               threatned
               to
               
                 *
              
               
                 Pashur
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 make
                 thee
                 a
                 terrour
                 to
                 thy selfe
                 :
              
               So
               fareth
               it
               with
               Gods
               best
               Saint
               during
               the
               fit
               of
               his
               perplexed
               
                 Conscience
                 ;
              
               Heareth
               he
               his
               owne
               
                 voice
                 ,
              
               he
               thinketh
               ,
               this
               is
               that
               which
               so
               often
               hath
               
                 sworne
                 ,
                 lyed
                 ,
              
               talked
               
                 vainly
                 ,
                 wanton
                 ,
                 wickedly
                 ;
              
               his
               
                 voice
              
               is
               a
               
                 terrour
                 to
                 himselfe
                 .
              
               Seeth
               he
               his
               own
               
                 eyes
              
               in
               a
               glasse
               ,
               he
               presently
               apprehends
               ,
               these
               are
               those
               which
               shot
               forth
               so
               many
               envious
               ,
               covetous
               ,
               amorous
               
                 Glances
                 ,
                 his
              
               eyes
               are
               a
               terrour
               to
               himselfe
               .
               Sheep
               are
               observed
               to
               flye
               without
               cause
               ,
               scared
               ,
               (
               as
               some
               say
               )
               with
               the
               
                 sound
              
               of
               their
               own
               
                 feet
                 :
              
               Their
               feet
               knack
               ,
               because
               they
               flye
               ,
               and
               they
               fly
               ,
               because
               their
               feet
               knack
               ,
               an
               
                 emblem
              
               of
               Gods
               
               Children
               in
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               selfe-fearing
               ,
               selfe
               ▪
               frighted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               fift
               Reason
               which
               makes
               the
               paine
               so
               great
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               
                 Sathan
              
               rak●…s
               his
               
                 clawes
              
               in
               the
               
                 reeking
                 blood
              
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 .
                 Belzebub
              
               the
               
                 devils
              
               name
               fignifieth
               in
               
                 Hebrew
              
               the
               
                 Lord
                 of
                 flyes
                 ;
              
               which
               excellently
               intimates
               his
               nature
               and
               employment
               :
               flyes
               take
               their
               selicity
               about
               
                 sores
              
               and
               
                 galled
                 Backs
                 ,
              
               to
               infest
               and
               inflame
               them
               .
               So
               
                 Sathan
              
               no
               sooner
               discovereth
               (
               and
               that
               
                 Bird
              
               of
               
                 Prey
              
               hath
               
                 quick
                 sight
              
               )
               a
               Soule
               
                 terrour-struck
                 ,
              
               but
               thither
               he
               hasts
               ,
               and
               is
               busie
               to
               keepe
               the
               
                 wound
                 raw
                 ,
              
               there
               he
               is
               in
               his
               throne
               to
               doe
               mischiefe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               sixt
               and
               last
               Reason
               why
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               is
               so
               great
               a
               torment
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               of
               the
               
                 impotency
              
               and
               
                 invaliditie
                 of
                 all
                 earthly
                 receipts
              
               to
               give
               ease
               thereunto
               .
               For
               there
               
               is
               such
               a
               
                 gulfe
              
               of
               
                 disproportion
              
               betwixt
               a
               Mind-malady
               and
               Bodymedicines
               ,
               that
               no
               carnall
               ,
               corporall
               comforts
               can
               effectually
               work
               thereupon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Yet
                 wine
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 is
                 prescribed
                 in
                 Scripture
                 ,
              
               
                 *
              
               Give
               wine
               to
               the
               heavy
               hearted
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               remember
               their
               misery
               no
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Indeed
               if
               the
               
                 wound
              
               be
               in
               the
               
                 spirits
                 ,
              
               (
               those
               
                 cursiters
              
               betwixt
               soule
               and
               body
               )
               to
               recover
               their
               decay
               or
               consumption
               ,
               
                 wine
              
               may
               usefully
               be
               applyed
               :
               but
               if
               the
               wound
               be
               in
               the
               
                 spirit
              
               in
               
                 Scripture
              
               phrase
               ,
               all
               carnall
               ,
               corporall
               comforts
               are
               utterly
               in
               vaine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Me
               thinks
               
                 merry
                 company
              
               should
               doe
               much
               to
               refresh
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Alas
               ,
               a
               man
               shall
               no
               longer
               be
               welcome
               in
               
                 merry
                 company
                 ,
              
               then
               he
               is
               able
               to
               sing
               his
               
               Part
               in
               their
               Joviall
               Consort
               .
               When
               a
               hunted
               
                 Deere
              
               runs
               for
               safeguard
               amongst
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               
                 Herd
                 ,
              
               they
               will
               not
               admit
               him
               into
               their
               company
               ,
               but
               beat
               him
               off
               with
               their
               
                 hornes
                 ,
              
               out
               of
               principles
               of
               selfe-preservation
               ,
               for
               feare
               the
               
                 Hounds
                 ,
              
               in
               pursuit
               of
               him
               ,
               fall
               on
               them
               also
               .
               So
               hard
               it
               is
               for
               Man
               or
               Beast
               in
               misery
               to
               find
               a
               faithfull
               friend
               .
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               when
               a
               knot
               of
               
                 Bad-good-fellowes
              
               perceive
               one
               of
               their
               society
               dogg'd
               with
               Gods
               
                 terrours
              
               at
               his
               heeles
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               shut
               of
               him
               as
               soone
               as
               they
               can
               ,
               preferring
               his
               roome
               ,
               and
               declining
               his
               company
               ,
               lest
               his
               sadnesse
               prove
               infectious
               to
               others
               .
               And
               now
               if
               all
               six
               reasons
               be
               put
               together
               ,
               
                 so
                 heavy
                 a
                 hand
                 ,
              
               smiting
               with
               so
               
                 sharp
                 a
                 sword
              
               on
               so
               
                 tender
                 a
                 part
              
               of
               so
               
                 foolish
                 a
                 patient
                 ,
              
               whilst
               
                 Sathan
                 seeks
                 to
                 widen
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 no
                 worldly
                 plaister
                 can
                 cure
              
               
               
                 the
                 wound
                 ,
              
               it
               sufficiently
               proves
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               to
               be
               an
               exquisite
               torture
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Give
               me
               I
               pray
               an
               
                 example
              
               hereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               When
               
                 Adam
              
               had
               eaten
               the
               
                 forbidden
                 fruit
                 ,
              
               he
               tarryed
               a
               time
               in
               
                 Paradise
                 ,
              
               but
               tooke
               no
               contentment
               therein
               .
               The
               
                 Sunne
              
               did
               shine
               as
               
                 bright
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Rivers
              
               ran
               as
               
                 cleare
              
               as
               ever
               before
               ,
               
                 Birds
              
               sang
               as
               
                 sweetly
                 ,
                 Beasts
              
               played
               as
               
                 pleasantly
                 ,
                 Flowers
              
               smelt
               as
               
                 fragrant
                 ,
                 Herbs
              
               grew
               as
               
                 fresh
                 ,
                 Fruits
              
               flourisht
               as
               
                 faire
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 Puntilio
              
               of
               
                 Pleasure
              
               was
               either
               altered
               or
               abated
               .
               The
               
                 objects
              
               were
               the
               same
               ,
               but
               
                 Adams
                 eyes
              
               were
               otherwise
               ,
               his
               
                 nakednesse
                 stood
                 in
                 his
                 light
                 ;
              
               a
               
                 thorne
              
               of
               
                 guiltinesse
                 grew
                 in
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
              
               before
               any
               
                 thistles
              
               sprang
               out
               of
               the
               ground
               ;
               which
               made
               him
               not
               to
               seeke
               for
               the
               
                 fairest
                 fruits
              
               to
               fill
               his
               
                 hunger
                 ,
              
               but
               the
               
                 biggest
                 leaves
              
               to
               cover
               his
               
               
                 nakednesse
                 .
              
               Thus
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               is
               able
               to
               unparadise
               
                 Paradise
              
               it selfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Give
               me
               another
               instance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               CHRIST
               JESVS
               our
               
                 Saviour
                 ,
              
               he
               was
               blinded
               ,
               buffeted
               ,
               scourged
               ,
               scoffed
               at
               ,
               had
               his
               hands
               and
               feet
               nailed
               on
               the
               
                 Crosse
                 ,
              
               and
               all
               this
               while
               said
               nothing
               .
               But
               no
               sooner
               apprehended
               he
               his
               
                 Father
              
               deserting
               him
               ,
               groaning
               under
               the
               burthen
               of
               the
               sins
               of
               mankind
               imputed
               unto
               him
               ,
               but
               presently
               the
               
                 Lambe
                 ,
              
               (
               who
               hitherto
               
                 dumb
                 before
                 his
                 shearer
                 opened
                 not
                 his
                 mouth
                 )
              
               for
               paine
               began
               to
               bleat
               ,
               
                 My
                 God
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 why
                 hast
                 thou
                 forsaken
                 me
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Why
                 is
                 a
              
               wounded
               conscience
               
                 by
              
               David
               
                 resembled
                 to
              
               Arrowes
               ,
               
                 *
              
               Thine
               Arrowes
               stick
               fast
               in
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               an
               
                 Arrow
              
               (
               especially
               if
               barbed
               )
               rakes
               &
               rends
               the
               flesh
               the
               more
               ,
               the
               more
               mettall
               
               the
               
                 wounded
              
               partie
               hath
               to
               strive
               and
               struggle
               with
               it
               :
               and
               a
               
                 guilty
                 conscience
              
               pierceth
               the
               deeper
               ,
               whilst
               a
               stout
               stomach
               with
               might
               and
               main
               seeketh
               to
               out-wrastle
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               also
               work
               on
               the
               body
               ,
               to
               hasten
               and
               heighten
               the
               sicknesse
               thereof
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               may
               be
               employment
               for
               
                 *
              
               
                 Luke
                 ,
                 the
                 beloved
                 physitian
                 ,
              
               (
               if
               the
               same
               person
               with
               the
               
                 Evangelist
              
               )
               to
               exercise
               both
               his
               professions
               :
               But
               we
               meddle
               onely
               with
               the
               malady
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               abstracted
               from
               any
               bodily
               indisposition
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               V.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Soveraign
             uses
             to
             be
             made
             of
             the
             torment
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               SEeing
               the
               torture
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               what
               use
               is
               to
               be
               made
               thereof
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Very
               much
               .
               And
               first
               ,
               it
               may
               make
               men
               sensible
               of
               the
               intollerable
               paine
               in
               
                 Hell
                 fire
                 .
              
               If
               the
               
                 mouth
              
               of
               the
               
                 fiery
                 Fornace
              
               into
               which
               the
               
                 children
              
               were
               cast
               ,
               was
               so
               hot
               ,
               that
               it
               burnt
               those
               which
               approached
               it
               ,
               how
               hot
               was
               the
               
                 Fornace
              
               it selfe
               ?
               If
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 suburbs
              
               of
               
                 Hell
                 ,
              
               be
               so
               painfull
               ,
               oh
               how
               extreame
               is
               that
               place
               ,
               
                 where
                 the
                 worme
                 never
                 dyeth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 fire
                 is
                 never
                 quenched
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Did
               our
               
                 roaring
                 Boyes
              
               (
               as
               they
               call
               them
               )
               but
               seriously
               consider
               this
               ,
               they
               would
               not
               wish
               
                 GOD
                 DAMNE
                 THEM
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 GOD
                 CONFOUND
                 THEM
              
               so
               frequently
               as
               they
               doe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               No
               verily
               :
               I
               read
               in
               
                 Theodoret
              
               of
               the
               ancient
               
                 Donatists
                 ,
              
               that
               they
               were
               so
               ambitious
               of
               Martyrdome
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               accounted
               it
               )
               that
               many
               of
               them
               meeting
               with
               a
               young
               
                 Gentleman
              
               requested
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               kill
               them
               .
               He
               ,
               to
               confute
               their
               folly
               ,
               condescended
               to
               their
               desire
               ,
               on
               condition
               ,
               that
               first
               they
               would
               be
               contented
               ,
               to
               be
               all
               fast
               bound
               :
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               accordingly
               he
               took
               order
               that
               they
               were
               all
               soundly
               whipt
               ,
               but
               saved
               their
               lives
               .
               In
               application
               :
               When
               I
               heare
               such
               
                 Riotous
                 youths
              
               wish
               that
               God
               would
               
                 Damne
              
               or
               
                 Confound
              
               them
               ,
               I
               hope
               God
               will
               be
               more
               mercifull
               ,
               
               then
               to
               
                 take
                 them
                 at
                 their
                 words
                 ,
              
               and
               to
               grant
               them
               their
               wish
               ;
               only
               I
               heartily
               desire
               that
               he
               would
               be
               pleased
               ,
               sharply
               to
               scourge
               them
               ,
               and
               soundly
               to
               lash
               them
               with
               the
               frights
               &
               terrours
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
               And
               I
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               would
               so
               ill
               like
               the
               paine
               thereof
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               revoke
               their
               wishes
               ,
               as
               having
               little
               list
               ,
               and
               lesse
               delight
               to
               taste
               of
               
                 hell
              
               hereafter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               use
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               the
               paine
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               To
               teach
               us
               seasonably
               to
               prevent
               ,
               what
               we
               cannot
               possibly
               endure
               .
               Let
               us
               shunne
               the
               smallest
               sinne
               ,
               lest
               if
               we
               slight
               and
               neglect
               it
               ,
               it
               by
               degrees
               fester
               and
               gangrene
               into
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
               One
               of
               the
               bravest
               
                 *
              
               
                 spirits
              
               that
               ever
               
                 England
              
               bred
               ,
               or
               
                 Ireland
              
               buried
               ,
               lost
               his
               life
               by
               a
               light
               
                 hurt
              
               neglected
               ;
               as
               if
               it
               had
               
               beene
               beneath
               his
               high
               minde
               to
               stoop
               to
               the
               dressing
               thereof
               ,
               till
               it
               was
               too
               late
               .
               Let
               us
               take
               heed
               the
               stoutest
               of
               us
               be
               not
               so
               served
               in
               our
               Soules
               .
               If
               we
               repent
               not
               presently
               of
               our
               sinnes
               committed
               ,
               but
               carelesly
               contemne
               them
               ,
               a
               
                 scratch
              
               may
               quickly
               prove
               an
               
                 Ulcer
                 ;
              
               the
               rather
               ,
               because
               the
               
                 flesh
              
               of
               our
               minde
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               so
               use
               the
               Metaphor
               ,
               is
               hard
               to
               heale
               full
               of
               cholerick
               &
               corrupt
               humors
               ,
               and
               very
               ready
               to
               rancle
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               else
               may
               we
               gather
               for
               our
               instruction
               from
               the
               torture
               of
               a
               troubled
               mind
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               To
               confute
               their
               cruelty
               ,
               who
               out
               of
               sport
               or
               spight
               ,
               willingly
               and
               wittingly
               wound
               
                 weak
                 consciences
                 ;
              
               like
               those
               uncharitable
               
                 *
              
               
                 Corinthians
                 ,
              
               who
               so
               far
               improve
               their
               liberty
               in
               things
               indifferent
               ,
               as
               thereby
               to
               wound
               the
               
                 consciences
              
               of
               their
               weake
               brethren
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Are
               not
               those
               Ministers
               too
               blame
               ,
               who
               ,
               mistaking
               their
               
                 message
                 ,
              
               instead
               of
               bringing
               the
               
                 Gospell
              
               of
               
                 Peace
                 ,
              
               fright
               people
               with
               Legall
               terrours
               into
               despaire
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               commend
               their
               discretion
               ,
               yet
               will
               not
               condemn
               their
               intention
               herein
               .
               No
               doubt
               their
               d●…sire
               and
               designe
               is
               pious
               ,
               though
               they
               erre
               in
               the
               pursuite
               and
               prosecution
               thereof
               ,
               casting
               down
               them
               whom
               they
               cannot
               raise
               ,
               and
               conjuring
               up
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Bondage
              
               which
               they
               cannot
               allay
               againe
               :
               Wherefore
               it
               is
               our
               wisest
               way
               ,
               to
               interweave
               promises
               with
               threatnings
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               leave
               open
               a
               pit
               of
               despaire
               ,
               but
               to
               cover
               it
               again
               with
               comfort
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Remaineth
               there
               not
               as
               yet
               ,
               another
               use
               of
               this
               poi●…t
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Y●…s
               ,
               to
               teach
               us
               to
               pitty
               and
               pray
               for
               those
               that
               have
               
                 afflicted
              
               
               
                 Consciences
                 ,
              
               not
               like
               the
               wicked
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 who
                 persecute
                 those
                 whom
                 God
                 hath
                 smitten
                 ,
                 and
                 talke
                 to
                 the
                 griefe
                 of
                 such
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 wounded
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Yet
               
                 Eli
              
               was
               a
               good
               man
               ,
               who
               notwithstanding
               censured
               
                 *
              
               
                 Hannah
                 ,
              
               a
               woman
               of
               a
               sorrowfull
               spirit
               ,
               to
               be
               
                 drunke
              
               with
               
                 Wine
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Imitate
               not
               
                 Eli
              
               in
               committing
               ,
               but
               amending
               his
               fault
               .
               Indeed
               his
               dimme
               eyes
               could
               see
               
                 drunkennes
              
               in
               
                 Hannah
              
               where
               it
               was
               not
               ,
               &
               could
               not
               see
               
                 Sacriledge
              
               &
               
                 Adultery
              
               in
               his
               own
               
                 Sonnes
                 ,
              
               where
               they
               were
               .
               Thus
               those
               who
               are
               most
               indulgent
               to
               their
               owne
               ,
               are
               most
               censorious
               of
               others
               .
               But
               
                 Eli
              
               afterwards
               perceiving
               his
               Errour
               ,
               turned
               tho
               condemning
               of
               
                 Ha●…nah
              
               into
               praying
               for
               her
               .
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               if
               in
               our
               passion
               we
               have
               prejudiced
               ,
               or
               injur'd
               any
               
                 wounded
                 Consciences
                 ,
              
               in
               cold
               blood
               let
               us
               make
               them
               the
               
               best
               amends
               and
               reparation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               VI
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             That
             in
             some
             cases
             more
             Repentance
             must
             be
             preached
             to
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               SO
               much
               for
               the
               Maladie
               ,
               now
               for
               the
               Remedy
               .
               Suppos●…
               you
               come
               to
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               what
               counsell
               will
               you
               prescribe
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               If
               after
               hearty
               prayer
               to
               God
               for
               his
               direction
               ,
               he
               appeareth
               unto
               me
               ,
               as
               yet
               ,
               not
               truely
               penitent
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               place
               I
               will
               presse
               a
               deeper
               degree
               of
               Repentance
               upon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim
               
            
             
               O
               miserable
               Comforter
               !
               more
               sorrow
               still
               !
               Take
               heed
               your
               eyes
               be
               not
               put
               out
               with
               that
               
                 smoking
                 Flax
                 ,
              
               you
               seeke
               to
               quench
               ,
               and
               your
               fingers
               wounded
               with
               the
               
                 splinters
              
               
               of
               that
               
                 bruised
                 Reed
              
               you
               goe
               about
               to
               breake
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Understand
               me
               Sir
               .
               Better
               were
               my
               tongue
               spit
               out
               of
               my
               mouth
               ,
               then
               to
               utter
               a
               word
               of
               griefe
               to
               drive
               them
               to
               despaire
               ,
               who
               are
               truly
               contrite
               .
               But
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               I
               shall
               betray
               my
               trust
               ,
               and
               be
               found
               an
               unfaithfull
               dispencer
               of
               
                 Divine
                 mysteries
                 ,
              
               to
               apply
               comfort
               to
               him
               who
               is
               not
               ripe
               and
               ready
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               harme
               wol●…d
               it
               doe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Raise
               him
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               ruine
               him
               ,
               without
               Gods
               greater
               mercy
               for
               the
               future
               .
               For
               comfort
               dawbed
               on
               ,
               on
               a
               foule
               soule
               ,
               will
               not
               stick
               long
               upon
               it
               :
               And
               instead
               of
               pouring
               in
               ,
               I
               shall
               spill
               the
               precious
               oyle
               of
               Gods
               mercy
               .
               Yea
               I
               may
               justly
               bring
               a
               
                 Wounded
                 Conscience
              
               upon
               my selfe
               ,
               for
               dealing
               deceitfully
               
               in
               my
               
                 stewardship
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               possible
               one
               may
               not
               be
               ●…oundly
               humbled
               ,
               and
               yet
               have
               a
               
                 wounde●…
                 Conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Most
               possible
               :
               For
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               is
               often
               inflicted
               as
               a
               punishment
               for
               lacke
               of
               true
               Repentance
               :
               great
               is
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               a
               mans
               being
               frighted
               at
               ,
               and
               humbled
               for
               his
               sinnes
               .
               One
               may
               passively
               be
               cast
               downe
               by
               Gods
               terrours
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               willingly
               throw
               himselfe
               downe
               ,
               as
               he
               ought
               ,
               at
               Gods
               foot-stoole
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Seeing
               his
               pain
               is
               so
               pittifull
               as
               you
               have
               formerly
               proved
               ;
               why
               would
               you
               adde
               more
               griefe
               unto
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               not
               adde
               griefe
               to
               him
               ,
               but
               alter
               griefe
               in
               him
               ;
               making
               his
               ●…orrow
               ,
               not
               greater
               ,
               but
               better
               .
               I
               would
               endeavour
               to
               change
               his
               dismall
               ,
               dolefull
               dejection
               ,
               his
               hid●…s
               ,
               and
               horrible
               
               heavines
               ,
               his
               bitter
               exclamations
               ,
               which
               seeme
               to
               me
               much
               mixed
               in
               him
               ,
               with
               Pride
               ,
               impatience
               ,
               and
               impen●…tence
               ,
               into
               a
               willing
               submission
               to
               Gods
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               into
               a
               kindly
               ,
               gentle
               ,
               tender
               Gospell-repentance
               ,
               for
               his
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               there
               are
               some
               now
               adayes
               who
               maintaine
               that
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               after
               his
               first
               conversion
               ,
               needeth
               not
               any
               new
               repentance
               for
               sinne
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               his
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               They
               derend
               a
               grievous
               and
               dangerous
               errour
               .
               Consider
               what
               two
               petitions
               Christ
               coupleth
               together
               in
               his
               
                 Prayer
                 :
              
               When
               my
               Body
               which
               every
               day
               is
               hungry
               ,
               can
               live
               without
               Gods
               
                 giving
                 it
                 daily
                 Bread
                 ,
              
               then
               and
               no
               sooner
               shall
               I
               believe
               ,
               that
               my
               Soule
               ,
               which
               daily
               sinneth
               ,
               can
               spiritually
               live
               ,
               without
               Gods
               
                 forgiving
                 it
                 its
                 Trespasses
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 But
                 such
                 alledge
                 ,
                 in
                 proof
              
               
               
                 of
                 their
                 opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 hath
                 his
                 person
                 justified
                 before
                 God
                 ,
                 not
                 by
                 pieces
                 and
                 parcels
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 once
                 and
                 for
                 ever
                 in
                 his
                 conversion
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               This
               being
               granted
               doth
               not
               favour
               their
               errour
               .
               We
               confesse
               God
               finished
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               all
               therein
               in
               six
               dayes
               ,
               and
               then
               rested
               from
               that
               worke
               ,
               yet
               so
               ,
               that
               his
               daily
               preserving
               of
               all
               things
               by
               his
               providence
               ,
               may
               ●…till
               be
               accounted
               a
               constant
               and
               continued
               Creation
               .
               We
               acknowlege
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               justified
               at
               once
               in
               his
               conversion
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               fully
               and
               freely
               estated
               in
               Gods
               favour
               .
               And
               yet
               seeing
               every
               daily
               sinne
               by
               him
               committed
               ,
               is
               an
               aversion
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               daily
               Repentance
               a
               conversion
               to
               God
               ,
               his
               justification
               in
               this
               respect
               ,
               may
               be
               conceived
               intrirely
               continued
               all
               the
               dayes
               
               of
               his
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               first
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               this
               renewed
               Repentance
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               former
               is
               as
               it
               were
               the
               putting
               of
               life
               into
               a
               dead
               man
               ,
               the
               latter
               the
               recovering
               of
               a
               sicke
               man
               from
               a
               dangerous
               swound
               ;
               by
               the
               former
               ,
               sight
               to
               the
               blind
               is
               simply
               restored
               ,
               and
               eyes
               given
               him
               ;
               in
               the
               latter
               ,
               only
               a
               filme
               is
               removed
               ,
               drawn
               over
               their
               eyes
               ,
               and
               hindering
               their
               actuall
               sight
               .
               By
               the
               first
               we
               have
               a
               right
               title
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Heaven
               :
               by
               our
               second
               repentance
               ,
               we
               have
               a
               new
               claime
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               our
               old
               title
               .
               Thus
               these
               two
               kinds
               of
               repentance
               may
               be
               differenced
               and
               distinguished
               ,
               though
               otherwise
               they
               meet
               and
               agree
               in
               generall
               qualities
               :
               both
               having
               sinne
               for
               their
               Cause
               ,
               sorrow
               for
               their
               Companion
               ,
               
               
               
               and
               pardon
               for
               their
               consequent
               and
               effect
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               are
               not
               Gods
               Children
               after
               committing
               of
               grievous
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               before
               their
               renewing
               their
               repentance
               remaine
               still
               heires
               of
               Heav●…
               ,
               married
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               citizens
               of
               the
               new
               Hierusalem
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Heires
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               they
               are
               ,
               but
               disinheritable
               for
               their
               m●…demeanour
               .
               Married
               still
               to
               Christ
               ,
               but
               deserving
               to
               be
               divorced
               for
               their
               adulteri●…
               .
               Citizens
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               yet
               outlawed
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               can
               recover
               no
               right
               ,
               and
               receive
               no
               benefit
               ,
               till
               their
               out-lawry
               be
               reversed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Where
               doth
               God
               in
               Scripture
               injoyne
               this
               second
               Repentance
               on
               his
               owne
               Children
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               severall
               places
               .
               He
               threatneth
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Church
              
               of
               
                 Ephesus
              
               (
               the
               best
               of
               the
               seaven
               )
               wich
               
                 removing
                 the
                 Candlesticke
                 from
              
               
               
                 them
                 ,
                 except
                 they
                 repent
                 :
              
               and
               Christ
               telleth
               his
               own
               disciples
               ,
               true
               converts
               before
               ,
               but
               then
               guilty
               of
               Ambitious
               thoughts
               ,
               that
               
                 *
              
               
                 except
                 yee
                 be
                 converted
                 yee
                 shall
                 not
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Here
               is
               conversion
               after
               conversion
               ,
               being
               a
               solemne
               turning
               from
               some
               particular
               sinne
               ;
               in
               relation
               to
               which
               it
               is
               not
               absurd
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               justification
               after
               justification
               ;
               the
               latter
               as
               following
               in
               time
               ,
               so
               flowing
               from
               the
               former
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               VII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Onely
             Christ
             is
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             Soules
             truly
             contrite
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               BUt
               suppose
               the
               Person
               in
               the
               Ministers
               apprehension
               heartily
               humbled
               for
               sinne
               ,
               what
               then
               is
               to
               be
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               No
               Corrosives
               ,
               all
               Cordialls
               ;
               no
               Vineger
               ,
               all
               Oyle
               ;
               no
               Law
               ,
               all
               Gospell
               must
               be
               presented
               unto
               him
               .
               Here
               blessed
               the
               lippes
               ,
               yea
               beautifull
               the
               feet
               of
               him
               that
               bringeth
               the
               tidings
               of
               
                 peace
                 .
              
               As
               
                 *
              
               
                 Elisha
                 ,
              
               when
               reviving
               the
               
                 Sonne
                 of
                 the
                 Shunamite
              
               laid
               his
               
                 mou●…h
                 to
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Child
                 .
              
               So
               the
               gaping
               orifice
               of
               Christs
               
                 wounds
              
               must
               spiritually
               by
               preaching
               ,
               be
               put
               close
               to
               the
               
                 mouth
              
               of
               the
               
                 wounds
              
               of
               a
               conscience
               :
               happy
               that
               skilfull
               
                 Architect
                 ,
              
               that
               can
               shew
               the
               sick
               man
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Head
                 stone
              
               of
               his
               sprituall
               building
               ,
               must
               be
               laid
               with
               shouts
               ,
               crying
               
                 Grace
                 ,
                 grace
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Which
               doe
               you
               count
               the
               
                 Head-stone
              
               of
               the
               Building
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               first
               or
               last
               laid
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               foundation
               is
               the
               
                 Head-stone
              
               in
               honour
               ,
               the
               
                 top-stone
              
               is
               the
               
                 Head-stone
              
               in
               height
               .
               
               The
               former
               the
               
                 Head-stone
              
               in
               strength
               ,
               the
               latter
               in
               stature
               .
               It
               seemeth
               that
               Gods
               spirit
               ,
               of
               set
               purpose
               ▪
               made
               use
               of
               a
               doubtfull
               word
               ,
               to
               shew
               that
               the
               whole
               fabricke
               of
               our
               salvation
               ,
               whether
               as
               founded
               ,
               or
               as
               finished
               ,
               is
               the
               only
               worke
               of
               Gods
               grace
               alone
               .
               Christ
               is
               the
               
                 Alpha
              
               and
               
                 Omega
              
               thereof
               ,
               not
               excluding
               all
               the
               letters
               in
               the
               Alphabet
               interposed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               must
               the
               minister
               preach
               Christ
               to
               an
               
                 afflicted
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               He
               must
               crucifie
               him
               before
               his
               eyes
               ,
               lively
               setting
               him
               forth
               ,
               naked
               ,
               to
               cloath
               him
               ;
               wounded
               ,
               to
               cure
               him
               ;
               dying
               ,
               to
               save
               him
               .
               He
               is
               to
               expound
               and
               explaine
               unto
               him
               ,
               the
               dignity
               of
               his
               person
               ,
               pretiousnesse
               of
               his
               blood
               ,
               plenteousnesse
               of
               his
               mercy
               ,
               in
               all
               those
               loving
               relations
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Scripture
               
               presents
               him
               :
               A
               kind
               
                 Father
              
               to
               a
               prodicall
               
                 Child
                 ,
              
               a
               carefull
               
                 Hen
              
               to
               a
               scatter'd
               
                 Chicken
                 ,
              
               a
               good
               
                 Shepherd
              
               that
               bringeth
               his
               lost
               
                 Sheep
              
               back
               on
               his
               
                 shoulders
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Spare
               me
               one
               question
               ,
               why
               doth
               he
               not
               drive
               the
               sheepe
               before
               him
               ,
               especially
               seeing
               it
               was
               lively
               enough
               to
               lose
               it selfe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               because
               though
               it
               had
               wildnesse
               too
               much
               to
               goe
               astray
               ,
               it
               had
               not
               wisedome
               enough
               to
               goe
               right
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               because
               probably
               the
               ●…lly
               sheep
               ,
               had
               tired
               it selfe
               with
               wandring
               ;
               
                 Habbabuk
              
               2.
               13.
               the
               people
               shall
               wearie
               themselves
               for
               very
               vanity
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               kind
               shepheard
               brings
               it
               home
               on
               his
               owne
               shoulders
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Pardon
               my
               interruption
               ,
               and
               proceed
               ,
               how
               Christ
               is
               to
               be
               held
               forth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               latitude
               and
               extent
               of
               his
               love
               ,
               his
               invitation
               without
               
               exception
               ,
               are
               powerfully
               to
               be
               prest
               ;
               
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 thi●…teth
                 ,
                 all
                 ye
                 that
                 are
                 heavy
                 laden
                 ,
                 whosoever
                 beleeveth
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               many
               promises
               of
               mercy
               are
               effectually
               to
               be
               tendered
               unto
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Where
               are
               those
               promises
               in
               
                 Scripture
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Or
               rather
               ,
               where
               are
               they
               not
               ?
               for
               they
               are
               harder
               to
               be
               mist
               ,
               then
               to
               bee
               met
               with
               .
               Open
               the
               
                 Bible
              
               (
               as
               he
               
                 *
              
               drew
               his
               bow
               in
               Battle
               )
               at
               adventur●…s
               ▪
               If
               thou
               lightest
               on
               an
               
                 Historicall
                 place
                 ,
              
               behold
               Precedents
               ;
               if
               on
               a
               Doctrinall
               ,
               Promises
               of
               comfort
               .
               For
               the
               larter
               ,
               observe
               these
               particulars
               ,
               
                 Gen.
              
               3.
               15.
               
               
                 Exo.
              
               33.
               6.
               
               
                 Isa.
              
               40.
               1.
               
                 Isa.
              
               54.
               11.
               
               
                 Mat.
              
               11.
               28.
               
               
                 Mat.
              
               12.
               20.
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               10.
               13.
               
               
                 Heb.
              
               13
               ▪
               5.
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Are
               these
               more
               principall
               places
               of
               consolation
               ,
               then
               any
               other
               in
               the
               
                 Bible
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               there
               is
               no
               choosing
               ,
               
               where
               all
               things
               are
               choicest
               :
               Whosoever
               shall
               select
               some
               Pearles
               out
               of
               such
               a
               
                 heap
                 ,
              
               shall
               leave
               behind
               as
               precious
               as
               any
               he
               takes
               ,
               both
               in
               his
               owne
               and
               others
               judgement
               ;
               yea
               which
               is
               more
               ,
               the
               same
               man
               at
               severall
               times
               may
               in
               his
               apprehension
               preferre
               severall
               promises
               as
               best
               ,
               formerly
               most
               affected
               with
               one
               place
               ,
               for
               the
               present
               more
               delighted
               with
               another
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               conceiving
               comfort
               therein
               not
               so
               cleare
               ,
               choose
               other
               places
               as
               more
               pregnant
               ,
               and
               pertinent
               to
               his
               purpose
               .
               Thus
               God
               orders
               it
               ,
               that
               divers
               men
               (
               and
               perchance
               the
               same
               man
               at
               different
               times
               )
               make
               use
               of
               all
               his
               promises
               ,
               gleaning
               and
               gathering
               comfort
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               one
               furrow
               ,
               Land
               ,
               or
               furlong
               ▪
               but
               as
               it
               s
               scattered
               clean
               through
               the
               whole
               
                 field
              
               of
               the
               
                 Scripture
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Must
                 Ministers
                 have
                 varie●…y
              
               
               
                 of
                 severall
                 comfortable
                 promises
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               surely
               :
               such
               
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
              
               being
               to
               enter
               and
               fasten
               consolation
               in
               an
               afflicted
               soule
               ,
               need
               have
               many
               
                 nailes
              
               provided
               aforehand
               ,
               that
               if
               some
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               chance
               to
               drive
               untowardly
               ,
               as
               splitting
               ,
               going
               awrie
               ,
               turning
               crooked
               or
               blunt
               ,
               they
               may
               have
               others
               in
               the
               roome
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               grant
               ,
               Christ
               held
               out
               never
               so
               plainly
               ,
               prest
               never
               so
               powerfully
               ,
               yet
               all
               is
               in
               vaine
               ,
               except
               God
               inwardly
               with
               his
               spirit
               perswade
               the
               wounded
               Conscience
               to
               beleeve
               the
               Truth
               of
               what
               he
               saith
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               an
               undoubted
               Truth
               ,
               for
               one
               may
               lay
               the
               
                 Bread
                 of
                 Life
              
               on
               their
               trencher
               ,
               and
               cannot
               force
               them
               to
               feede
               on
               it
               .
               One
               may
               bring
               them
               downe
               to
               
               the
               
                 spring
                 of
                 life
                 ,
              
               but
               cannot
               make
               them
               drinke
               of
               the
               waters
               thereof
               ;
               and
               therefore
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               God
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               only
               the
               touch
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
               can
               
                 *
              
               heal
               this
               
                 Kings
                 Evill
                 ,
                 I
                 kill
                 and
                 make
                 alive
                 ,
                 I
                 wound
                 and
                 I
                 heale
                 ,
                 neither
                 is
                 there
                 any
                 that
                 can
                 deliver
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 hand
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               VIII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             drawne
             from
             the
             grievousnesse
             of
             his
             sinnes
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               GIve
               me
               leave
               now
               Sir
               to
               personate
               &
               represent
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               and
               to
               alledge
               and
               inforce
               such
               principall
               objections
               wherewith
               generally
               they
               are
               grieved
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               With
               all
               my
               heart
               ,
               and
               
               God
               blesse
               my
               endeavours
               in
               answering
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               first
               I
               would
               be
               satisfied
               how
               it
               comes
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               men
               in
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               have
               their
               parts
               so
               presently
               improved
               .
               The
               
                 Jewes
              
               did
               question
               concerning
               our
               
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 
                   *
                
                 How
                 knoweth
                 this
                 man
                 letters
                 being
                 never
                 learned
                 ?
              
               But
               here
               the
               doubt
               ,
               and
               difficulty
               is
               greater
               ;
               How
               come
               
                 simple
                 people
              
               so
               subtile
               on
               a
               sudden
               to
               oppose
               with
               that
               advantage
               ,
               and
               vehemency
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               puzzle
               a
               good
               and
               grave
               
                 Divine
              
               to
               answer
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Two
               Reasons
               may
               be
               rendred
               thereof
               .
               1.
               
               Because
               a
               man
               in
               a
               diste●…per
               ,
               is
               stronger
               then
               when
               he
               is
               in
               his
               perfect
               health
               .
               What
               
                 Sampsons
              
               are
               some
               in
               the
               fit
               of
               a
               
                 Feaver
                 ?
              
               Then
               their
               spirits
               ,
               being
               intended
               by
               the
               violence
               of
               their
               disease
               ,
               push
               with
               all
               their
               power
               .
               So
               is
               
               it
               in
               the
               agony
               of
               a
               distressed
               soule
               ,
               every
               string
               thereof
               is
               strained
               to
               the
               height
               ,
               and
               a
               man
               becomes
               more
               then
               himselfe
               to
               object
               against
               himselfe
               in
               a
               fit
               of
               despaire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               other
               Reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Sathan
               himselfe
               ,
               that
               subtile
               
                 sophister
              
               assisteth
               them
               .
               He
               formes
               their
               Arguments
               ,
               frames
               their
               objections
               ,
               fits
               their
               distinctions
               ,
               shapes
               their
               evasions
               ;
               and
               this
               
                 discomforter
              
               (
               Aping
               Gods
               spirit
               the
               Comforter
               ,
               
                 John
              
               14.
               26.
               
               )
               
                 bringeth
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 their
                 remembrance
                 ,
              
               which
               they
               have
               heard
               or
               read
               to
               dishearten
               them
               .
               Need
               therefore
               have
               Ministers
               ,
               when
               they
               meddle
               with
               afflicted
               men
               ,
               to
               call
               to
               Heaven
               afore-hand
               to
               assist
               them
               ,
               being
               sure
               ,
               they
               shall
               have
               Hell
               it selfe
               to
               oppose
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               To
               come
               now
               to
               the
               objections
               ,
               which
               
                 afflicted
                 Consciences
              
               commonly
               make
               :
               they
               may
               be
               reduced
               to
               three
               principall
               Heads
               .
               Either
               drawne
               from
               the
               greatnesse
               and
               grievousnesse
               of
               their
               sinnes
               ,
               or
               from
               the
               slightnesse
               and
               lightnesse
               of
               their
               repentance
               ,
               or
               from
               th●…
               faintnesse
               &
               feeblenesse
               of
               their
               faith
               .
               I
               begin
               with
               the
               objections
               of
               the
               first
               forme
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               approve
               your
               method
               I
               p●…ay
               proceed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               First
               Sir
               ,
               even
               since
               my
               conversion
               ,
               I
               have
               beene
               guilty
               of
               many
               grievous
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               (
               which
               is
               worse
               )
               of
               the
               same
               sinne
               many
               times
               committed
               .
               Happy
               
                 *
              
               
                 Judah
                 ,
              
               who
               though
               once
               committing
               incest
               with
               
                 Thamar
                 ,
              
               yet
               the
               text
               saith
               ,
               that
               afterward
               he
               
                 knew
                 her
                 again
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               But
               I
               vile
               wretch
               have
               often
               re-fallen
               into
               the
               same
               offence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               All
               this
               is
               answered
               in
               
               
               
               Gods
               
                 Promise
              
               in
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 Though
                 your
                 sins
                 be
                 as
                 scarlet
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 make
                 them
                 as
                 snow
                 .
              
               Consider
               how
               the
               
                 Tyrian
                 scarlet
              
               was
               dyed
               ,
               not
               overly
               dipt
               ,
               but
               throughly
               drencht
               in
               the
               liquor
               ,
               that
               coloured
               it
               ,
               as
               thy
               soul
               in
               custome
               of
               sinning
               .
               Then
               was
               it
               taken
               out
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               and
               dryed
               ,
               put
               in
               againe
               ,
               soakt
               ,
               and
               sodden
               the
               second
               time
               in
               the
               Fatt
               ;
               called
               therefore
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               twice
               dyed
               ;
               as
               thou
               complainest
               thou
               hast
               been
               by
               relapsing
               into
               the
               same
               sin
               .
               Yea
               the
               colour
               so
               incorporated
               into
               the
               cloath
               not
               drawne
               over
               ,
               but
               diving
               into
               the
               very
               heart
               of
               the
               wool
               ,
               that
               rub
               a
               scarlet
               rag
               on
               what
               is
               white
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               bestow
               a
               redish
               tincture
               upon
               it
               :
               As
               perchance
               thy
               sinfull
               practice
               ,
               and
               president
               ,
               have
               also
               infected
               those
               which
               were
               formerly
               good
               ,
               by
               thy
               badnesse
               .
               Yet
               such
               scarlet
               sins
               
               so
               solemnly
               and
               substantially
               coloured
               ,
               are
               easily
               washt
               white
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               our
               
                 Saviour
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               have
               sinned
               against
               most
               serious
               resolutions
               ,
               yea
               against
               most
               solemne
               vowes
               which
               I
               have
               made
               to
               the
               contrary
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Vow-breaking
               ,
               though
               a
               grievous
               sinne
               ,
               is
               pardonable
               on
               unfaigned
               repentance
               .
               If
               thou
               hast
               broken
               a
               Vow
               ,
               t●…e
               a
               
                 knot
              
               on
               it
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               hold
               together
               againe
               .
               It
               is
               spirituall
               thrift
               ,
               and
               no
               mis-becomming
               basenesse
               ,
               to
               piece
               and
               joynt
               thy
               neglected
               promises
               with
               fresh
               ones
               .
               So
               shall
               thy
               vow
               in
               effect
               be
               not
               broken
               ,
               when
               new
               mended
               :
               and
               remain
               the
               same
               ,
               though
               not
               by
               one
               intire
               continuation
               ,
               yet
               by
               a
               constant
               successive
               renovation
               thereof
               .
               Thus
               
                 *
              
               
                 Jacob
              
               renewed
               his
               neglected
               vow
               of
               going
               to
               
                 Bethel
                 ;
              
               And
               this
               must
               thou
               doe
               ,
               re-inforce
               thy
               broken
               vowes
               ,
               if
               
               of
               
                 moment
                 ,
                 and
                 materiall
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               mean
               you
               by
               the
               addition
               of
               that
               clause
               ,
               if
               
                 of
                 moment
                 and
                 materiall
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               To
               deale
               plainly
               .
               I
               dislike
               many
               vowes
               men
               make
               ,
               as
               of
               reading
               just
               so
               much
               ,
               and
               praying
               so
               often
               every
               day
               ,
               of
               confining
               themselves
               to
               such
               a
               strict
               proportion
               of
               meate
               ,
               drinke
               ,
               sleepe
               ,
               recreation
               ,
               &c.
               
               Many
               things
               may
               be
               well
               done
               ,
               which
               are
               ill
               vowed
               .
               Such
               particular
               vowes
               men
               must
               be
               very
               sparing
               how
               they
               make
               .
               First
               ,
               because
               they
               savour
               somewhat
               of
               will-worship
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               small
               glory
               accrews
               to
               God
               thereby
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               The
               dignitie
               of
               vowes
               are
               disgraced
               by
               descending
               to
               too
               triviall
               particulars
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               Sathan
               hath
               ground
               given
               him
               to
               throw
               at
               us
               ,
               with
               a
               more
               steady
               aime
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               such
               vowes
               ,
               instead
               of
               being
               cords
               to
               tie
               us
               
               faster
               to
               God
               ,
               prove
               knots
               to
               intangle
               our
               Consciences
               :
               Hard
               to
               be
               kept
               ,
               but
               oh
               !
               how
               heavy
               when
               broken
               ?
               Wherefore
               setting
               such
               vowes
               aside
               ,
               let
               us
               be
               carefull
               with
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               to
               keep
               that
               grand
               and
               generall
               vow
               ,
               
                 *
              
               I
               
                 have
                 sworne
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 performe
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 will
                 keep
                 thy
                 righteous
                 judgements
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               Sir
               I
               have
               committed
               the
               
                 sinne
              
               against
               the
               
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
              
               which
               the
               
                 Saviour
              
               of
               mankind
               pronounceth
               unpardonable
               ,
               and
               therefore
               all
               your
               counsells
               and
               comforts
               unto
               me
               are
               in
               vaine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               devill
               ,
               the
               father
               of
               lyes
               ,
               hath
               added
               this
               lye
               to
               those
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               told
               before
               ,
               in
               perswading
               thee
               ,
               thou
               hast
               comitted
               the
               
                 sinne
              
               against
               the
               
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 .
              
               For
               that
               sinne
               is
               ever
               attended
               with
               these
               two
               symptomes
               .
               First
               ,
               the
               party
               guilty
               thereof
               never
               grieves
               for
               it
               ,
               
               nor
               conceives
               the
               least
               sorrow
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               for
               the
               sinne
               he
               hath
               committed
               .
               The
               second
               (
               which
               followeth
               on
               the
               former
               )
               he
               never
               wisheth
               or
               desireth
               any
               pardon
               ,
               but
               is
               delighted
               ,
               and
               pleased
               with
               his
               present
               condition
               .
               Now
               if
               thou
               canst
               truely
               say
               ,
               that
               thy
               sinnes
               are
               a
               burden
               unto
               thee
               ,
               that
               thou
               dost
               desire
               forgivenesse
               ,
               and
               wouldest
               give
               any
               thing
               ,
               to
               compasse
               and
               obtaine
               it
               ;
               be
               of
               good
               comfort
               ,
               thou
               hast
               not
               as
               yet
               ,
               and
               by
               Gods
               Grace
               ,
               never
               shalt
               ,
               commit
               that
               unpardonable
               offence
               .
               I
               will
               not
               define
               how
               neere
               thou
               hast
               beene
               unto
               it
               .
               As
               
                 David
              
               said
               to
               
                 Jonathan
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 haires
                 breadth
                 betwixt
                 death
                 and
                 me
                 :
              
               So
               it
               may
               be
               thou
               hast
               m●…st
               it
               very
               narrowly
               ,
               but
               assure
               thy selfe
               ,
               thou
               art
               not
               as
               yet
               guilty
               thereof
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               IX
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             drawne
             from
             the
             slightnesse
             of
             his
             Repentance
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               Beleeve
               my
               sinnes
               are
               pardonable
               in
               themselves
               ,
               but
               alas
               my
               
                 stony
                 Heart
              
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               relent
               and
               repent
               ,
               and
               therefore
               no
               hope
               of
               my
               Salvation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Wouldest
               thou
               sincerely
               repent
               ?
               thou
               dost
               repent
               .
               The
               women
               that
               came
               to
               embalme
               
                 *
              
               Christ
               ,
               did
               carefully
               forecast
               with
               themselves
               ,
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 role
                 away
                 the
                 stone
                 from
                 the
                 doore
                 of
                 the
                 Sepulcher
                 ?
              
               Alas
               their
               fraile
               ,
               faint
               ,
               feeble
               Arms
               were
               unable
               to
               remove
               such
               a
               weight
               .
               But
               what
               followeth
               ?
               
                 And
                 when
              
               
               
               
               
                 they
                 looked
                 ,
                 they
                 saw
                 that
                 the
                 stone
                 was
                 rolled
                 away
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 was
                 very
                 great
                 .
              
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               when
               a
               soule
               is
               truly
               troubled
               about
               the
               massie
               mighty
               burden
               of
               his
               stony
               heart
               interposed
               ,
               hindring
               him
               from
               comming
               to
               Christ
               ;
               I
               say
               when
               he
               is
               seriously
               and
               sincerely
               solicitous
               about
               that
               impediment
               ,
               such
               desiring
               is
               a
               doing
               ,
               such
               wishing
               is
               a
               working
               .
               Doe
               thou
               but
               take
               care
               it
               may
               be
               removed
               ,
               and
               God
               will
               take
               order
               it
               shall
               be
               removed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               Sir
               I
               cannot
               weep
               for
               my
               sinnes
               ;
               My
               eyes
               are
               like
               the
               pit
               wherein
               
                 Joseph
              
               was
               put
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               water
               in
               them
               ,
               I
               cannot
               squeeze
               one
               teare
               out
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Before
               I
               come
               to
               answer
               your
               objection
               ,
               I
               must
               premise
               a
               profitable
               observation
               .
               I
               have
               taken
               notice
               of
               a
               strange
               opposition
               betwixt
               the
               tongues
               and
               eyes
               of
               such
               as
               
               have
               
                 troubled
                 Consciences
                 .
              
               Their
               tongues
               some
               have
               known
               (
               and
               I
               have
               heard
               )
               complaine
               that
               they
               cannot
               weepe
               for
               their
               sinnes
               ,
               when
               at
               that
               instant
               their
               eyes
               have
               plentifully
               shed
               store
               of
               teares
               :
               not
               that
               they
               speake
               out
               of
               dissimulation
               ,
               but
               distraction
               .
               So
               somtimes
               have
               I
               smiled
               at
               the
               simplicity
               of
               a
               Child
               ,
               who
               being
               amased
               ,
               and
               demanded
               whether
               or
               no
               he
               could
               speake
               ?
               hath
               answered
               ,
               
                 No
                 .
              
               If
               in
               like
               manner
               at
               the
               sight
               of
               such
               a
               contradiction
               betwixt
               the
               words
               and
               deeds
               of
               one
               in
               the
               agony
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               we
               should
               chance
               to
               smile
               ,
               knew
               us
               not
               to
               jeere
               ,
               but
               joy
               ,
               perceiving
               the
               party
               in
               a
               better
               condition
               ,
               then
               he
               conceiveth
               himselfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 This
                 your
                 observation
                 may
                 be
                 comfortable
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 impertinent
                 to
                 me
                 .
                 For
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 I
              
               
               
                 I
                 have
                 by
                 nature
                 such
                 dry
                 eyes
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 afford
                 no
                 moisture
                 to
                 bemoan
                 my
                 sinnes
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Then
               it
               is
               a
               naturall
               defect
               ,
               and
               no
               morall
               default
               ,
               so
               by
               consequence
               a
               suffering
               and
               no
               sinne
               ,
               which
               God
               will
               punish
               .
               God
               doth
               not
               expect
               the
               cock
               should
               runne
               water
               ,
               where
               he
               put
               none
               into
               the
               Cisterne
               .
               Know
               also
               ,
               their
               hearts
               may
               be
               fountaines
               whose
               eyes
               are
               flints
               ,
               and
               may
               inwardly
               bleed
               ,
               who
               doe
               not
               outwardly
               weep
               .
               Besides
               
                 *
              
               Christ
               was
               sent
               to
               
                 preach
                 Comfort
                 ,
              
               not
               to
               such
               only
               as
               
                 weep
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 mourne
              
               in
               
                 Zion
                 .
              
               Yea
               if
               thou
               canst
               squeeze
               out
               no
               liquor
               ,
               offer
               to
               God
               the
               empty
               bottles
               ;
               instead
               of
               tears
               ,
               tender
               and
               present
               thy
               eyes
               unto
               him
               .
               And
               though
               thou
               beest
               water-bound
               ,
               be
               not
               wind-bound
               also
               ,
               sigh
               ,
               where
               thou
               canst
               not
               sob
               ,
               and
               let
               thy
               
                 Lungs
              
               doe
               what
               thy
               
                 eyes
              
               cannot
               performe
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               You
               say
               something
               ,
               though
               I
               cannot
               weep
               ,
               in
               case
               I
               could
               soundly
               sorrow
               for
               my
               sinnes
               .
               But
               alas
               ,
               for
               temporall
               losses
               and
               crosses
               ,
               I
               am
               like
               
                 R●…chell
                 ,
                 ●…amenting
                 for
                 her
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 comforted
                 .
              
               But
               my
               sorrow
               for
               my
               sins
               is
               so
               small
               ,
               that
               it
               appeares
               none
               at
               all
               in
               proportion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               best
               Saints
               of
               God
               ,
               their
               sorrow
               for
               their
               sinnes
               being
               measured
               with
               the
               sorrow
               for
               their
               sufferings
               ,
               in
               one
               respect
               ,
               will
               fall
               short
               of
               it
               ,
               in
               another
               must
               equall
               it
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               third
               respect
               doth
               exceed
               and
               goe
               beyond
               it
               .
               Sorrow
               for
               sins
               falleth
               short
               of
               sorrow
               for
               sufferings
               ,
               in
               loud
               lamenting
               or
               violent
               uttering
               it selfe
               in
               outward
               expressions
               thereof
               ;
               as
               in
               roaring
               ,
               wringing
               the
               hands
               ,
               rending
               their
               haire
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               both
               sorrowes
               are
               equall
               in
               their
               truth
               and
               sincerity
               ,
               
               both
               farre
               from
               hypocrisie
               ,
               free
               from
               dissimulation
               ,
               reall
               ,
               hearty
               ,
               cordiall
               ,
               uncounterfeited
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               exceeds
               sorrow
               for
               suffering
               ,
               in
               the
               continuance
               and
               durablenesse
               thereof
               :
               the
               other
               like
               a
               land-flood
               ,
               quickly
               come
               ,
               quickly
               gone
               ;
               this
               is
               a
               continuall
               dropping
               or
               running
               river
               ,
               keeping
               a
               constant
               stream
               .
               
                 My
                 sins
                 ,
              
               saith
               
                 David
                 ,
                 are
                 ever
                 before
                 me
                 ;
              
               so
               also
               is
               the
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               in
               the
               soule
               of
               a
               child
               of
               God
               ,
               morning
               ,
               evening
               ,
               day
               ,
               night
               ,
               when
               sicke
               ,
               when
               sound
               ,
               feasting
               ,
               fasting
               ,
               at
               home
               ,
               abroad
               ,
               ever
               within
               him
               :
               This
               griefe
               beginneth
               at
               his
               conversion
               ,
               continueth
               all
               his
               life
               ,
               endeth
               only
               at
               his
               death
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               I
               pray
               in
               this
               comfortable
               point
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               still
               be
               made
               plainer
               by
               comparing
               two
               diseases
               
               together
               ,
               the
               
                 tooth-ache
              
               and
               
                 consumption
                 .
              
               Such
               as
               are
               troubled
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               shreek
               and
               cry
               out
               ,
               troublesome
               to
               themselves
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               and
               next
               roofe
               ;
               and
               no
               wonder
               ,
               the
               
                 mouth
              
               it selfe
               being
               
                 plaintiffe
                 ,
              
               if
               setting
               forth
               its
               owne
               grievances
               to
               the
               full
               .
               Yet
               the
               
                 tooth-ache
              
               is
               knowne
               to
               be
               no
               mortall
               maladie
               ,
               having
               kept
               some
               from
               their
               beds
               ,
               seldome
               sent
               them
               to
               their
               graves
               ;
               hindred
               the
               sleep
               of
               many
               ,
               hastned
               the
               death
               of
               few
               .
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               he
               that
               hath
               an
               incurable
               
                 consumption
              
               saith
               little
               ,
               cryes
               lesse
               ,
               but
               grieves
               most
               of
               all
               .
               Alas
               ,
               he
               must
               be
               a
               good
               husband
               of
               the
               little
               breath
               left
               in
               his
               broken
               lungs
               ,
               not
               to
               spend
               it
               in
               fighing
               ,
               but
               in
               living
               ,
               he
               makes
               no
               noise
               ,
               is
               quiet
               ,
               and
               silent
               ;
               yea
               none
               will
               say
               ,
               but
               that
               his
               inward
               griefe
               is
               greater
               then
               the
               former
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               apply
               you
               this
               Comparison
               to
               my
               objection
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               corporall
               calamities
               ,
               thou
               complainest
               more
               ,
               like
               him
               in
               the
               
                 tooch-ache
                 ,
              
               but
               thy
               sorrow
               for
               thy
               sinne
               ,
               like
               a
               
                 Consumption
                 ,
              
               which
               lyes
               at
               thy
               heart
               ,
               hath
               more
               solid
               heavinesse
               therein
               .
               Thou
               dost
               take
               in
               more
               griefe
               for
               thy
               sinnes
               ,
               though
               thou
               mayest
               take
               on
               more
               grievously
               for
               thy
               sufferings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               This
               were
               something
               if
               my
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               were
               sincere
               ,
               but
               alas
               ,
               I
               am
               but
               a
               hypocri●…e
               .
               There
               is
               
                 *
              
               mention
               in
               the
               Proph●…t
               of
               Gods
               
                 besome
                 of
                 destruction
                 ;
              
               now
               the
               trust
               of
               a
               hypocrite
               ,
               
                 Job
                 8.
                 14.
              
               is
               called
               a
               
                 Spiders
                 web
                 ,
              
               here
               is
               my
               case
               ,
               when
               Gods
               
                 besome
              
               meets
               with
               the
               
                 cobwebs
              
               of
               my
               hypocri●…e
               ,
               I
               shall
               be
               swept
               into
               
                 hel-fire
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
               first
               in
               
                 generall
                 :
              
               I
               am
               glad
               to
               heare
               this
               objection
               
               come
               from
               thee
               ,
               for
               selfe-suspition
               of
               hypocrisie
               ,
               is
               a
               hopefull
               symptome
               of
               sincerity
               .
               It
               is
               a
               
                 David
              
               that
               cryes
               out
               ,
               
                 As
                 for
                 me
                 I
                 am
                 poore
                 and
                 needy
                 ;
              
               but
               luke-warme
               
                 Laodicea
              
               that
               braggeth
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 rich
                 and
                 want
                 nothing
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Answer
                 I
                 pray
                 the
                 objection
                 in
              
               particular
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Presently
               ,
               when
               I
               have
               premised
               the
               great
               difference
               ,
               betwixt
               a
               mans
               being
               a
               
                 Hypocrite
                 ,
              
               and
               having
               some
               hypocrisie
               in
               him
               .
               Wicked
               men
               are
               like
               the
               
                 Apples
              
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 Sodome
                 ,
              
               seemingly
               faire
               ,
               but
               nothing
               but
               
                 ashes
              
               within
               ,
               the
               best
               of
               Gods
               Servants
               ,
               like
               sound
               
                 Apples
                 ,
              
               lying
               in
               a
               dusty
               loft
               ,
               (
               living
               in
               a
               wicked
               world
               )
               gathering
               much
               dust
               about
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               must
               be
               rubb'd
               or
               pared
               ,
               before
               they
               can
               be
               eaten
               .
               Such
               notwithstanding
               are
               sincere
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               following
               
                 marks
              
               may
               
               examine
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               some
               now
               adayes
               are
               utter
               enemies
               to
               all
               
                 markes
              
               of
               sincerity
               ,
               
                 counting
              
               it
               needlesse
               for
               
                 Preachers
              
               to
               propound
               ,
               or
               
                 people
              
               to
               apply
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               as
               much
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               the
               worst
               signe
               ,
               when
               men
               in
               this
               nature
               hate
               all
               signes
               :
               But
               no
               wonder
               if
               the
               
                 foundred
                 horse
                 ,
              
               cannot
               abide
               the
               
                 Smiths
                 pincers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               I
               pray
               in
               your
               signes
               of
               sincerity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Art
               thou
               carefull
               to
               order
               thy
               very
               
                 thoughts
                 ,
              
               because
               the
               infinite
               
                 searcher
                 of
                 the
                 heart
              
               doth
               behold
               them
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               freely
               and
               fully
               confesse
               thy
               sinnes
               to
               God
               ,
               spreading
               them
               open
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               without
               any
               desire
               or
               endeavour
               to
               deny
               ,
               dissemble
               ,
               defend
               ,
               excuse
               ,
               or
               extenuate
               them
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               delight
               in
               an
               universall
               
               
                 obedience
              
               to
               all
               
                 Gods
                 Lawes
                 ,
              
               not
               thinking
               with
               the
               superstitious
               
                 Jewes
                 ,
              
               by
               over-keeping
               the
               fourth
               
                 Commandement
                 ,
              
               to
               make
               reparation
               to
               God
               for
               breaking
               all
               the
               rest
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               love
               their
               persons
               and
               preaching
               best
               ,
               who
               most
               clearly
               discover
               thine
               owne
               faults
               and
               corruptions
               unto
               thee
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               strive
               against
               thy
               vindicative
               nature
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               forgive
               those
               who
               have
               offended
               thee
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               wait
               an
               occasion
               with
               humility
               to
               fasten
               a
               fitting
               favour
               upon
               them
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               love
               grace
               and
               goodnesse
               even
               in
               those
               ,
               who
               differ
               from
               thee
               in
               point
               of
               
                 opinion
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Civil
                 controversies
                 ?
              
               Canst
               thou
               be
               sorrowfull
               for
               the
               sinnes
               of
               others
               ,
               no
               whit
               relating
               unto
               thee
               ,
               meerly
               because
               the
               Glory
               of
               a
               good
               God
               ,
               suffers
               by
               their
               profanenesse
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Why
               doe
               you
               make
               these
               to
               be
               the
               signes
               of
               sincerity
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               there
               are
               but
               two
               principles
               ,
               which
               act
               in
               mens
               hearts
               ,
               namely
               ,
               
                 nature
              
               and
               
                 grace
                 ;
              
               or
               ,
               as
               
                 Christ
              
               distinguisheth
               them
               ,
               
                 Flesh
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Bloud
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 our
                 Father
                 which
                 is
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Now
               seeing
               these
               actions
               ,
               by
               us
               propounded
               ,
               are
               either
               against
               or
               above
               nature
               ,
               it
               doth
               necessarily
               follow
               ,
               that
               where
               they
               are
               found
               ,
               they
               flow
               from
               saving
               grace
               .
               For
               what
               is
               higher
               then
               the
               roofe
               ,
               and
               very
               Pinnacle
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               of
               nature
               ,
               cannot
               belower
               then
               the
               bottome
               and
               beginning
               of
               grace
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Per●…hance
               on
               serious
               search
               ,
               I
               may
               make
               hard
               shift
               ,
               to
               finde
               some
               one
               or
               two
               of
               these
               signes
               ,
               but
               not
               all
               of
               them
               in
               my
               heart
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               As
               I
               will
               not
               bow
               to
               flatter
               any
               ,
               so
               I
               will
               fall
               down
               as
               
               farre
               as
               truth
               will
               give
               me
               leave
               ,
               to
               reach
               comfort
               to
               the
               humble
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               due
               .
               Know
               to
               thy
               further
               consolation
               ,
               that
               where
               some
               of
               these
               signes
               truly
               are
               ,
               there
               are
               more
               ,
               yea
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               visible
               and
               conspicuous
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               dimmer
               and
               darker
               degree
               .
               When
               we
               behold
               
                 Violets
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Prim-Roses
                 ,
              
               fairely
               to
               flourish
               ,
               we
               conclude
               the
               dead
               of
               the
               winter
               is
               past
               ,
               though
               ,
               as
               yet
               ,
               no
               
                 Roses
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 July-flowers
              
               appeare
               ,
               which
               ,
               long
               after
               ,
               lye
               hid
               in
               their
               leaves
               ,
               or
               lurke
               in
               their
               rootes
               ;
               but
               in
               due
               time
               will
               discover
               themselves
               .
               If
               some
               of
               these
               signes
               be
               above
               ground
               in
               thy
               sight
               ,
               others
               are
               under
               ground
               in
               thy
               heart
               ,
               and
               though
               the
               former
               started
               first
               ,
               the
               other
               will
               follow
               in
               order
               :
               It
               being
               plaine
               that
               thou
               art
               passed
               from
               death
               unto
               life
               ,
               by
               this
               
               hopefull
               and
               happy
               spring
               of
               some
               signes
               in
               thy
               heart
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               X.
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Answers
             to
             the
             objection
             of
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             ,
             drawne
             from
             the
             feeblenesse
             of
             his
             faith
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               BUt
               faith
               is
               that
               which
               must
               apply
               Christ
               unto
               us
               ,
               whilest
               (
               alas
               !
               )
               the
               hand
               of
               my
               faith
               hath
               not
               only
               the
               shaking
               ,
               but
               the
               dead
               Palsy
               ;
               it
               can
               neither
               hold
               nor
               feele
               any
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               If
               thou
               canst
               not
               hold
               God
               ,
               doe
               but
               touch
               him
               and
               he
               shall
               hold
               thee
               ,
               and
               put
               feeling
               into
               thee
               .
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 If
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 apprehend
                 that
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 also
                 I
                 am
                 apprehended
                 of
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 .
              
               It
               is
               not
               
                 Pauls
              
               apprehending
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 Christ
              
               
               apprehending
               of
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               doth
               the
               deed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               I
               am
               sure
               my
               faith
               is
               not
               sound
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               attended
               with
               assurance
               of
               salvation
               .
               For
               I
               doubt
               (
               not
               to
               say
               despaire
               )
               thereof
               .
               Whereas
               
                 Divines
              
               hold
               ,
               that
               the
               Essence
               of
               saving
               faith
               consists
               in
               a
               certainty
               to
               be
               saved
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Such
               deliver
               both
               a
               false
               ,
               and
               dangerous
               doctrine
               ;
               as
               the
               carelesse
               mother
               
                 *
              
               killed
               her
               little
               
                 infant
                 ,
                 for
                 she
                 over-laid
                 it
                 :
              
               So
               this
               opinion
               would
               presse
               many
               weak
               faiths
               to
               death
               ,
               by
               laying
               a
               greater
               weight
               upon
               them
               then
               they
               can
               bear
               ,
               or
               God
               doth
               impose
               ;
               whereas
               to
               be
               assured
               of
               salvation
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               part
               of
               every
               true
               faith
               ,
               but
               onely
               an
               effect
               of
               some
               strong
               faiths
               ,
               and
               that
               also
               not
               alwayes
               ,
               but
               at
               some
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               not
               certainty
               of
               salvation
               a
               part
               of
               every
               true
               faith
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               No
               verily
               ,
               much
               lesse
               is
               it
               the
               life
               and
               formality
               of
               faith
               ,
               which
               consisteth
               onely
               in
               a
               recumbency
               on
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               with
               
                 Jobs
              
               resolution
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 Though
                 he
                 slay
                 me
                 ,
                 yet
                 will
                 I
                 trust
                 in
                 him
                 .
              
               Such
               an
               adherence
               ,
               without
               an
               assurance
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               by
               Gods
               mercy
               to
               save
               thy
               soule
               .
               Those
               that
               say
               that
               none
               have
               a
               sincere
               faith
               without
               a
               certainty
               of
               salvation
               ,
               may
               with
               as
               much
               truth
               maintaine
               ,
               that
               none
               are
               the
               Kings
               loyall
               Subjects
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               are
               his
               
                 Favourites
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               then
               
                 assurance
                 of
                 salvation
              
               a
               peculiar
               personall
               
                 favour
                 ,
              
               indulged
               by
               God
               ,
               onely
               to
               some
               particular
               persons
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               :
               Though
               the
               
                 salvation
              
               of
               all
               Gods
               
                 servants
              
               be
               sure
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               yet
               is
               onely
               
                 assured
              
               to
               the
               apprehensions
               of
               some
               
                 select
              
               people
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               some
               times
               :
               For
               it
               is
               too
               fine
               
                 fare
              
               for
               
               the
               best
               man
               to
               
                 feed
              
               on
               every
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               May
               they
               that
               have
               this
               
                 assurance
                 ,
              
               afterwards
               lose
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Undoubtedly
               they
               may
               :
               God
               first
               is
               gracious
               to
               give
               it
               them
               ,
               they
               for
               a
               time
               carefull
               to
               keep
               it
               ,
               then
               negligently
               lose
               it
               ,
               then
               sorrowfully
               seeke
               it
               .
               God
               again
               is
               bountifull
               to
               restore
               it
               ,
               they
               happy
               to
               recover
               it
               ,
               for
               a
               while
               diligent
               to
               retaine
               it
               ,
               then
               againe
               foolish
               to
               forfeit
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               same
               changes
               in
               ones
               life
               time
               often
               ,
               over
               ,
               and
               over
               againe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               some
               will
               say
               ,
               If
               I
               may
               be
               infallibly
               saved
               without
               this
               
                 Assurance
                 ,
              
               I
               will
               never
               endeavour
               to
               attaine
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               have
               
                 covered
              
               my
               
                 flowers
                 ,
              
               if
               I
               had
               suspected
               such
               
                 spiders
              
               would
               have
               suckt
               them
               .
               One
               may
               goe
               to
               heaven
               without
               this
               
                 Assurance
                 ,
              
               as
               certainly
               ,
               but
               
               not
               so
               cheerfully
               ,
               and
               therefore
               prudence
               to
               obtaine
               our
               owne
               comfort
               ,
               &
               piety
               to
               obey
               Gods
               Command
               ,
               obligeth
               us
               all
               to
               
                 give
                 diligence
                 to
                 make
                 our
                 calling
                 and
                 election
                 sure
                 ,
              
               both
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               apprehension
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XI
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             God
             alone
             can
             satisfie
             all
             objections
             of
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               BUt
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               these
               your
               Answers
               are
               no
               whit
               satisfactorie
               unto
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               An
               Answer
               may
               be
               satisfactorie
               to
               the
               Objection
               ,
               both
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               judgement
               of
               all
               unprejudiced
               Hearers
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               satisfactorie
               to
               the
               Objecter
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               two
               cases
               :
               First
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               poss●…ssed
               with
               the
               spirit
               of
               peevishnesse
               and
               
               perversnesse
               .
               It
               is
               lost
               labour
               to
               seeke
               to
               feed
               and
               fill
               those
               ,
               who
               have
               a
               greedy
               
                 Horseleach
              
               of
               cavilling
               in
               their
               heart
               ,
               crying
               
                 Give
                 ,
                 give
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               second
               case
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               When
               the
               bitternesse
               of
               his
               soule
               is
               so
               great
               and
               grievous
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               like
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Israelites
              
               in
               
                 Egypt
                 ,
              
               which
               
                 hearkned
                 not
                 to
                 Moses
                 ,
                 for
                 anguish
                 of
                 spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 cruel
                 Bondage
                 .
              
               Now
               as
               those
               who
               have
               meat
               before
               them
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               eate
               ,
               deserve
               to
               starve
               without
               pitty
               :
               so
               such
               are
               much
               to
               be
               bemoaned
               ,
               who
               through
               some
               impediment
               in
               their
               mouth
               ,
               throat
               ,
               or
               stomach
               ,
               cannot
               chaw
               ,
               swallow
               or
               digest
               comfort
               presented
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Such
               is
               my
               condition
               ,
               what
               then
               is
               to
               be
               done
               unto
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               must
               change
               my
               precepts
               to
               thee
               into
               prayers
               for
               thee
               ,
               that
               ●…od
               would
               
                 *
              
               
                 Satisfie
                 thee
              
               
               
                 early
                 with
                 his
                 mercy
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 mayest
                 rejoyce
                 .
              
               Ministers
               may
               endeavour
               it
               in
               vaine
               ,
               whilest
               they
               quell
               one
               scruple
               ,
               they
               start
               another
               ,
               whilst
               they
               fill
               one
               corner
               of
               a
               wounded
               Conscience
               with
               comfort
               ,
               another
               is
               emptie
               .
               Only
               God
               can
               so
               satisfie
               the
               soule
               ,
               that
               each
               chink
               and
               cranny
               therein
               ,
               shall
               be
               filled
               with
               spirituall
               joy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               Gods
               ,
               and
               mans
               
                 speaking
                 Peace
              
               to
               a
               
                 troubled
                 spirit
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Man
               can
               neither
               make
               him
               to
               whom
               he
               speakes
               ,
               to
               heare
               what
               he
               saith
               ,
               or
               beleeve
               what
               he
               heares
               .
               God
               speakes
               with
               
                 authority
                 ,
              
               and
               doth
               both
               .
               His
               words
               give
               
                 hearing
              
               to
               the
               
                 deafe
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Faith
              
               to
               the
               
                 Infidell
                 .
              
               When
               ,
               not
               the
               
                 Mother
              
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 Christ
                 himselfe
                 ,
              
               shall
               salute
               a
               
                 sicke
                 soule
              
               with
               
                 Peace
                 be
                 unto
                 thee
                 ,
              
               it
               will
               leap
               for
               joy
               ,
               as
               
                 John
              
               
               the
               
                 babe
              
               sprang
               ,
               though
               imprisoned
               in
               the
               darke
               womb
               of
               his
               Mother
               .
               Thus
               the
               
                 offender
              
               is
               not
               comforted
               ,
               though
               many
               of
               the
               spectatours
               ,
               and
               under-officers
               tell
               him
               he
               shall
               be
               
                 pardoned
                 ,
              
               untill
               he
               heares
               the
               same
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Judge
               himselfe
               who
               hath
               power
               and
               place
               to
               forgive
               him
               ;
               and
               then
               his
               heart
               reviveth
               with
               
                 comfort
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               me
               such
               comfort
               :
               meane
               time
               ,
               I
               am
               thankfull
               unto
               you
               for
               the
               answers
               you
               have
               given
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               All
               that
               I
               wil
               adde
               is
               this
               .
               The
               
                 Lacedemonians
              
               had
               a
               law
               ,
               that
               if
               a
               bad
               man
               ,
               or
               one
               disesteemed
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               chanced
               to
               give
               good
               
                 counsell
                 ,
              
               he
               was
               to
               stand
               by
               ,
               and
               another
               ,
               against
               whose
               person
               the
               people
               had
               no
               prejudice
               ,
               was
               to
               speake
               over
               the
               same
               words
               ,
               which
               the
               former
               had
               uttered
               .
               I
               am
               most
               
               sensible
               to
               my selfe
               of
               my
               owne
               badnesse
               ,
               and
               how
               justly
               I
               am
               subject
               to
               exception
               .
               Only
               my
               prayer
               shall
               be
               ,
               that
               whilst
               I
               stand
               by
               ,
               and
               am
               ●…ilent
               ,
               Gods
               Spirit
               which
               is
               free
               from
               any
               fault
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               all
               perfection
               ,
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               repeat
               in
               thy
               heart
               ,
               the
               selfe-same
               answers
               I
               have
               given
               to
               your
               objections
               :
               And
               then
               what
               was
               weak
               ,
               shallow
               and
               unsatisfying
               ,
               as
               it
               came
               from
               my
               mouth
               ,
               shall
               and
               will
               be
               full
               ,
               powerfull
               ,
               and
               satisfactorie
               ,
               as
               re-inforced
               in
               thee
               ,
               by
               Gods
               Spirit
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               XII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Meanes
             to
             be
             used
             by
             wounded
             Consciences
             ,
             for
             the
             recovering
             of
             comfort
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               ARe
               there
               any
               usefull
               meanes
               to
               be
               prescribed
               ,
               whereby
               wounded
               Consciences
               may
               recover
               comfort
               the
               sooner
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               there
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               now
               
                 adayes
              
               some
               condemne
               all
               using
               of
               meanes
               ,
               
                 let
                 Grace
                 alone
              
               (
               say
               they
               )
               fully
               and
               freely
               to
               do
               its
               own
               worke
               :
               and
               thereby
               mans
               mind
               will
               in
               due
               time
               return
               to
               a
               good
               temper
               of
               its
               ow●…
               accord
               :
               This
               is
               the
               most
               spirituall
               serving
               of
               God
               ,
               whilst
               using
               of
               
                 meanes
                 ,
              
               makes
               but
               
                 Dunces
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Trewants
              
               in
               
                 Christs
                 Schoole
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               What
               they
               pretend
               spirituall
               ,
               wil
               prove
               ai●…ry
               and
               empty
               ,
               
               making
               lewd
               and
               lazie
               Christians
               :
               Meanes
               may
               and
               must
               be
               used
               with
               these
               cautions
               .
               1.
               
               That
               they
               be
               of
               Gods
               appointment
               in
               his
               word
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               mans
               meere
               invention
               .
               2.
               
               That
               we
               stil
               remember
               they
               are
               but
               means
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               main
               .
               For
               to
               account
               of
               helps
               more
               then
               helpes
               ,
               is
               the
               high-way
               to
               make
               them
               hindrances
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               that
               none
               rely
               barely
               on
               the
               
                 deed
                 done
                 ,
              
               which
               conceit
               will
               undoe
               him
               that
               did
               it
               ,
               especially
               if
               any
               opinion
               of
               merit
               be
               fixed
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               first
               meanes
               I
               must
               use
               ,
               for
               I
               re-assume
               to
               personate
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Constantly
               pray
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               due
               time
               he
               would
               speake
               peace
               unto
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               My
               prayers
               are
               better
               omitted
               then
               performed
               :
               They
               are
               so
               weak
               they
               will
               but
               bring
               the
               greater
               punishment
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               involve
               me
               
               within
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Prophets
              
               curse
               ,
               to
               those
               
                 that
                 doe
                 the
                 worke
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 negligently
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Prayers
               negligently
               performed
               ,
               draw
               a
               curse
               ,
               but
               not
               prayers
               weakly
               performed
               .
               The
               former
               is
               when
               one
               can
               do
               better
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               ;
               the
               latter
               ,
               is
               ,
               when
               one
               would
               do
               better
               ,
               but
               alas
               ,
               he
               cannot
               :
               And
               such
               failings
               as
               they
               are
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               his
               sorrows
               also
               :
               Pray
               therefore
               faintly
               ,
               that
               thou
               maist
               pray
               fervently
               ;
               pray
               weakly
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayest
               pray
               strongly
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               in
               the
               Law
               they
               were
               forbidden
               to
               offer
               to
               God
               any
               
                 lame
                 
                   *
                
                 sacrifice
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               are
               my
               prayers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Observe
               a
               great
               difference
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               materiall
               
                 Sacrifice
              
               under
               the
               
                 Law
                 ,
              
               and
               spiritual
               Sacrifices
               (
               the
               
                 calves
                 of
                 the
                 lips
              
               )
               under
               the
               Gospell
               .
               The
               former
               were
               to
               be
               free
               from
               all
               blemish
               ,
               
               because
               they
               did
               typifie
               and
               resemble
               
                 Christ
              
               himselfe
               :
               The
               latter
               (
               not
               figuratively
               representing
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               but
               heartily
               presented
               unto
               him
               )
               must
               be
               as
               good
               as
               may
               be
               gotten
               ,
               though
               many
               imperfections
               will
               cleave
               to
               our
               best
               performances
               ,
               which
               by
               Gods
               mercy
               are
               forgiven
               .
               2.
               
               Know
               that
               that
               in
               
                 Scripture
              
               is
               accounted
               lame
               ,
               which
               is
               counterfeit
               ,
               and
               dissembling
               ,
               (
               in
               which
               sense
               
                 *
              
               Hypocrites
               are
               properly
               called
               halters
               )
               and
               therefore
               if
               thy
               prayer
               though
               never
               so
               weake
               ,
               be
               sound
               ,
               and
               sincere
               ,
               it
               is
               acceptable
               with
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               counsell
               do
               you
               prescribe
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Be
               diligent
               in
               reading
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               wherein
               all
               comfort
               is
               conteined
               ;
               say
               not
               that
               thou
               art
               dumpish
               and
               undisposed
               to
               
                 read
                 ,
              
               but
               remember
               how
               travellers
               must
               eat
               against
               
               their
               stomach
               ;
               their
               journey
               will
               digest
               it
               :
               and
               though
               their
               Palate
               find
               no
               pleasure
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               their
               whole
               body
               will
               feele
               strength
               for
               the
               future
               .
               Thou
               hast
               a
               great
               journey
               to
               go
               ,
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               is
               farre
               to
               travell
               to
               find
               comfort
               ,
               (
               and
               though
               weary
               ,
               shall
               be
               welcome
               at
               his
               journeys
               end
               )
               and
               therefore
               must
               feed
               on
               Gods
               word
               ,
               even
               against
               his
               own
               dull
               disposition
               ,
               and
               shall
               afterwards
               reap
               benefit
               thereby
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               in
               your
               appointing
               of
               wholsome
               dyet
               for
               my
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               to
               observe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Avoid
               
                 solitarinesse
                 ,
              
               land
               associate
               thy selfe
               with
               
                 pious
              
               and
               
                 godly
                 company
                 :
              
               O
               the
               blessed
               fruits
               thereof
               !
               Such
               as
               want
               skill
               or
               boldnesse
               to
               begin
               or
               set
               a
               
                 Psalme
                 ,
              
               may
               competently
               follow
               
                 tune
              
               in
               consort
               with
               others
               :
               Many
               houses
               in
               
                 London
              
               
               have
               so
               weak
               walls
               ,
               and
               are
               of
               so
               slight
               and
               sl●…nder
               building
               ,
               that
               were
               they
               set
               alone
               in
               the
               fields
               ,
               probably
               they
               would
               not
               stand
               an
               houre
               ;
               which
               now
               ranged
               in
               
                 streets
              
               receive
               support
               in
               them selves
               ,
               and
               mutually
               returne
               it
               to
               others
               :
               So
               mayst
               thou
               in
               good
               society
               ,
               not
               only
               be
               reserved
               from
               much
               mischiefe
               ,
               but
               also
               be
               strengthened
               and
               confirmed
               in
               many
               godly
               exercises
               ,
               which
               solely
               thou
               couldest
               not
               perform
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               else
               must
               I
               do
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Be
               industrious
               in
               thy
               calling
               ;
               I
               presse
               this
               the
               more
               ,
               because
               some
               erroneously
               conceive
               that
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               cancels
               all
               
                 Indentures
              
               of
               
                 service
                 ,
              
               and
               gives
               them
               (
               during
               their
               affliction
               )
               a
               dispensation
               to
               be
               idle
               .
               The
               inhabitants
               of
               the
               
                 Bishoprick
              
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 Durham
              
               pleaded
               a
               priviledge
               ,
               that
               King
               
                 Edward
                 the
              
               
               
                 first
              
               had
               no
               power
               ,
               although
               on
               necessary
               occasion
               ,
               to
               
                 presse
              
               them
               to
               go
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Country
                 ,
              
               because
               ▪
               forsooth
               ,
               they
               termed
               themselves
               
                 Haly-worke-folke
                 ,
              
               only
               to
               be
               used
               in
               defending
               the
               holy
               
                 Shrine
              
               of
               S.
               
                 Cuthbert
                 .
              
               Let
               none
               in
               like
               manner
               pretend
               ,
               that
               (
               during
               the
               
                 agony
              
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               )
               they
               are
               to
               have
               no
               other
               imployment
               ,
               then
               to
               sit
               moping
               to
               brood
               their
               Melancholly
               ,
               or
               else
               only
               to
               attend
               their
               devotions
               ;
               whereas
               a
               good
               way
               to
               divert
               or
               asswage
               their
               pain
               within
               ,
               is
               to
               take
               paines
               without
               in
               their
               vocation
               .
               I
               am
               confident
               ,
               that
               happy
               minute
               which
               shall
               put
               a
               period
               to
               thy
               misery
               ,
               shall
               not
               find
               thee
               idle
               ,
               but
               employed
               ,
               as
               ever
               some
               secret
               good
               is
               accrewing
               to
               such
               ,
               who
               are
               diligent
               in
               their
               calling
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               though
               
                 wounded
                 
                 consciences
              
               are
               not
               to
               be
               freed
               from
               all
               worke
               ,
               are
               they
               not
               to
               be
               favoured
               in
               their
               worke
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               .
               Here
               let
               me
               be
               the
               Advocate
               to
               such
               Parents
               and
               Masters
               ,
               who
               have
               Sonnes
               ,
               Servants
               ,
               or
               others
               under
               their
               authority
               afflicted
               with
               wounded
               Consciences
               ,
               O
               ,
               doe
               not
               with
               the
               Egyptian
               task-masters
               ,
               exact
               of
               them
               the
               full
               tale
               of
               their
               bricke
               ,
               
                 O
                 spare
                 a
                 little
                 till
                 they
                 have
                 recovered
                 some
                 strength
                 .
              
               Unreasonabl●…
               that
               maimed
               men
               ,
               should
               passe
               on
               equall
               duty
               with
               such
               Souldiers
               as
               are
               sound
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               must
               I
               dispose
               my selfe
               on
               the
               Lords
               day
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Avoid
               all
               servile
               work
               ,
               and
               expend
               it
               only
               in
               such
               actions
               ,
               as
               tend
               to
               the
               sanctifying
               thereof
               .
               God
               the
               great
               
                 Landlord
              
               of
               all
               
                 time
              
               hath
               let
               out
               
                 six
                 da●…s
              
               in
               the
               
                 weeke
              
               to
               man
               to
               
               farme
               them
               ;
               the
               
                 Seaventh
                 day
              
               he
               reserveth
               as
               
                 Demeanes
              
               in
               his
               owne
               hand
               :
               If
               therefore
               we
               would
               have
               quiet
               possession
               ,
               &
               comfortable
               use
               of
               what
               God
               hath
               
                 leased
              
               out
               to
               us
               ,
               let
               us
               not
               incroach
               on
               his
               
                 Demeanes
                 .
              
               Some
               
                 Popish
              
               
                 *
              
               people
               make
               a
               superstitious
               
                 Almanacke
              
               of
               the
               
                 Sunday
                 ,
              
               by
               the
               fairenesse
               or
               foulenesse
               thereof
               ,
               guessing
               of
               the
               
                 weather
              
               all
               the
               
                 weeke
              
               after
               .
               But
               I
               dare
               boldly
               say
               ,
               that
               from
               our
               well
               or
               ill
               spending
               of
               the
               
                 Lords
                 Day
                 ,
              
               a
               probable
               conjecture
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               how
               the
               following
               
                 weeke
              
               will
               be
               imployed
               .
               Yea
               I
               conceive
               ,
               we
               are
               bound
               (
               as
               matters
               now
               stand
               in
               
                 England
              
               )
               to
               a
               stricter
               observation
               of
               the
               
                 Lords
                 Day
                 ,
              
               then
               ever
               before
               .
               That
               a
               time
               was
               due
               to
               Gods
               
                 Service
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 Christian
              
               in
               our
               Kingdome
               ever
               did
               deny
               :
               That
               the
               same
               was
               weekly
               dispersed
               in
               the
               
               
                 Lords
                 Day
                 ,
                 Holy
                 dayes
                 ,
                 Wednesdayes
                 ,
                 Fridayes
                 ,
                 Saturdayes
                 ,
              
               some
               have
               earnestly
               maintained
               :
               Seeing
               therefore
               ,
               all
               the
               last
               are
               generally
               neglected
               ,
               the
               former
               must
               be
               more
               strictly
               observed
               ;
               it
               being
               otherwise
               impious
               ,
               that
               our
               devotion
               having
               a
               narrower
               
                 channell
                 ,
              
               should
               also
               carry
               a
               shallower
               streame
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               means
               must
               I
               use
               for
               expedition
               of
               comfort
               to
               my
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Confesse
               
                 *
              
               that
               sinne
               or
               sinnes
               ,
               which
               most
               perplexes
               thee
               ,
               to
               some
               Godly
               
                 Minister
                 ,
              
               who
               by
               absolution
               may
               pronounce
               ,
               and
               apply
               pardon
               unto
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               This
               confession
               is
               but
               a
               
                 device
              
               of
               
                 Divines
                 ,
              
               thereby
               to
               skrne
               themselves
               into
               other
               mens
               secrets
               ,
               so
               to
               mold
               ,
               and
               manage
               them
               with
               more
               ease
               to
               their
               owne
               profit
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               God
               forbid
               they
               should
               have
               any
               other
               designe
               ,
               but
               your
               safety
               ,
               and
               therefore
               choose
               your
               confessour
               ,
               where
               you
               please
               to
               your
               owne
               contentment
               ;
               so
               that
               you
               may
               finde
               ease
               ,
               fetch
               it
               where
               you
               may
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               our
               credit
               ,
               but
               your
               cure
               we
               stand
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               such
               confession
               hath
               beene
               counted
               rather
               arack
               for
               
                 Sound
                 ,
              
               then
               a
               remedy
               for
               
                 wounded
                 Consciences
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               proveth
               so
               ,
               as
               abused
               in
               the
               
                 Romish
                 Church
                 ,
              
               requiring
               an
               enumeration
               of
               all
               mortall
               sinnes
               ,
               therein
               supposing
               an
               error
               ,
               that
               some
               sinnes
               are
               not
               mortall
               ,
               and
               imposing
               an
               impossibility
               ,
               that
               all
               can
               be
               reckoned
               up
               .
               Thus
               the
               
                 conscience
              
               is
               tortured
               ,
               because
               it
               can
               never
               tread
               firmly
               ,
               feeling
               no
               bottome
               ,
               being
               still
               uncertain
               of
               Confession
               ,
               (
               and
               so
               of
               Absolution
               )
               whether
               
               or
               no
               he
               hath
               acknowledged
               all
               his
               sinnes
               .
               But
               where
               this
               ordinance
               is
               commended
               as
               convenient
               ,
               not
               commanded
               as
               necessary
               ,
               left
               free
               ,
               not
               forced
               ,
               in
               cases
               of
               extremity
               ,
               soveraigne
               use
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               and
               hath
               been
               found
               thereof
               ,
               neither
               
                 M●…gistrate
              
               nor
               
                 Minister
              
               carrying
               the
               
                 Sword
              
               or
               the
               
                 Keyes
              
               in
               vaine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               expected
               some
               rare
               inventions
               from
               you
               ,
               for
               curing
               wounded
               consciences
               :
               whereas
               〈◊〉
               your
               receipts
               hitherto
               are
               old
               ,
               stale
               ,
               usuall
               ,
               common
               ,
               and
               ordinary
               ;
               there
               is
               nothing
               new
               in
               any
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
               First
               ,
               if
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               had
               been
               a
               
                 〈◊〉
                 disease
                 ,
              
               never
               heard
               of
               in
               Gods
               Word
               before
               this
               time
               ,
               〈◊〉
               perchance
               we
               must
               have
               been
               forced
               to
               find
               out
               new
               remedies
               .
               But
               it
               is
               an
               
                 old
                 Malady
                 ,
              
               and
               therefore
               
                 old
                 Physick
              
               is
               best
               applyed
               unto
               it
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               
                 Receipts
              
               indeed
               
               are
               old
               ,
               because
               prescribed
               by
               him
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Ancient
                 of
                 dayes
                 .
              
               But
               the
               older
               the
               better
               ,
               because
               warranted
               by
               experience
               to
               be
               effectuall
               .
               Gods
               ordinances
               are
               like
               the
               
                 cloathes
              
               
                 *
              
               of
               the
               
                 Children
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               during
               our
               wandring
               in
               the
               wildernesse
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               they
               never
               wax
               old
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               have
               their
               vertue
               in
               operation
               abated
               or
               decayed
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               whereas
               you
               call
               them
               
                 common
                 ,
              
               would
               to
               God
               they
               were
               so
               ,
               and
               as
               generally
               practiced
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               usually
               prescribed
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               know
               we
               meddle
               not
               with
               
                 curious
                 heads
                 ,
              
               which
               are
               pleased
               with
               new-fangled
               rarities
               ,
               but
               with
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
                 ,
              
               who
               love
               solid
               comfort
               .
               Suppose
               our
               Receipts
               ordinary
               and
               obvious
               ;
               If
               
                 *
              
               
                 Naaman
              
               counts
               the
               cure
               too
               cheap
               and
               easie
               ,
               none
               will
               pitty
               him
               if
               still
               he
               be
               pained
               with
               his
               leprosie
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               your
               receipts
               are
               too
               loose
               and
               large
               ,
               not
               fitted
               and
               appropriated
               to
               my
               malady
               alone
               .
               For
               all
               these
               ,
               
                 Pray
                 ,
                 reade
                 ,
                 keep
                 good
                 company
                 ,
                 be
                 diligent
                 in
                 thy
                 calling
                 ,
                 observe
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ,
                 confesse
                 thy
                 sinnes
                 ,
                 &c.
                 )
              
               may
               as
               well
               be
               prescribed
               to
               one
               guilty
               of
               
                 presumption
                 ,
              
               as
               to
               me
               ready
               to
               despaire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               doth
               not
               follow
               that
               our
               physick
               is
               not
               proper
               for
               one
               ,
               because
               it
               may
               be
               profitable
               for
               both
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               Despaire
               and
               Presumption
               being
               contrary
               diseases
               flowing
               from
               contrary
               causes
               ,
               must
               have
               contrary
               cures
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Though
               they
               flow
               immediately
               from
               contrary
               caufes
               ,
               yet
               originally
               from
               the
               common
               fountaine
               of
               naturall
               corruption
               :
               And
               therefore
               such
               meanes
               as
               I
               have
               propounded
               ,
               tending
               towards
               the
               mortifying
               
               of
               our
               corrupt
               nature
               ,
               may
               generally
               ,
               though
               not
               equally
               be
               usefull
               to
               humble
               the
               presuming
               ,
               and
               comfort
               the
               despairing
               ;
               But
               to
               cut
               off
               cavills
               in
               the
               next
               Dialogue
               ,
               wee
               'l
               come
               closely
               to
               peculiar
               counsells
               unto
               thee
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XIII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Foure
             wholsome
             counsells
             ,
             for
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             to
             practice
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               PErforme
               your
               promise
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               first
               counsell
               you
               commend
               unto
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Take
               heed
               of
               ever
               renounceing
               thy
               
                 filiall
                 interest
              
               in
               
                 God
                 ,
              
               though
               thy
               sinnes
               deserve
               that
               he
               should
               disclaime
               his
               
                 Paternall
                 relation
              
               to
               thee
               .
               The
               
                 Prodigall
              
               
                 *
              
               returning
               to
               his
               
                 Father
              
               
               did
               not
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 thy
                 sonne
                 ,
              
               but
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 no
                 more
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 thy
                 sonne
                 .
              
               Beware
               of
               bastardizing
               thy selfe
               ,
               being
               as
               much
               as
               Satan
               desires
               ,
               and
               more
               then
               he
               hopes
               to
               obtaine
               .
               Otherwise
               thy
               
                 folly
              
               would
               give
               him
               more
               then
               his
               
                 fury
              
               could
               get
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               conceive
               this
               a
               need
               full
               c●…tion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               will
               appeare
               so
               if
               we
               consider
               ,
               what
               the
               
                 *
              
               Apostle
               saith
               ,
               that
               we
               
                 wrestle
                 with
                 principalities
                 and
                 powers
                 .
              
               Now
               
                 wrestlers
              
               in
               the
               
                 Olympian
                 games
              
               were
               
                 naked
                 ,
              
               and
               anointed
               with
               oile
               to
               make
               them
               slick
               ,
               and
               glibbery
               ,
               so
               to
               afford
               no
               hold-fast
               to
               such
               as
               strove
               with
               them
               .
               Let
               us
               not
               gratifie
               the
               Devill
               with
               this
               advantage
               against
               our selves
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               to
               disclaime
               our
               
                 Sonne-ship
              
               in
               God
               :
               If
               the
               Devill
               catcheth
               us
               at
               this
               lock
               ,
               he
               will
               throw
               us
               flat
               ,
               and
               hazard
               the
               breaking
               
               of
               our
               necks
               with
               finall
               despair
               .
               Oh
               no!
               Still
               keep
               this
               point
               ;
               a
               
                 Prodigal
                 sonne
              
               I
               am
               ,
               but
               a
               
                 sonne
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 bastard
                 :
              
               A
               
                 lost
                 sheepe
                 ,
              
               but
               a
               
                 sheepe
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 goate
                 :
              
               An
               
                 unprofitable
                 servant
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 Gods
                 servant
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               absolute
               
                 slave
                 to
                 Sathan
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               to
               your
               second
               counsell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Give
               credit
               to
               what
               grave
               and
               godly
               persons
               conceive
               of
               thy
               condition
               ,
               rather
               then
               what
               thy
               own
               fear
               ,
               (
               an
               incompetent
               Judge
               )
               may
               suggest
               unto
               thee
               .
               A
               
                 seared
                 Conscience
              
               thinks
               better
               of
               it selfe
               ,
               a
               
                 wounded
              
               worse
               ,
               then
               it
               ought
               :
               The
               former
               may
               account
               all
               sinne
               a
               sport
               ,
               the
               latter
               all
               sport
               a
               sin
               :
               Melancholy
               men
               ,
               when
               sick
               ,
               are
               ready
               to
               conceit
               any
               cold
               to
               be
               the
               
                 cough
              
               of
               the
               
                 Lungs
                 ,
              
               and
               an
               ordinary
               
                 Pustle
                 ,
              
               no
               lesse
               then
               the
               
                 plague
                 sore
                 .
              
               So
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
              
               conceive
               sinnes
               of
               
                 infirmity
              
               to
               be
               
               of
               
                 presumption
                 ,
              
               sins
               of
               
                 ignorance
              
               to
               be
               of
               
                 knowledge
                 ,
              
               apprehending
               their
               case
               more
               dangerous
               then
               it
               is
               indeed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               it
               seemeth
               unreasonable
               that
               I
               should
               rather
               trust
               anothers
               saying
               ,
               then
               my
               own
               sense
               of
               my selfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Every
               man
               is
               best
               judge
               of
               his
               
                 own
                 selfe
                 ,
              
               if
               he
               be
               his
               
                 own
                 selfe
                 ,
              
               but
               during
               the
               swound
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               I
               deny
               thee
               to
               be
               come
               to
               
                 thy
                 own
                 selfe
                 :
              
               whilst
               thine
               eyes
               are
               blubbering
               ,
               and
               a
               teare
               hangs
               before
               thy
               sight
               ,
               thou
               canst
               not
               see
               things
               clearely
               and
               truly
               ,
               because
               looking
               through
               a
               double
               
                 medium
              
               of
               aire
               and
               water
               ;
               so
               whilst
               this
               cloud
               of
               
                 pensivenes
              
               is
               pendent
               before
               the
               eyes
               of
               thy
               soule
               ,
               thy
               estate
               is
               erroneously
               represented
               unto
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               your
               third
               counsell
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               thy
               agony
               of
               a
               
                 troubled
                 conscience
              
               alwayes
               look
               upwards
               unto
               a
               gracious
               God
               to
               keep
               thy
               soule
               steady
               ,
               for
               looking
               downward
               on
               thy selfe
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               find
               nothing
               but
               what
               will
               encrease
               thy
               feare
               ,
               infinite
               sinnes
               ,
               good
               deeds
               few
               ,
               and
               imperfect
               :
               It
               is
               not
               thy
               Faith
               ,
               but
               Gods
               faithfulnesse
               thou
               must
               relie
               upon
               ;
               casting
               thine
               eyes
               downwards
               on
               thy selfe
               to
               behold
               the
               great
               distance
               betwixt
               what
               thou
               deservest
               ,
               and
               what
               thou
               desirest
               ,
               is
               enough
               to
               make
               thee
               giddy
               ,
               stagger
               and
               reel
               into
               despaire
               :
               Ever
               therefore
               
                 Lift
                 up
                 thine
                 eyes
                 unto
                 the
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 hils
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 commeth
                 thy
                 helpe
                 ,
              
               never
               viewing
               the
               deepe
               Dale
               of
               thy
               own
               unworthines
               ,
               but
               to
               abate
               thy
               pride
               when
               tempted
               to
               presumption
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               your
               fourth
               and
               last
               counsell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Be
               not
               disheartned
               as
               if
               
               comfort
               would
               not
               come
               at
               all
               ,
               because
               it
               comes
               not
               all
               at
               once
               ,
               but
               patiently
               attend
               Gods
               leisure
               :
               they
               are
               not
               styled
               the
               swift
               ,
               but
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Sure
                 mercies
                 of
                 David
                 :
              
               And
               the
               same
               Prophet
               saith
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 The
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 shall
                 be
                 thy
                 Rereward
                 ,
              
               this
               we
               know
               comes
               up
               last
               to
               secure
               and
               make
               good
               all
               the
               rest
               :
               Be
               assured
               ,
               where
               
                 grace
              
               patiently
               leads
               the
               
                 Front
                 ,
                 glory
              
               at
               last
               will
               be
               in
               the
               
                 Reare
                 .
              
               Remember
               the
               prodigious
               patience
               of
               
                 Eliahs
              
               servant
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Wherein
               was
               it
               remarkeable
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               obedience
               to
               his
               master
               :
               He
               went
               severall
               times
               to
               the
               
                 Sea
                 ;
              
               it
               is
               tedious
               for
               me
               to
               tell
               what
               was
               not
               troublesome
               for
               him
               to
               doe
               ,
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               times
               sent
               down
               steepe
               
                 Carmel
                 ,
              
               with
               danger
               ,
               and
               up
               it
               again
               with
               difficulty
               ,
               and
               all
               to
               bring
               newes
               of
               nothing
               ,
               till
               his
               last
               
               journey
               ,
               which
               made
               recompence
               for
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               with
               the
               tydings
               of
               a
               cloud
               arising
               .
               So
               thy
               thirsty
               soule
               ,
               long
               parched
               with
               drowth
               for
               want
               of
               cōfort
               ,
               though
               late
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               shall
               be
               plentifully
               refreshed
               with
               the
               
                 dew
              
               of
               consolation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               be
               happy
               if
               I
               find
               it
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Consider
               the
               causes
               why
               a
               broken
               Leg
               is
               incureable
               in
               a
               Horse
               ,
               and
               easily
               cureable
               in
               a
               man
               :
               The
               Horse
               is
               incapable
               of
               counsell
               to
               submit
               himselfe
               to
               the
               
                 Farrier
                 ,
              
               &
               therefore
               in
               case
               his
               Leg
               be
               set
               ,
               he
               flings
               ,
               flounces
               ,
               and
               flies
               out
               ,
               unjoynting
               it
               again
               by
               his
               mis-imployed
               mettle
               ,
               counting
               all
               binding
               to
               be
               shackles
               &
               fetters
               unto
               him
               ;
               whereas
               a
               man
               willingly
               resigneth
               himselfe
               to
               be
               ordered
               by
               the
               
                 Chyrurgeon
                 ,
              
               preferring
               rather
               to
               be
               a
               prisoner
               for
               some
               dayes
               ,
               
               then
               a
               Cripple
               all
               his
               life
               .
               
                 Be
                 not
                 like
                 a
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 Horse
                 or
                 Mule
                 ,
                 which
                 have
                 no
                 understanding
                 ;
              
               but
               
                 let
                 patience
                 have
                 its
                 perfect
                 worke
                 .
              
               In
               thee
               ▪
               When
               God
               goeth
               about
               
                 to
                 bind
                 up
                 the
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 broken
                 hearted
                 ,
              
               tarry
               his
               time
               ,
               though
               ease
               come
               not
               at
               an
               instant
               ,
               yea
               though
               it
               be
               painfull
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               in
               due
               time
               thou
               shalt
               certainly
               receive
               comfort
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XIV
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Comfortable
             meditations
             for
             wounded
             Consciences
             to
             muse
             upon
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Furnish
               me
               I
               pray
               with
               some
               comfortable
               
                 meditations
                 ;
              
               whereon
               I
               may
               busie
               and
               imploy
               my
               soule
               when
               alone
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               consider
               that
               our
               
                 Saviour
              
               had
               not
               only
               a
               notionall
               ,
               
               but
               an
               experimentall
               and
               meritorious
               knowledge
               of
               the
               paines
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
                 when
                 hanging
                 on
                 the
                 Crosse
                 :
              
               If
               
                 Pau●…
                 conce●…ved
                 himselfe
                 happy
              
               being
               to
               answer
               for
               himself
               ,
               before
               King
               
                 Agrippa
                 ,
                 especially
                 because
                 he
                 knew
              
               
               him
               to
               be
               expert
               in
               all
               the
               
                 customes
                 and
                 questions
                 of
                 the
                 Jewes
                 ;
              
               How
               much
               more
               just
               cause
               hath
               thy
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               of
               comfort
               and
               joy
               ,
               being
               in
               thy
               prayers
               to
               plead
               before
               
                 Christ
              
               himself
               ,
               who
               hath
               felt
               thy
               pain
               ,
               and
               deserved
               that
               in
               due
               time
               by
               his
               stripes
               thou
               shouldst
               be
               healed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               I
               pray
               in
               this
               comfortable
               subject
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               consider
               that
               herein
               ,
               like
               
                 Eliah
                 ,
              
               thou
               needest
               not
               complaine
               that
               thou
               art
               left
               
                 alone
                 ,
              
               seeing
               the
               best
               of
               Gods
               
                 Saints
              
               in
               all
               ages
               have
               smarted
               in
               the
               same
               kind
               ;
               instance
               in
               
                 David
                 :
              
               Indeed
               sometimes
               he
               boasteth
               
               
               
               how
               
                 he
                 lay
                 in
                 green
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 pastures
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 led
                 by
                 still
                 waters
                 ;
              
               But
               after
               he
               bemoaneth
               that
               
                 he
                 sinks
                 in
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 deepe
                 mire
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 standing
                 .
              
               What
               is
               become
               of
               those
               
                 greene
                 pastures
                 ?
              
               Parched
               up
               with
               the
               
                 drowth
                 .
              
               Where
               are
               those
               
                 still
                 waters
                 ?
              
               Troubled
               with
               the
               tempest
               of
               affliction
               .
               The
               same
               
                 David
              
               compareth
               himselfe
               to
               an
               
                 *
              
               
                 owle
                 ,
              
               and
               in
               the
               next
               
                 Psalme
              
               resembleth
               himselfe
               to
               an
               
                 Eagle
                 .
              
               Doe
               two
               
                 fowles
              
               flie
               of
               more
               different
               kind
               ?
               The
               one
               the
               
                 Scorne
                 ,
              
               the
               other
               the
               
                 Soveraigne
                 ;
              
               the
               one
               the
               
                 slowest
                 ,
              
               the
               other
               the
               
                 swiftest
                 ;
              
               the
               one
               the
               most
               
                 sharp
                 sighted
                 ,
              
               the
               other
               the
               most
               dimme-eyed
               of
               all
               
                 Birds
                 .
              
               Wonder
               not
               then
               ,
               to
               find
               in
               thy selfe
               sudden
               ,
               and
               strange
               alterations
               .
               It
               fared
               thus
               with
               all
               Gods
               
                 servants
                 ,
              
               in
               their
               agonies
               of
               temptation
               ,
               and
               be
               confident
               thereof
               ,
               though
               
               now
               run
               aground
               ,
               with
               griefe
               ,
               in
               due
               time
               thou
               shalt
               be
               all
               afloate
               with
               comfort
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               loath
               to
               interrupt
               you
               in
               so
               welcome
               a
               discourse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               consider
               ,
               that
               thou
               hast
               had
               ,
               though
               not
               grace
               enough
               to
               cure
               thee
               ,
               yet
               enough
               to
               keep
               thee
               ,
               and
               conclude
               that
               he
               ,
               whose
               goodnesse
               hath
               so
               long
               held
               thy
               head
               above
               water
               from
               drowning
               ,
               will
               at
               last
               bring
               thy
               whole
               body
               safely
               to
               the
               shoare
               .
               The
               
                 Wife
              
               of
               
                 Manoah
                 ,
              
               had
               more
               
                 faith
              
               then
               her
               
                 husband
                 ,
              
               and
               thus
               
                 she
              
               reasoned
               ;
               
                 *
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Lord
                 were
                 pleased
                 to
                 kill
                 us
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 received
                 a
                 burnt
                 and
                 a
                 meat
                 offering
                 at
                 our
                 hands
                 .
              
               Thou
               mayst
               argue
               in
               like
               manner
               :
               If
               God
               had
               intended
               finally
               to
               forsake
               me
               ,
               he
               would
               never
               so
               often
               have
               heard
               and
               accepted
               my
               prayers
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               measure
               as
               to
               vouchsafe
               unto
               
               me
               ,
               though
               not
               full
               deliverance
               
                 from
                 ,
              
               free
               preservation
               in
               my
               affliction
               .
               Know
               
                 God
                 hath
                 done
                 great
                 things
                 for
                 thee
                 already
                 ,
              
               and
               thou
               mayst
               conclude
               from
               his
               grace
               of
               supportation
               hitherto
               ,
               grace
               of
               ease
               ,
               and
               relaxation
               hereafter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               pitty
               to
               disturb
               you
               ,
               proceed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               consider
               ,
               that
               besides
               the
               private
               stock
               of
               thy
               owne
               ,
               thou
               tradest
               on
               the
               publick
               store
               of
               all
               good
               mens
               prayers
               ,
               put
               up
               to
               heaven
               for
               thee
               .
               What
               a
               mixture
               of
               
                 Languages
              
               met
               in
               
                 Hierusalem
              
               at
               
                 Pentecost
                 ,
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 Parthians
                 ,
                 Medes
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Elamites
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               But
               conceive
               to
               thy
               comfort
               ,
               what
               a
               medley
               of
               prayers
               ,
               in
               severall
               tongues
               daily
               ,
               center
               themselves
               in
               Gods
               eares
               in
               thy
               behalfe
               ,
               
                 English
                 ,
                 Scotch
                 ,
                 Irish
                 ,
                 French
                 ,
                 Dutch
                 ,
              
               &c.
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               perchance
               thou
               
               dost
               not
               understand
               one
               syllable
               of
               their
               prayers
               ,
               by
               whom
               thou
               mayst
               reap
               benefit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               not
               requisite
               to
               intitle
               me
               to
               the
               profit
               of
               other
               mens
               prayers
               ,
               that
               I
               particularly
               know
               their
               persons
               which
               pray
               for
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Not
               at
               all
               ,
               no
               more
               then
               it
               is
               needfull
               that
               the
               
                 eye
              
               or
               
                 face
              
               must
               see
               the
               backward
               parts
               ,
               which
               is
               difficult
               ,
               or
               the
               inward
               parts
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               which
               is
               impossible
               ;
               without
               which
               sight
               ,
               by
               sympathie
               they
               serve
               one
               another
               .
               And
               such
               is
               the
               correspondency
               by
               prayers
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               mysticall
               members
               of
               Christs
               body
               ,
               corporally
               unseen
               one
               by
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Proceed
               to
               a
               fift
               Meditation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Consider
               ,
               there
               be
               five
               kinds
               of
               
                 Consciences
              
               on
               foot
               in
               the
               world
               :
               First
               ,
               an
               
                 ignorant
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               which
               neither
               sees
               nor
               
               saith
               any
               thing
               ,
               neither
               beholds
               the
               sinnes
               in
               a
               soule
               ,
               nor
               reproves
               them
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               
                 flattering
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               whose
               speech
               is
               worse
               then
               silence
               it selfe
               ,
               which
               though
               seeing
               sin
               ,
               sooths
               men
               in
               the
               committing
               thereof
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               the
               
                 seared
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               which
               hath
               neither
               sight
               ,
               speech
               ,
               nor
               sense
               ,
               in
               men
               that
               ar●…
               
                 *
              
               
                 past
                 feeling
                 .
              
               Fourthly
               ,
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               frighted
               with
               sinne
               .
               The
               last
               ,
               and
               best
               ,
               is
               a
               
                 quiet
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 cleare
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               pacified
               in
               
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 .
              
               Of
               these
               the
               fourth
               is
               thy
               case
               ,
               incomparably
               better
               then
               the
               three
               former
               ,
               so
               that
               a
               wise
               man
               would
               not
               take
               a
               world
               to
               change
               with
               them
               .
               Yea
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               is
               rather
               painfull
               then
               sinfull
               ,
               an
               affliction
               ,
               no
               offence
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               the
               ready
               way
               ,
               at
               the
               next
               remove
               ,
               to
               be
               turned
               into
               a
               
                 quiet
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 hearken
                 unto
                 you
                 with
              
               
               
                 attention
                 and
                 comfort
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               consider
               the
               good
               effects
               of
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               ,
               privative
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               positive
               for
               the
               future
               .
               First
               ,
               primative
               ,
               this
               heavinesse
               of
               thy
               heart
               (
               for
               the
               time
               being
               )
               is
               a
               bridle
               to
               thy
               soule
               ,
               keeping
               it
               from
               many
               sinnes
               it
               would
               otherwise
               commit
               .
               Thou
               that
               now
               sittest
               sad
               in
               thy
               shop
               ,
               or
               walkest
               p●…sive
               in
               thy
               Parlour
               ,
               or
               standest
               sighing
               in
               thy
               chamber
               ,
               or
               lyest
               sobbing
               on
               thy
               bed
               ,
               mightest
               perchance
               at
               the
               same
               time
               be
               drunke
               ,
               or
               wanton
               ,
               or
               worse
               ,
               if
               not
               restrained
               by
               this
               affliction
               .
               God
               saith
               in
               his
               Prophet
               to
               
                 Judah
                 ,
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 I
                 will
                 ●…edge
                 thy
                 way
                 with
                 thornes
                 ,
              
               namely
               ,
               to
               keep
               
                 Judah
              
               from
               committing
               
                 spirituall
                 fornication
                 .
              
               It
               is
               confest
               that
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               for
               the
               time
               ,
               is
               
                 a
                 hedge
                 of
                 thornes
                 ,
              
               (
               as
               the
               messenger
               of
               
                 Satan
                 ,
              
               sent
               to
               buffet
               S.
               
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               is
               termed
               a
               
                 *
              
               
                 thorne
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 .
                 )
              
               But
               this
               
                 thornie
              
               fence
               keeps
               our
               wild
               spirits
               in
               the
               true
               way
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               would
               be
               stragling
               :
               and
               it
               is
               better
               to
               be
               held
               in
               the
               right
               road
               with
               
                 bryars
              
               and
               
                 brambles
                 ,
              
               then
               to
               wander
               on
               beds
               of
               
                 roses
                 ,
              
               in
               a
               wrong
               path
               ,
               which
               leadeth
               to
               destruction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               are
               the
               positive
               benefits
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Thereby
               the
               graces
               in
               thy
               soule
               will
               be
               proved
               ,
               approved
               ,
               improved
               .
               Oh
               how
               cleare
               will
               thy
               
                 Sun-shine
              
               be
               ,
               when
               this
               
                 cloud
              
               is
               blowne
               over
               ?
               And
               here
               I
               can
               hardly
               hold
               from
               envying
               thy
               happinesse
               hereafter
               .
               O
               that
               I
               might
               have
               thy
               future
               
                 Crowne
                 ,
              
               without
               thy
               present
               
                 Crosse
                 ;
              
               thy
               
                 Triumphs
                 ,
              
               without
               thy
               
                 Tryall
                 ;
              
               thy
               
                 Conquest
                 ,
              
               without
               thy
               
                 Combat
                 !
              
               But
               I
               recall
               my
               wish
               ,
               as
               impossible
               ,
               seeing
               
                 what
                 God
                 hath
                 joyned
                 together
                 ,
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 put
                 asunder
                 .
              
               
               These
               things
               are
               so
               twisted
               together
               ,
               I
               must
               have
               both
               or
               neither
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XV
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             That
             is
             not
             alwayes
             the
             greatest
             sinne
             whereof
             a
             man
             is
             guilty
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             conscience
             is
             most
             pained
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               IS
               that
               the
               greatest
               sin
               in
               a
               mans
               soule
               ,
               wherewith
               his
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               agony
               thereof
               ,
               is
               most
               perplexed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               so
               commonly
               ,
               but
               not
               constantly
               .
               Commonly
               indeed
               ,
               that
               sin
               most
               paineth
               and
               pincheth
               him
               ,
               which
               commands
               as
               principall
               in
               his
               soule
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Have
               all
               mens
               hearts
               some
               one
               
                 paramount
              
               sinne
               ,
               which
               rules
               
               as
               
                 Soveraigne
              
               over
               all
               the
               rest
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Most
               have
               .
               Yet
               as
               all
               Countries
               are
               not
               
                 Monarchies
                 ,
              
               governed
               by
               
                 Kings
                 ,
              
               but
               some
               by
               
                 free-States
                 ,
              
               where
               many
               together
               have
               equall
               power
               ;
               so
               it
               is
               possible
               (
               though
               rare
               )
               that
               one
               man
               may
               have
               two
               ,
               three
               ,
               or
               more
               sinnes
               ,
               which
               joyntly
               domineer
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               without
               any
               discernable
               superiority
               betwixt
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Which
               are
               the
               sinnes
               that
               most
               generally
               wound
               and
               afflict
               a
               man
               ,
               when
               his
               
                 Conscience
              
               is
               terrified
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               No
               generall
               rule
               can
               exactly
               be
               given
               herein
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sin
               ,
               in
               acting
               whereof
               ,
               he
               took
               most
               delight
               ,
               it
               being
               just
               ,
               that
               the
               sweetnesse
               of
               his
               corporall
               pleasure
               ,
               should
               be
               sauced
               with
               more
               spirituall
               sadnesse
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sinne
               ,
               
               which
               (
               though
               not
               the
               foulest
               )
               is
               the
               frequentest
               in
               him
               .
               Thus
               his
               idle
               words
               may
               perplex
               him
               more
               ,
               then
               his
               oathes
               or
               perjury
               it selfe
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sin
               (
               not
               which
               is
               most
               odious
               before
               God
               ,
               but
               )
               most
               scandalous
               before
               men
               ,
               doth
               most
               afflict
               him
               ,
               because
               drawing
               greatest
               disgrace
               upon
               his
               person
               and
               profession
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sin
               which
               he
               last
               committed
               ,
               because
               all
               the
               circumstances
               therof
               are
               still
               firme
               and
               fresh
               in
               his
               memory
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sin
               ,
               which
               (
               though
               long
               since
               by
               him
               committed
               )
               he
               hath
               heard
               very
               lately
               powerfully
               reproved
               ;
               and
               no
               wonder
               ,
               if
               an
               old
               
                 gall
              
               new
               rubbed
               over
               ,
               smart
               the
               most
               .
               Sometimes
               that
               sinne
               which
               formerly
               he
               most
               slighted
               and
               neglected
               ,
               as
               so
               inconsiderably
               small
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               unworthy
               of
               any
               sorrow
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               
               yet
               now
               it
               may
               prove
               the
               sharpest
               sting
               in
               his
               conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               one
               who
               is
               guilty
               of
               very
               great
               sinnes
               ,
               sometimes
               have
               his
               conscience
               much
               troubled
               onely
               for
               a
               small
               one
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               :
               Country
               Patients
               often
               complaine
               ,
               not
               of
               the
               disease
               which
               is
               most
               dangerous
               ,
               but
               most
               conspicuous
               .
               Yea
               sometimes
               they
               are
               more
               troubled
               with
               the
               symptome
               of
               a
               disease
               (
               suppose
               an
               ill
               colour
               ,
               bad
               breath
               ,
               weak
               stomach
               )
               then
               with
               the
               disease
               it selfe
               .
               So
               in
               the
               soule
               ,
               the
               conscience
               oft-times
               is
               most
               wounded
               ,
               not
               with
               that
               offence
               which
               is
               ,
               but
               appeares
               most
               ,
               and
               a
               sinne
               incomparably
               small
               to
               others
               ,
               whereof
               the
               party
               is
               guilty
               ,
               may
               most
               molest
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               three
               reasons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Reckon
               them
               in
               order
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               
               shew
               in
               him
               ,
               that
               as
               sinnes
               are
               like
               the
               sands
               in
               number
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               farre
               above
               them
               in
               heavinesse
               ,
               whereof
               the
               least
               crum
               taken
               asunder
               ,
               and
               laid
               on
               the
               conscience
               ,
               by
               Gods
               hand
               ,
               in
               full
               weight
               thereof
               ,
               is
               enough
               to
               drive
               it
               to
               despaire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               second
               reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               To
               manifest
               Gods
               justice
               ,
               that
               those
               should
               be
               choaked
               with
               a
               
                 gnat-sinne
                 ,
              
               who
               have
               swallowed
               many
               
                 Camel-sinnes
                 ,
              
               without
               the
               least
               regreat
               .
               Thus
               some
               may
               be
               terrified
               for
               not
               
                 fasting
              
               on
               
                 Friday
                 ,
              
               because
               indeed
               they
               have
               been
               
                 drunk
              
               on
               
                 Sunday
                 :
              
               They
               may
               be
               perplexed
               for
               their
               wanton
               dreames
               ,
               when
               sleeping
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               never
               truly
               humbled
               for
               their
               wicked
               deeds
               ,
               when
               waking
               .
               Yea
               those
               who
               never
               feared
               
                 Babylon
                 the
                 Great
                 ,
              
               may
               be
               frighted
               with
               
               
                 little
                 Zoar
                 ;
              
               I
               meane
               ,
               such
               as
               have
               been
               faulty
               in
               flat
               superstition
               ,
               may
               be
               tortured
               for
               committing
               ,
               or
               omitting
               a
               thing
               ,
               in
               its
               owne
               nature
               ,
               indifferent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               third
               reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               That
               this
               paine
               for
               a
               lesser
               sinne
               may
               occasion
               his
               serious
               scrutiny
               ,
               into
               greater
               offences
               .
               Any
               paltry
               
                 curre
              
               may
               serve
               to
               start
               and
               put
               up
               the
               
                 game
              
               out
               of
               the
               bushes
               ,
               whilst
               fiercer
               ,
               and
               fleeter
               
                 Hounds
              
               are
               behind
               to
               course
               and
               catch
               it
               .
               God
               doth
               make
               use
               of
               a
               smaller
               sinne
               ,
               to
               raise
               and
               rouze
               the
               
                 conscience
              
               out
               of
               security
               ,
               and
               
                 to
                 put
                 it
                 up
                 ,
              
               as
               we
               say
               ,
               to
               be
               
                 chased
                 ,
              
               by
               the
               Reserve
               of
               far
               greater
               offences
               ,
               
                 lurking
                 behind
              
               in
               the
               soule
               ,
               unseene
               ,
               and
               unsorrowed
               for
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 May
                 not
                 the
                 conscience
                 be
                 troubled
                 at
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 very
              
               
               
                 deed
                 is
                 no
                 sinne
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 nor
                 hath
                 truly
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 as
                 but
                 the
                 appearance
                 of
                 evill
                 in
                 it
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               .
               Through
               the
               error
               of
               the
               understanding
               such
               a
               mistake
               may
               follow
               in
               the
               conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               to
               be
               done
               in
               such
               a
               case
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               parties
               judgement
               
                 must
                 be
                 rectified
                 ,
              
               before
               his
               conscience
               
                 can
                 be
                 pacified
                 .
              
               Then
               is
               it
               the
               wisest
               way
               to
               perswade
               him
               to
               lay
               the
               
                 Axe
              
               of
               repentance
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Root
              
               of
               corruption
               in
               his
               heart
               .
               When
               reall
               sinnes
               in
               his
               soule
               are
               felled
               by
               unfained
               sorrow
               ,
               causelesse
               scruples
               will
               fall
               of
               themselves
               .
               Till
               that
               root
               be
               cut
               downe
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               least
               
                 bough
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 branch
              
               of
               that
               
                 tree
                 ,
              
               but
               the
               smallest
               
                 sprig
                 ,
                 twig
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 leafe
              
               thereof
               ,
               yea
               the
               very
               empty
               ●…hadow
               of
               a
               
                 leafe
              
               (
               mistaken
               for
               a
               sinne
               ,
               and
               created
               a
               
               fault
               by
               the
               jealousie
               of
               a
               misinformed
               judgement
               )
               is
               sufficient
               intollerably
               to
               torture
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XVI
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Obstructions
             hindring
             the
             speedy
             flowing
             of
             comfort
             into
             a
             troubled
             soule
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               HOw
               commeth
               it
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               comfort
               is
               so
               long
               a
               comming
               to
               some
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               proceeds
               from
               several
               causes
               ,
               either
               from
               God
               ,
               not
               yet
               pleased
               to
               give
               it
               ;
               or
               the
               Patient
               ,
               not
               yet
               prepared
               to
               receive
               it
               ;
               or
               the
               Minister
               ,
               not
               well
               fitted
               to
               deliver
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               from
               God
               not
               yet
               pleased
               to
               give
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               His
               time
               to
               bestow
               consolation
               
               is
               not
               yet
               come
               :
               now
               no
               plummets
               of
               the
               heaviest
               humane
               importunity
               can
               so
               weigh
               downe
               Gods
               
                 Clock
                 of
                 Time
                 ,
              
               as
               to
               make
               it
               strike
               one
               minute
               
                 before
                 his
                 houre
                 be
                 come
                 .
              
               Till
               then
               his
               
                 Mother
              
               her selfe
               could
               not
               prevaile
               with
               
                 *
              
               
                 Christ
              
               to
               worke
               a
               
                 Miracle
                 ,
              
               and
               turn
               
                 water
              
               into
               
                 wine
                 :
              
               and
               till
               that
               minute
               appointed
               approach
               ,
               God
               will
               not
               ,
               in
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               convert
               the
               
                 water
                 of
                 affliction
                 ,
              
               into
               that
               
                 wine
                 of
                 comfort
                 ,
              
               which
               
                 maketh
                 glad
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 soule
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               may
               the
               hindrance
               be
               in
               the
               Patient
               himselfe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               He
               may
               as
               yet
               not
               be
               sufficiently
               humbled
               ,
               or
               else
               God
               perchance
               in
               his
               providence
               fore-seeth
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               
                 prodigall
                 child
                 ,
              
               when
               he
               had
               received
               his
               
                 portion
                 ,
              
               riotously
               mis-spent
               it
               ;
               so
               this
               
                 sick
                 soule
                 ,
              
               if
               comfort
               were
               imparted
               unto
               him
               ,
               
               would
               prove
               an
               unthrift
               and
               ill
               husband
               upon
               it
               ,
               would
               lose
               and
               lavish
               it
               .
               God
               therefore
               conceiveth
               it
               most
               for
               his
               glory
               ,
               and
               the
               others
               good
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               comfort
               still
               in
               his
               owne
               hand
               ,
               till
               the
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               get
               more
               wisdome
               to
               manage
               and
               employ
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               the
               
                 sick
                 mans
              
               too
               meane
               opinion
               of
               the
               Minister
               ,
               be
               a
               cause
               why
               he
               reaps
               no
               more
               comfort
               by
               his
               counsell
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               .
               Perchance
               ,
               the
               sicke
               man
               hath
               formerly
               slightand
               neglected
               that
               Minister
               ,
               and
               God
               will
               not
               now
               make
               him
               the
               instrument
               for
               his
               comfort
               ,
               who
               before
               had
               beene
               the
               object
               of
               his
               contempt
               .
               But
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               we
               must
               also
               know
               that
               perchance
               the
               parties
               over-high
               opinion
               of
               the
               Ministers
               parts
               ,
               piety
               ,
               and
               corporall
               presence
               ,
               (
               as
               if
               he
               cured
               where
               he
               came
               ,
               
               and
               carryed
               ease
               with
               him
               )
               may
               hinder
               the
               operation
               of
               his
               advice
               .
               For
               God
               growes
               jealous
               of
               so
               suspicious
               an
               instrument
               who
               probably
               may
               be
               mistaken
               for
               the
               principall
               .
               Whereas
               a
               meaner
               man
               ,
               of
               whose
               spiritualnesse
               the
               patient
               hath
               not
               so
               high
               carnall
               conceipts
               ,
               may
               prove
               more
               effectuall
               in
               comforting
               ,
               because
               not
               within
               the
               compasse
               of
               suspition
               to
               eclipse
               God
               of
               his
               glory
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               may
               the
               obstructions
               be
               in
               the
               Minister
               himselfe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               If
               he
               comes
               unprepared
               by
               prayer
               ,
               or
               possessed
               with
               pride
               ,
               or
               uns●…ilfull
               in
               what
               he
               undertakes
               ;
               wherefore
               in
               such
               cases
               a
               Minister
               may
               doe
               well
               to
               reflect
               on
               himselfe
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Disciples
              
               did
               when
               they
               could
               not
               cast
               out
               the
               Devill
               )
               and
               to
               call
               his
               heart
               to
               account
               ,
               what
               may
               be
               the
               cause
               thereof
               ;
               particularly
               
               whether
               some
               unrepented-for
               sinne
               in
               himselfe
               ,
               hath
               not
               hindred
               the
               effects
               of
               his
               councells
               in
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               However
               you
               would
               not
               have
               him
               wholly
               disheartned
               ,
               with
               his
               ill
               successe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               O
               no
               ;
               but
               let
               him
               comfort
               himselfe
               with
               these
               considerations
               .
               First
               ,
               that
               though
               the
               Patient
               gets
               no
               benefit
               by
               him
               ,
               he
               may
               gain
               experience
               by
               the
               patient
               ,
               thereby
               being
               enabled
               more
               effectually
               to
               proceede
               ,
               with
               some
               other
               in
               the
               same
               disease
               .
               2.
               
               Though
               the
               sickman
               refuseth
               comfort
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               yet
               what
               doth
               not
               sink
               on
               a
               sudden
               ,
               may
               soake
               in
               by
               degrees
               ,
               and
               may
               prove
               profitable
               afterwards
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               his
               unsucceeding
               paines
               may
               notwithstanding
               facilitate
               comfort
               for
               another
               to
               worke
               in
               the
               same
               body
               ,
               as
               
                 Solomon
              
               built
               a
               
               Temple
               with
               most
               materialls
               formerly
               provided
               ,
               and
               brought
               thither
               by
               
                 David
                 .
              
               Lastly
               ,
               grant
               his
               paines
               altogether
               lost
               on
               the
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               yet
               his
               
                 *
              
               
                 Labour
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 vaine
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               who
               without
               respect
               to
               the
               event
               will
               reward
               his
               endeavours
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               what
               if
               this
               Minister
               hath
               beene
               the
               means
               to
               cast
               this
               sick
               man
               downe
               ,
               and
               now
               cannot
               comfort
               him
               againe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               case
               ,
               he
               must
               make
               this
               sad
               accident
               the
               more
               matter
               for
               his
               humiliation
               ,
               but
               not
               for
               his
               dejection
               .
               Besides
               ,
               he
               is
               bound
               ,
               both
               in
               honour
               and
               honesty
               ,
               Civility
               and
               Christianity
               ,
               to
               procure
               what
               he
               cannot
               performe
               ,
               calling
               in
               the
               advice
               of
               o●…hers
               more
               able
               to
               assist
               him
               ,
               not
               conceiving
               out
               of
               pride
               or
               envie
               ,
               that
               the
               discreet
               craving
               of
               the
               
               helpe
               of
               others
               ,
               is
               a
               disgracefull
               confessing
               of
               his
               owne
               weaknesse
               ;
               like
               those
               malitious
               
                 Midwives
                 ,
              
               who
               had
               rather
               that
               the
               woman
               in
               travaile
               should
               miscarry
               ,
               then
               be
               safely
               delivered
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               another
               ,
               more
               skilfull
               then
               themselves
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XVII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             What
             is
             to
             be
             conceived
             of
             their
             finall
             estate
             who
             die
             in
             a
             
               wounded
               Conscience
            
             without
             any
             visible
             comfort
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               WHat
               thinke
               you
               of
               such
               ,
               who
               yeeld
               up
               their
               ghost
               in
               the
               agony
               of
               an
               afflicted
               
                 spirit
                 ,
              
               without
               receiving
               the
               least
               sensible
               degree
               of
               comfort
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Let
               me
               be
               your
               remembrancer
               to
               call
               or
               keep
               in
               your
               mind
               ,
               what
               I
               said
               before
               ,
               that
               
               our
               discourse
               onely
               concerneth
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               :
               This
               notion
               renued
               I
               answer
               .
               It
               is
               possible
               that
               the
               sick
               soule
               may
               receive
               secret
               solace
               ,
               though
               the
               standers
               by
               doe
               not
               perceive
               it
               .
               We
               know
               how
               insensibly
               Satan
               may
               spirt
               and
               inject
               Despaire
               into
               a
               heart
               ,
               and
               shall
               we
               not
               allow
               the
               Lord
               of
               heaven
               to
               be
               more
               dextrous
               and
               active
               with
               his
               Antidotes
               ,
               then
               the
               devil
               is
               with
               his
               Poysons
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 Surely
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 any
                 such
                 comfort
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 shew
                 it
                 by
                 words
                 ,
                 signes
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 way
                 ,
                 were
                 it
                 onely
                 but
                 to
                 comfort
                 his
                 sad
                 kindred
                 ,
                 and
                 content
                 such
                 sorrowfull
                 friends
                 which
                 survive
                 him
                 ;
                 Were
                 there
                 any
                 hidden
                 fire
                 of
                 consolation
                 kindled
                 in
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 sparkle
                 in
                 his
                 looks
                 and
                 gestures
                 ,
                 especially
                 seeing
                 no
                 obligation
                 of
                 secrecie
                 is
                 imposed
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 on
                 the
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 blind
                 man
                 ,
                 when
                 healed
                 ,
                 to
                 tell
                 none
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               he
               cannot
               discover
               the
               comfort
               he
               hath
               received
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               two
               reasons
               :
               First
               ,
               because
               it
               comes
               so
               late
               ,
               when
               he
               lyeth
               in
               the
               
                 Merches
              
               of
               life
               and
               death
               ,
               being
               so
               weak
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               neither
               speak
               ,
               nor
               make
               signes
               with
               
                 Zechariah
                 ,
              
               being
               at
               that
               very
               instant
               ▪
               
                 when
                 the
                 silver
                 cord
                 is
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 loosed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 golden
                 bowle
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 pitcher
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 at
                 the
                 fountaine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 wheele
                 to
                 be
                 broken
                 at
                 the
                 cisterne
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               may
               be
               the
               other
               reason
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               the
               Comfort
               it selfe
               may
               be
               incommunicable
               in
               its
               owne
               nature
               ,
               which
               the
               party
               can
               take
               ,
               and
               not
               tell
               ;
               enjoy
               ,
               and
               not
               expresse
               ;
               receive
               ,
               and
               not
               impart
               :
               As
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               Gods
               Spirit
               ,
               he
               sent
               up
               
                 *
              
               
                 groanes
                 which
                 cannot
                 be
                 uttered
                 :
              
               so
               the
               same
               may
               from
               God
               
               be
               returned
               with
               comfort
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               uttered
               ;
               and
               as
               hee
               had
               many
               invisible
               and
               privy
               pangs
               ,
               concealed
               from
               the
               cognizance
               of
               others
               ,
               so
               may
               God
               give
               him
               secret
               comfort
               ,
               known
               unto
               himself
               alone
               ,
               without
               any
               other
               mens
               sharing
               in
               the
               notice
               thereof
               .
               
                 *
              
               
                 The
                 heart
                 knoweth
                 his
                 owne
                 bitternesse
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 stranger
                 doth
                 not
                 intermeddle
                 with
                 his
                 joy
                 .
              
               So
               that
               his
               comfort
               may
               be
               compared
               to
               the
               
                 new
                 name
              
               given
               to
               Gods
               servants
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 which
                 no
                 man
                 knoweth
                 ,
                 save
                 he
                 that
                 receiveth
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               All
               this
               proceeds
               on
               what
               is
               possible
               or
               probable
               ,
               but
               amounts
               to
               no
               certainty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Well
               then
               ,
               suppose
               the
               worst
               ,
               this
               is
               most
               sure
               ,
               though
               he
               die
               without
               tasting
               of
               any
               comfort
               here
               ,
               he
               may
               instantly
               partake
               of
               everlasting
               joyes
               hereafter
               .
               Surely
               many
               a
               despairing
               soule
               ,
               groaning
               out
               his
               
               last
               breath
               ,
               with
               feare
               and
               thought
               to
               sinke
               downe
               to
               hell
               ,
               hath
               presently
               beene
               countermanded
               by
               Gods
               goodnesse
               to
               eternall
               happinesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               you
               say
               herein
               ,
               no
               man
               alive
               can
               confirme
               or
               confute
               ,
               as
               being
               knowne
               to
               God
               alone
               ,
               and
               the
               soule
               of
               the
               party
               .
               Only
               I
               must
               confesse
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               charity
               on
               your
               side
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               more
               then
               charity
               ,
               namely
               ,
               Gods
               plain
               &
               positive
               Promise
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 Blessed
                 are
                 such
                 as
                 mourne
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 comforted
                 .
              
               Now
               though
               the
               particular
               time
               ,
               
                 when
                 ,
              
               be
               not
               expressed
               ,
               yet
               the
               latest
               
                 date
              
               that
               can
               be
               allowed
               ,
               must
               be
               in
               the
               world
               to
               come
               ,
               where
               such
               mourners
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               felt
               God
               in
               his
               comfort
               here
               ,
               shall
               see
               him
               in
               his
               glory
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 But
                 some
                 who
                 have
                 led
                 pious
                 and
                 godly
                 lives
                 ,
                 have
                 departed
                 ,
              
               
               
                 pronouncing
                 the
                 sentence
                 of
                 condemnation
                 upon
                 themselves
                 ,
                 having
                 one
                 foot
                 already
                 in
                 hell
                 by
                 their
                 owne
                 confession
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Such
               confessions
               are
               of
               no
               validity
               ,
               wherein
               their
               feare
               
                 bears
                 false
                 witnesse
              
               against
               their
               faith
               .
               The
               finenesse
               of
               the
               whole
               cloath
               of
               their
               life
               ,
               must
               not
               be
               thought
               the
               worse
               of
               ,
               for
               a
               little
               course
               
                 list
              
               at
               the
               last
               .
               And
               also
               their
               finall
               estate
               is
               not
               to
               be
               construed
               by
               what
               was
               dark
               ,
               doubtfull
               ,
               and
               desperate
               at
               their
               deaths
               ,
               but
               must
               be
               expounded
               ,
               by
               what
               was
               plaine
               ,
               cleare
               ,
               and
               comfortable
               ,
               in
               their
               lives
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               You
               then
               are
               confident
               ,
               that
               a
               holy
               life
               ,
               must
               have
               a
               happy
               death
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Most
               confident
               .
               The
               
                 Logicians
              
               hold
               ,
               that
               ,
               although
               from
               false
               premises
               a
               true
               conclusion
               may
               somtimes
               follow
               ;
               yet
               from
               true
               propositions
               ,
               nothing
               but
               a
               
                 *
              
               truth
               can
               be
               
               thence
               inferred
               ,
               so
               though
               sometimes
               a
               bad
               life
               may
               be
               attended
               with
               a
               good
               death
               ,
               (
               namely
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               repentance
               ,
               though
               slow
               ,
               sincere
               ,
               though
               late
               ,
               yet
               unfaigned
               ,
               being
               seasonably
               interposed
               )
               but
               where
               a
               godly
               and
               gracious
               life
               hath
               gone
               before
               ,
               there
               a
               good
               death
               must
               of
               necessity
               follow
               ;
               which
               ,
               though
               sometimes
               dolefull
               (
               for
               want
               of
               apparent
               comfort
               )
               to
               their
               surviving
               friends
               ,
               can
               never
               be
               dangerous
               to
               the
               party
               deceased
               .
               Remember
               what
               S.
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 *
              
               
                 Our
                 life
                 is
                 hid
                 with
                 Christ
                 in
                 God
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               makes
               that
               place
               to
               your
               purpose
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Exceeding
               much
               .
               Five
               cordiall
               observations
               are
               couched
               therein
               .
               First
               ,
               that
               God
               sets
               a
               high
               price
               ,
               and
               valuation
               on
               the
               soules
               of
               his
               servants
               ,
               in
               
               that
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               
                 hide
              
               them
               :
               None
               will
               
                 hide
              
               toyes
               ,
               and
               trifles
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               counted
               a
               treasure
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               word
               
                 hide
                 ,
              
               as
               a
               relative
               importeth
               ,
               that
               some
               seeke
               after
               our
               soules
               ,
               being
               none
               other
               then
               
                 Sathan
              
               himself
               ,
               
                 that
                 roaring
                 Lyon
                 ,
                 who
                 goes
                 about
              
               
                 *
              
               SEEKING
               ,
               
                 whom
                 he
                 may
                 devour
                 .
              
               But
               the
               best
               is
               ,
               let
               him
               
                 seeke
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 seeke
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 seeke
                 ,
              
               till
               his
               malice
               be
               wearie
               ,
               (
               if
               that
               be
               possible
               )
               we
               cannot
               be
               hurt
               by
               him
               ,
               whilst
               we
               are
               
                 hid
                 in
                 God
                 .
              
               Thirdly
               ,
               grant
               
                 Satan
              
               find
               us
               there
               ,
               he
               cannot
               fetch
               us
               thence
               :
               
                 Our
                 soules
                 are
                 bound
                 in
                 the
                 bundle
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 our
                 God
                 .
              
               So
               that
               ,
               be
               it
               spoken
               with
               reverence
               ,
               God
               first
               must
               be
               stormed
               with
               force
               or
               〈◊〉
               ,
               before
               the
               soule
               of
               a
               Saint-sinner
               ,
               
                 hid
              
               in
               him
               ,
               can
               be
               surprized
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               we
               see
               the
               reason
               ,
               why
               so
               many
               are
               at
               a
               losse
               ,
               in
               the
               agony
               
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               concerning
               their
               spirituall
               estate
               .
               For
               they
               looke
               for
               their
               life
               in
               a
               wrong
               place
               ,
               namely
               to
               finde
               it
               in
               their
               owne
               piety
               ,
               purity
               ,
               and
               inherent
               righteousnesse
               .
               But
               though
               they
               seeke
               ,
               and
               search
               ,
               and
               dig
               ,
               and
               dive
               never
               so
               deep
               ,
               all
               in
               vaine
               .
               For
               though
               
                 Adams
              
               life
               was
               hid
               in
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               he
               intrusted
               with
               the
               keeping
               his
               owne
               integrity
               ,
               yet
               ,
               since
               Christs
               coming
               ,
               all
               the
               originall
               evidences
               of
               our
               salvation
               are
               kept
               in
               a
               higher
               office
               ,
               namely
               ,
               
                 hidden
                 in
                 God
                 himselfe
                 .
              
               Lastly
               ,
               as
               our
               
                 English
                 proverb
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 hid
                 can
                 finde
                 ;
              
               so
               God
               (
               to
               whom
               
                 belongs
                 the
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 issues
                 from
                 death
              
               )
               can
               infallibly
               finde
               out
               that
               soule
               that
               is
               hidden
               in
               him
               ,
               though
               it
               may
               seeme
               ,
               when
               dying
               ,
               even
               to
               labour
               to
               lose
               it self
               in
               a
               fit
               of
               despaire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 pitty
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 so
              
               
               
                 comfortable
                 a
                 doctrine
                 should
                 be
                 true
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               most
               true
               :
               Surely
               as
               
                 *
              
               
                 Joseph
              
               and
               
                 Mary
              
               conceived
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               lost
               
                 Christ
              
               in
               a
               crowd
               ,
               and
               sought
               him
               three
               dayes
               sorrowing
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               they
               found
               him
               beyond
               their
               expectation
               ,
               safe
               and
               sound
               ,
               sitting
               in
               the
               
                 Temple
                 :
              
               So
               many
               pensive
               parents
               solicitous
               for
               the
               soules
               of
               their
               children
               ,
               have
               even
               given
               them
               for
               gone
               ,
               and
               lamented
               them
               lost
               (
               because
               dying
               without
               visible
               comfort
               )
               and
               yet
               ,
               in
               due
               time
               ,
               shall
               finde
               them
               to
               their
               joy
               and
               comfort
               ,
               safely
               possessed
               of
               honour
               and
               happinesse
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 heavenly
                 Temple
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Church
                 Triumphant
              
               in
               glory
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               XVIII
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Of
             the
             different
             time
             and
             manner
             of
             the
             comming
             of
             comfort
             to
             such
             who
             are
             healed
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               HOw
               long
               may
               a
               servant
               of
               God
               lye
               under
               the
               burden
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 *
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 times
                 and
                 the
                 seasons
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Father
                 hath
                 put
                 in
                 his
                 owne
                 power
                 .
              
               God
               alone
               knows
               whether
               their
               griefe
               shall
               be
               measured
               unto
               them
               ,
               by
               houres
               ,
               or
               dayes
               ,
               or
               weeks
               ,
               or
               moneths
               ,
               or
               many
               yeeres
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               
                 How
                 then
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 Sain●…
              
               Paul
               
                 saith
                 ,
                 that
              
               God
               will
               give
               us
               the
               
                 *
              
               issue
               with
               the
               temptation
               ,
               
                 if
                 one
                 may
                 long
                 be
                 visited
                 with
                 this
                 malady
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               Apostle
               is
               not
               so
               to
               
               be
               understood
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               
                 temptation
              
               and
               
                 issue
              
               were
               
                 twins
                 ,
              
               both
               borne
               at
               the
               same
               instant
               ;
               for
               then
               no
               affliction
               could
               last
               long
               ,
               but
               must
               be
               ended
               as
               soone
               as
               it
               is
               begun
               ;
               whereas
               we
               
                 *
              
               read
               how
               
                 Aeneas
                 truly
                 pious
                 ,
              
               was
               bed-rid
               of
               the
               
                 Palsie
              
               8.
               yeeres
               ;
               the
               
                 woman
              
               diseased
               with
               a
               
                 *
              
               
                 bloody
                 issue
              
               12.
               yeeres
               ;
               another
               
                 woman
                 bowed
                 by
                 infirmity
              
               
                 *
              
               18.
               yeers
               ;
               and
               the
               man
               
                 *
              
               
                 lame
              
               38.
               yeeres
               at
               the
               
                 poole
                 of
                 Bethesda
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               then
               is
               the
               meaning
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 God
                 will
                 give
                 the
                 issue
                 with
                 the
                 temptation
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               
                 temptation
              
               and
               the
               
                 issue
              
               bear
               both
               the
               same
               date
               in
               Gods
               decreeing
               them
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               his
               applying
               them
               :
               At
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               wherein
               he
               resolved
               his
               servants
               shall
               be
               tempted
               ,
               he
               also
               concluded
               of
               the
               means
               and
               manner
               ,
               how
               the
               same
               persons
               should
               infallibly
               be
               
               delivered
               .
               Or
               thus
               :
               
                 God
                 will
                 give
                 the
                 issue
                 with
                 the
                 temptation
                 ;
              
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               certainly
               ,
               though
               not
               as
               suddenly
               .
               Though
               they
               goe
               not
               
                 abreast
                 ,
              
               yet
               they
               are
               joyned
               successively
               ,
               like
               two
               links
               in
               a
               chaine
               ,
               where
               one
               endeth
               ,
               the
               other
               doth
               begin
               .
               Besides
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               two-fold
               
                 issue
                 ;
              
               one
               ,
               through
               a
               
                 temptation
                 ;
              
               another
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               
                 temptation
                 .
              
               The
               former
               is
               but
               mediate
               ,
               not
               finall
               ;
               an
               
                 issue
                 ,
              
               to
               an
               
                 issue
                 ,
              
               onely
               supporting
               the
               person
               ,
               tempted
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               preserving
               him
               for
               a
               future
               full
               deliverance
               .
               Understand
               the
               
                 Apostle
              
               thus
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 issue
              
               is
               alwayes
               both
               given
               and
               applyed
               to
               Gods
               children
               ,
               with
               the
               
                 temptation
                 ,
              
               though
               the
               temptation
               may
               last
               long
               after
               ,
               before
               fully
               removed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               I
               perceive
               then
               ,
               that
               in
               some
               ,
               awounded
               conscience
               may
               continue
               many
               yeeres
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               So
               it
               may
               .
               I
               read
               of
               a
               poore
               
                 widdow
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               Land
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 Limburgh
                 ,
              
               who
               had
               nine
               children
               ,
               and
               for
               13.
               yeares
               together
               ,
               was
               miserably
               afflicted
               in
               mind
               ,
               only
               because
               she
               had
               attended
               the
               dressing
               and
               feeding
               of
               her
               little
               ones
               ,
               before
               going
               to
               
                 Masse
                 .
              
               At
               last
               it
               pleased
               God
               ,
               to
               sanctifie
               the
               endeavours
               of
               
                 Franciscus
                 Junius
                 ,
              
               that
               learned
               godly
               
                 Divine
                 ,
              
               that
               upon
               true
               information
               of
               her
               judgement
               ,
               she
               was
               presently
               and
               perfectly
               comforted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Doth
               God
               give
               ease
               to
               all
               in
               such
               manner
               ,
               on
               a
               sudden
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               O
               no
               :
               Some
               receive
               comfort
               all
               in
               a
               lump
               ,
               and
               in
               an
               instant
               they
               passe
               from
               
                 Midnight
                 ,
              
               to
               bright
               day
               ,
               without
               any
               dawning
               betwixt
               .
               Others
               receive
               consolation
               by
               degrees
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               poured
               ,
               but
               dropt
               into
               them
               by
               little
               and
               little
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Strange
               ,
               that
               Gods
               dealing
               herein
               should
               be
               so
               different
               with
               his
               servants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               as
               in
               his
               proceedings
               there
               is
               
                 no
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 variablenesse
                 ,
              
               such
               as
               may
               import
               him
               mutable
               or
               impotent
               ,
               so
               in
               the
               same
               there
               is
               very
               much
               variety
               ,
               to
               prove
               the
               fulnesse
               of
               his
               power
               ,
               and
               freedome
               of
               his
               pleasure
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Why
               doth
               not
               God
               give
               them
               consolation
               all
               at
               once
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               The
               more
               to
               employ
               their
               prayers
               ,
               and
               exercise
               their
               patience
               .
               One
               may
               admire
               why
               
                 *
              
               
                 Boaz
              
               did
               not
               give
               to
               
                 Ruth
              
               a
               quantity
               of
               Corn
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               so
               sending
               her
               home
               to
               her
               mother
               ,
               but
               that
               rather
               he
               kept
               her
               still
               to
               gleane
               ;
               but
               this
               was
               the
               reason
               ,
               because
               that
               is
               the
               best
               charity
               ,
               which
               so
               relieves
               anothers
               poverty
               ,
               as
               still
               continues
               their
               industry
               ▪
               God
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               
               will
               not
               give
               some
               consolation
               all
               at
               once
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               spoil
               their
               (
               painful
               but
               )
               pious
               profession
               of
               gleaning
               ;
               still
               they
               must
               pray
               ,
               and
               gather
               ,
               and
               pray
               and
               gleane
               ,
               here
               an
               eare
               ,
               there
               a
               handfull
               of
               comfort
               ,
               which
               God
               scatters
               in
               favour
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               must
               the
               party
               doe
               when
               he
               perceives
               God
               and
               his
               comfort
               beginning
               to
               draw
               nigh
               unto
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               As
               
                 *
              
               
                 Martha
                 ,
              
               when
               she
               heard
               that
               
                 Christ
              
               was
               a
               comming
               staid
               not
               a
               minute
               at
               home
               ,
               but
               went
               out
               of
               her
               house
               to
               meet
               him
               :
               So
               must
               a
               sick
               soule
               ,
               when
               consolation
               is
               a
               comming
               ,
               haste
               out
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               hie
               to
               entertain
               God
               with
               his
               thankefullnes
               .
               The
               best
               way
               to
               make
               a
               
                 Homer
              
               of
               comfort
               encrease
               to
               an
               
                 Ephah
                 ,
              
               (
               which
               is
               
                 *
              
               ten
               times
               as
               much
               )
               is
               to
               be
               heartily
               gratefull
               for
               what
               one
               hath
               already
               ,
               that
               his
               
               store
               may
               be
               multiplyed
               :
               He
               shall
               never
               want
               more
               ,
               who
               is
               thankefull
               for
               ,
               and
               thrifty
               with
               a
               little
               :
               Whereas
               ingratitude
               doth
               not
               only
               stop
               the
               flowing
               of
               more
               mercy
               ,
               but
               even
               spils
               what
               was
               formerly
               received
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XIX
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             How
             such
             who
             are
             compleatly
             cured
             of
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             ,
             are
             to
             demeane
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               GIve
               me
               leave
               now
               to
               take
               upon
               me
               the
               person
               of
               one
               recovered
               out
               of
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               I
               must
               heartily
               congratulate
               thy
               happy
               condition
               ,
               and
               must
               rejoyce
               at
               thy
               
                 upsitting
                 ,
              
               whom
               God
               hath
               raised
               from
               the
               bed
               of
               despaire
               :
               welcome
               
                 David
              
               out
               of
               the
               
                 deepe
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Daniel
              
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Lions
                 Den
                 ,
                 Jonah
                 ,
              
               from
               the
               
                 Whales
                 belly
                 :
              
               Welcome
               
                 Job
              
               from
               the
               
                 Dunghill
                 ,
              
               restored
               to
               health
               and
               wealth
               againe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               but
               when
               
                 Jobs
                 bretheren
              
               came
               to
               visit
               him
               after
               his
               recovery
               ,
               every
               one
               gave
               him
               a
               
                 piece
                 of
                 
                   *
                
                 money
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 eare-ring
                 of
                 gold
                 :
              
               But
               the
               
                 Present
              
               I
               expect
               from
               you
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               I
               pray
               some
               of
               your
               good
               counsell
               ,
               for
               my
               future
               deportment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 have
                 need
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 commest
                 thou
                 to
                 me
                 ?
              
               Faine
               would
               I
               be
               a
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               sitting
               at
               the
               feet
               of
               such
               a
               
                 Gamaliel
                 ,
              
               who
               hath
               been
               cured
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               height
               thereof
               :
               I
               would
               turn
               my
               
                 tongue
              
               into
               
                 eares
                 ,
              
               and
               listen
               attentively
               to
               what
               tidings
               he
               bringeth
               from
               Hell
               it selfe
               .
               Yea
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               worse
               then
               the
               brethren
               of
               
                 Dives
                 ,
              
               if
               I
               should
               not
               believe
               one
               risen
               from
               
               the
               
                 dead
                 ,
              
               for
               such
               in
               effect
               I
               conceive
               to
               be
               his
               condition
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               waving
               these
               digressions
               ,
               I
               pray
               proceed
               to
               give
               me
               good
               advice
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               thankfully
               owne
               God
               ,
               thy
               principall
               restorer
               ,
               &
               Comforter
               Paramount
               .
               Remember
               that
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 ten
                 Lepers
                 ,
              
               one
               onely
               returned
               to
               give
               thanks
               ;
               which
               sheweth
               ,
               that
               by
               nature
               ,
               without
               grace
               over-swaying
               us
               ,
               it
               is
               ten
               to
               one
               if
               we
               be
               thankful
               .
               Omit
               not
               also
               thy
               thankfulnesse
               to
               good
               men
               ,
               not
               onely
               to
               such
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               the
               Architects
               of
               thy
               comfort
               ,
               but
               even
               to
               those
               ,
               who
               though
               they
               have
               built
               nothing
               ,
               have
               borne
               burthens
               towards
               thy
               recovery
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Goe
               on
               I
               pray
               in
               your
               good
               counsell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Associate
               thy self
               with
               men
               of
               afflicted
               minds
               ,
               with
               whom
               thou
               mayst
               expend
               thy
               
               time
               ,
               to
               thine
               and
               their
               best
               advantage
               .
               O
               how
               excellently
               did
               
                 Paul
              
               comply
               with
               
                 Aquila
              
               and
               
                 Priscilla
                 !
              
               As
               their
               hearts
               agreed
               in
               the
               generall
               profession
               of
               Piety
               ,
               so
               their
               hands
               met
               in
               the
               trade
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 Tent-makers
                 ,
              
               they
               abode
               and
               wrought
               together
               ,
               being
               of
               the
               same
               occupation
               .
               Thus
               I
               count
               all
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
              
               of
               the
               same
               company
               ,
               and
               may
               mutually
               reap
               comfort
               one
               by
               another
               .
               Onely
               here
               is
               the
               difference
               :
               they
               (
               poore
               soules
               )
               are
               still
               bound
               to
               their
               hard
               task
               and
               trade
               ,
               whilst
               thou
               (
               happy
               man
               )
               hast
               thy
               
                 Indentures
                 cancelled
                 ,
              
               and
               being
               
                 free
              
               of
               that
               
                 Profession
                 ,
              
               art
               able
               to
               instruct
               others
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               instructions
               must
               I
               commend
               unto
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               
                 Even
                 the
                 same
                 comfort
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 thou
                 thy selfe
                 was
              
               
                 *
              
               
                 comforted
                 of
                 God
                 :
              
               with
               
                 David
              
               tell
               
               them
               
                 what
                 God
                 hath
                 done
                 for
                 thy
                 soule
                 ;
              
               and
               with
               
                 Peter
                 ,
              
               being
               strong
               
                 *
              
               
                 strengthen
                 thy
                 brethren
                 :
              
               conceive
               thy
               〈◊〉
               like
               
                 Joseph
                 ,
              
               therefore
               
                 sent
                 before
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 sold
              
               into
               the
               
                 Egypt
              
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
                 (
                 where
                 thy
                 feet
                 were
                 hurt
                 in
                 the
                 stocks
                 ,
                 the
                 irons
                 entered
                 into
                 thy
                 soule
                 )
              
               that
               thou
               mightest
               provide
               
                 food
              
               for
               the
               
                 famine
              
               of
               others
               ,
               and
               especially
               be
               a
               purveyor
               of
               comfort
               for
               those
               thy
               bretheren
               ,
               which
               afterwards
               shall
               follow
               thee
               down
               into
               the
               same
               dolefull
               condition
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               else
               must
               I
               doe
               for
               my
               afflicted
               bretheren
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Pray
               heartily
               to
               God
               in
               their
               behalfe
               :
               When
               
                 David
              
               had
               prayed
               ,
               
                 Psal.
              
               25.
               2.
               
               
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 I
                 trust
                 in
                 thee
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 not
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ;
              
               In
               the
               next
               verse
               (
               as
               if
               conscious
               to
               himself
               ,
               that
               his
               prayers
               were
               too
               restrictive
               ,
               narrow
               ,
               and
               nigardly
               )
               he
               enlargeth
               the
               bounds
               thereof
               ,
               and
               builds
               them
               on
               a
               
               broader
               bottome
               ;
               
                 yea
                 ,
                 let
                 none
                 that
                 wait
                 on
                 thee
                 be
                 ashamed
                 :
              
               Let
               charity
               in
               thy
               devotions
               have
               
                 Rechoboth
                 ,
              
               roome
               enough
               :
               beware
               of
               pent
               Petitions
               confined
               to
               thy
               private
               good
               ,
               but
               extend
               them
               to
               all
               Gods
               servants
               ,
               but
               especially
               all
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Must
               I
               not
               also
               pray
               for
               those
               servants
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               hitherto
               have
               not
               been
               
                 wounded
                 in
                 conence
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               ,
               that
               God
               would
               keepe
               them
               from
               ,
               or
               cure
               them
               in
               the
               exquisite
               torment
               thereof
               :
               Beggars
               when
               they
               crave
               an
               almes
               ,
               constantly
               use
               one
               main
               motive
               ,
               that
               the
               person
               of
               whom
               they
               beg
               may
               be
               preserved
               from
               that
               misery
               ,
               whereof
               they
               themselves
               have
               had
               wofull
               experience
               :
               If
               they
               be
               blind
               ,
               they
               cry
               ,
               
                 Master
                 God
                 blesse
                 your
                 eye
                 sight
                 ;
              
               if
               lame
               ,
               
                 God
                 blesse
                 your
                 limbs
                 ;
              
               if
               undone
               by
               casuall
               
               burning
               ,
               
                 God
                 blesse
                 you
                 and
                 yours
                 from
                 fire
                 .
              
               Christ
               ,
               though
               his
               person
               be
               now
               glorifyed
               in
               heaven
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               still
               subject
               by
               sympathy
               of
               his
               Saints
               on
               earth
               ,
               to
               hunger
               ,
               nakednes
               ,
               imprisonment
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               may
               stand
               in
               need
               of
               feeding
               ,
               cloathing
               ,
               visiting
               ,
               comforting
               ,
               and
               curing
               :
               Now
               when
               thou
               prayest
               to
               Christ
               ,
               for
               any
               favour
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               good
               plea
               to
               urge
               ,
               edge
               ,
               and
               enforce
               thy
               request
               withall
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 grant
                 me
                 such
                 or
                 such
                 a
                 grace
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 mayst
                 thou
                 Lord
                 ,
                 in
                 thy
                 mysticall
                 members
                 ,
                 never
                 be
                 tortured
                 and
                 tormented
                 with
                 the
                 agony
                 of
                 a
              
               wounded
               conscience
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 deepest
                 distresse
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               must
               I
               behave
               my self
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Walke
               humbly
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               carefully
               avoid
               the
               smallest
               sinne
               ,
               alwaies
               remembring
               
                 *
              
               Christs
               caution
               ;
               
                 Behold
              
               
               
                 thou
                 art
                 made
                 whole
                 ,
                 ●…inne
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 lest
                 a
                 worse
                 thing
                 come
                 unto
                 thee
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XX
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Whether
             one
             cured
             of
             a
             wounded
             Conscience
             ,
             be
             subject
             to
             a
             relapse
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               MAy
               a
               man
               ,
               once
               perfectly
               healed
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 con●…cience
                 ,
              
               and
               for
               some
               yeares
               in
               peaceable
               possession
               of
               comfort
               ,
               afterwards
               fall
               back
               into
               his
               former
               disease
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Nothing
               appeares
               in
               Scripture
               or
               reason
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               though
               examples
               of
               reall
               relapses
               are
               very
               rare
               ,
               because
               Gods
               servants
               are
               carefull
               to
               avoid
               sinne
               ,
               the
               cause
               thereof
               ,
               and
               being
               once
               burnt
               therewith
               ,
               ever
               after
               dread
               the
               fire
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 .
              
            
             
             
             
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Why
               call
               you
               it
               a
               relapse
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               To
               distinguish
               it
               from
               those
               
                 relapses
              
               more
               usuall
               and
               obvious
               ,
               whereby
               such
               ,
               who
               have
               snatcht
               comfort
               ,
               before
               God
               gave
               it
               them
               ,
               on
               serious
               consideration
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               usurped
               that
               ,
               to
               which
               they
               had
               no
               right
               ,
               fall
               back
               again
               into
               the
               former
               pit
               of
               despaire
               :
               this
               is
               improperly
               termed
               a
               relapse
               ,
               as
               not
               being
               a
               renewing
               ,
               but
               a
               continuing
               of
               their
               former
               malady
               ,
               from
               which
               ,
               though
               seemingly
               ,
               they
               w●…re
               never
               soundly
               recovered
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               there
               any
               intimation
               in
               Scripture
               of
               the
               possibility
               of
               such
               a
               reall
               relapse
               in
               Gods
               servants
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               There
               is
               ,
               when
               
                 David
              
               saith
               ,
               Psal.
               85.
               8.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 heare
                 what
                 God
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
                 speake
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 will
                 speake
                 peace
                 unto
                 his
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 his
                 Sain●…s
                 ,
                 but
                 let
                 them
                 not
                 turn
                 again
                 to
                 folly
                 :
              
               this
               importeth
               ,
               
               that
               if
               his
               
                 Saints
                 turn
                 again
                 to
                 folly
                 ,
              
               which
               by
               wofull
               experience
               ,
               we
               find
               too
               frequently
               done
               ,
               God
               may
               
                 change
                 his
                 voice
                 ,
              
               and
               turn
               his
               peace
               ,
               formerly
               spoken
               ,
               into
               a
               warlike
               defiance
               to
               their
               importeth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               this
               me
               thinkes
               is
               a
               diminution
               to
               the
               majesty
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               ,
               once
               compleatly
               cured
               of
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               ,
               should
               again
               be
               pained
               therewith
               :
               Let
               
                 ●…ountebanks
              
               palliat
               cures
               break
               out
               aga●…n
               ,
               being
               never
               soundly
               ,
               but
               superficially
               healed
               :
               
                 He
                 that
                 is
                 all
                 ●…n
                 all
                 ,
              
               never
               doth
               his
               worke
               by
               halves
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               shall
               be
               undone
               afterward
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               the
               same
               individuall
               wound
               in
               number
               ,
               but
               the
               same
               in
               kind
               ,
               and
               perchance
               a
               deeper
               in
               degree
               :
               Nor
               is
               it
               any
               ignorance
               ,
               or
               falshood
               in
               the
               Surgeon
               ,
               but
               folly
               ,
               and
               fury
               in
               the
               Patient
               ,
               who
               by
               committing
               fresh
               sins
               ,
               causeth
               a
               new
               pain
               in
               the
               old
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               In
               such
               relapses
               men
               are
               only
               troubled
               for
               such
               sins
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               run
               on
               score
               since
               their
               last
               recovery
               from
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Not
               those
               alone
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               sinnes
               which
               they
               have
               committed
               ,
               both
               before
               ,
               and
               since
               their
               conversion
               ,
               may
               be
               started
               up
               afresh
               in
               their
               minds
               and
               memories
               ,
               and
               anguish
               and
               perplex
               them
               ,
               with
               the
               guiltinesse
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               those
               sinnes
               were
               formerly
               fully
               forgiven
               ,
               and
               the
               pardon
               thereof
               solemnly
               sealed
               ,
               and
               assured
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               can
               the
               guilt
               of
               the
               same
               recoile
               again
               upon
               their
               consciences
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               not
               dispute
               what
               God
               may
               do
               in
               the
               strictnes
               of
               his
               justice
               :
               Such
               Seales
               ,
               though
               still
               standing
               firm
               &
               fast
               in
               themselves
               ,
               may
               notwithstanding
               breake
               off
               ,
               and
               fly
               open
               in
               the
               feeling
               of
               the
               sick
               soule
               :
               He
               will
               
               be
               ready
               to
               conceive
               with
               himselfe
               ,
               that
               as
               
                 *
              
               
                 Shimei
                 ,
              
               though
               once
               forgiven
               his
               railing
               on
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               was
               afterwards
               executed
               for
               the
               same
               offence
               ,
               though
               upon
               his
               committing
               of
               a
               new
               transgression
               ,
               following
               his
               servants
               to
               
                 Gath
                 ,
              
               against
               the
               flat
               command
               of
               the
               King
               :
               So
               God
               ,
               upon
               his
               committing
               of
               new
               trespasses
               ,
               may
               justly
               take
               occasion
               to
               punish
               all
               former
               offences
               ;
               yea
               in
               his
               apprehension
               ,
               the
               very
               foundation
               of
               his
               faith
               may
               be
               shaken
               ,
               all
               his
               former
               title
               to
               heaven
               brought
               into
               question
               ,
               and
               he
               tormented
               with
               the
               consideration
               that
               he
               was
               never
               a
               true
               child
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               What
               remedies
               doe
               you
               commend
               to
               such
               soules
               in
               relapses
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Even
               the
               selfe-same
               receipts
               which
               I
               first
               prescribed
               to
               
                 wounded
                 consciences
                 ,
              
               the
               very
               same
               Promises
               ,
               Precepts
               ,
               Comforts
               ,
               
               Counsels
               ,
               Cautions
               .
               Onely
               as
               
                 Jacob
              
               the
               second
               time
               that
               his
               
                 sonnes
              
               went
               downe
               into
               
                 *
              
               
                 Egypt
                 ,
              
               commanded
               them
               to
               carry
               double
               money
               in
               their
               hands
               ;
               so
               I
               would
               advise
               such
               to
               apply
               the
               former
               remedies
               with
               double
               diligence
               ,
               double
               watchfulnes
               ,
               double
               industrie
               ,
               because
               the
               malignity
               of
               a
               disease
               is
               riveted
               firmer
               and
               deeper
               in
               a
               relapse
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               XXI
               .
               Dialogue
               .
            
             Whether
             it
             be
             lawfull
             to
             pray
             for
             ,
             or
             to
             pray
             against
             ,
             or
             to
             praise
             God
             for
             a
             wounded
             conscience
             .
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               IS
               it
               lawfull
               for
               a
               man
               to
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               visit
               him
               with
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               He
               may
               and
               must
               pray
               to
               have
               his
               high
               and
               hard
               heart
               ,
               
               truly
               humbled
               ,
               and
               bruised
               with
               the
               fight
               and
               sense
               of
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               with
               unfained
               sorrow
               for
               the
               same
               :
               but
               may
               not
               explicitely
               ,
               and
               directly
               pray
               for
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               highest
               degree
               ,
               and
               extremity
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Why
               interpose
               you
               those
               termes
               
                 explicitely
              
               and
               
                 directly
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Because
               
                 implicitly
                 ,
              
               and
               by
               consequence
               ,
               one
               may
               pray
               for
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 :
              
               Namely
               ,
               when
               he
               submits
               himselfe
               to
               be
               disposed
               by
               Gods
               pleasure
               ,
               referring
               the
               particulars
               thereof
               ,
               wholly
               to
               his
               infinite
               wisedome
               ,
               tendring
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               a
               blank
               paper
               to
               God
               in
               his
               Prayers
               ,
               and
               requesting
               him
               to
               write
               therein
               what
               particulars
               hee
               pleases
               ;
               therein
               generally
               ,
               and
               by
               consequence
               he
               may
               pray
               for
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               case
               ,
               God
               sees
               the
               same
               ,
               for
               his
               owne
               glory
               ,
               
               and
               the
               parties
               good
               ;
               otherwise
               ,
               directly
               he
               may
               not
               pray
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               How
               prove
               you
               the
               same
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               First
               ,
               because
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               is
               a
               judgement
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               sorest
               ,
               as
               the
               resemblance
               of
               the
               torments
               of
               hell
               .
               Now
               it
               is
               not
               congruous
               to
               nature
               ,
               or
               grace
               ,
               for
               a
               man
               to
               be
               a
               free
               ,
               and
               active
               instrument
               ,
               purposely
               to
               pull
               downe
               upon
               himselfe
               ,
               the
               greatest
               evill
               that
               can
               befal
               him
               in
               this
               worl●…
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               we
               have
               neither
               direction
               ,
               nor
               president
               of
               any
               
                 Saint
                 ,
              
               recorded
               in
               Gods
               word
               to
               justifie
               and
               warrant
               such
               prayers
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               though
               praying
               for
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
              
               may
               seemingly
               scent
               of
               pretended
               humility
               ,
               it
               doth
               really
               and
               rankly
               savour
               of
               pride
               ,
               limiting
               
                 the
                 holy
                 one
                 of
                 Israel
                 .
              
               It
               ill
               becoming
               the
               patient
               to
               prescribe
               to
               his
               heavenly
               
               Physitian
               ,
               what
               kind
               of
               Physicke
               he
               shall
               minister
               unto
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               we
               may
               pray
               for
               all
               meanes
               to
               increase
               grace
               in
               us
               ,
               and
               therefore
               may
               pray
               for
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               seeing
               thereby
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               piety
               is
               improved
               in
               Gods
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               We
               may
               pray
               for
               and
               make
               use
               of
               all
               means
               ,
               whereby
               grace
               is
               increased
               :
               Namely
               ,
               such
               means
               ,
               as
               by
               God
               are
               appointed
               for
               that
               purpose
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               by
               virtue
               of
               Gods
               institution
               ,
               have
               both
               a
               proportionablenesse
               ,
               and
               attendency
               ,
               in
               order
               thereunto
               .
               But
               properly
               those
               things
               are
               not
               means
               ,
               or
               ordained
               by
               God
               ,
               for
               the
               increase
               of
               piety
               ,
               which
               are
               only
               accidentally
               over-ruled
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               by
               Gods
               power
               ,
               against
               the
               intention
               and
               inclination
               of
               the
               things
               themselves
               .
               Such
               is
               a
               
                 wounded
                 Conscience
                 ,
              
               being
               alwayes
               actually
               
               an
               evill
               of
               punishment
               ,
               and
               too
               often
               occasionally
               an
               evill
               of
               sinne
               :
               The
               
                 Byas
              
               whereof
               doth
               bend
               and
               bow
               to
               badnesse
               ;
               though
               over-ruled
               by
               the
               aim
               of
               Gods
               Eye
               ,
               and
               
                 strength
                 of
                 his
                 Arme
                 ,
              
               it
               may
               bring
               men
               to
               the
               marke
               of
               more
               grace
               ,
               and
               goodnesse
               .
               God
               can
               ,
               and
               will
               extract
               
                 light
              
               out
               of
               
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 good
              
               out
               of
               
                 evill
                 ,
                 order
              
               out
               of
               
                 confusion
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 comfort
              
               out
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 :
              
               And
               yet
               
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 evill
                 ,
                 f●…sion
                 ,
              
               &c.
               are
               not
               to
               be
               prayed
               for
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               But
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               in
               Gods
               children
               ,
               infallibly
               ends
               in
               comfort
               here
               ,
               or
               glory
               hereafter
               ,
               and
               therefore
               is
               to
               be
               desired
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Though
               the
               ultimate
               end
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               winds
               off
               in
               comfort
               ,
               yet
               it
               brings
               with
               it
               many
               intermediate
               mischiefs
               and
               maladies
               ,
               especially
               as
               managed
               by
               humane
               corruption
               :
               
               Namely
               ,
               dulnesse
               in
               divine
               service
               ,
               impatience
               ,
               taking
               Gods
               name
               in
               vaine
               ,
               despaire
               for
               the
               time
               ,
               blasphemy
               ;
               which
               a
               Saint
               should
               decline
               ,
               not
               desire
               ;
               shun
               ,
               not
               seek
               ;
               not
               pursue
               ,
               but
               avoid
               ,
               with
               his
               utmost
               endeavours
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               lawfull
               positively
               to
               pray
               against
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               ,
               as
               appeares
               from
               an
               argument
               taken
               from
               the
               lesser
               to
               the
               greater
               .
               If
               a
               man
               may
               pray
               against
               pinching
               poverty
               ,
               as
               wise
               
                 *
              
               
                 Agur
              
               did
               ;
               then
               may
               he
               much
               more
               against
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               as
               a
               far
               heavier
               judgement
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               if
               Gods
               servants
               may
               pray
               for
               ease
               under
               their
               burthens
               ,
               whereof
               we
               see
               divers
               particulars
               in
               that
               
                 *
              
               worthy
               prayer
               of
               
                 Solomon
                 ;
              
               I
               say
               ,
               if
               we
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               remove
               a
               lesser
               judgement
               by
               way
               of
               subvention
               ,
               questionlesse
               we
               may
               
               beseech
               him
               to
               deliver
               us
               from
               the
               great
               evill
               of
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ,
              
               by
               way
               of
               prevention
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               May
               one
               lawfully
               praise
               God
               ,
               for
               visiting
               him
               with
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               .
               First
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               agreeable
               to
               the
               
                 *
              
               will
               of
               God
               ,
               
                 in
                 every
                 thing
                 to
                 be
                 thankfull
                 ;
              
               here
               is
               a
               generall
               rule
               ,
               without
               limitation
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               because
               the
               end
               ,
               why
               God
               makes
               any
               work
               ,
               is
               his
               owne
               glory
               ;
               and
               a
               
                 wounded
                 conscience
              
               being
               a
               work
               of
               God
               ,
               he
               must
               be
               glorified
               in
               it
               ,
               especially
               seeing
               God
               shews
               much
               mercy
               therein
               ,
               as
               being
               a
               punishment
               on
               this
               side
               of
               
                 hell
                 fire
                 ,
              
               and
               lesse
               then
               our
               deserts
               .
               As
               also
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               gracious
               intentions
               towards
               the
               sick
               soule
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               maladie
               is
               over
               ,
               the
               patient
               shall
               freely
               confesse
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               
                 good
                 for
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 afflicted
                 .
              
               
               Happy
               then
               that
               soule
               ,
               〈◊〉
               in
               the
               
                 lucid
                 intervals
              
               of
               a
               wounded
               conscience
               can
               praise
               God
               for
               the
               same
               .
               
                 Musick
              
               is
               sweetest
               neere
               ,
               or
               over
               Rivers
               ,
               where
               the
               
                 Eccho
              
               thereof
               is
               best
               rebounded
               by
               the
               water
               .
               Praise
               for
               pensivenesse
               ,
               thanks
               for
               teares
               ,
               and
               blessing
               God
               over
               the
               flouds
               of
               affliction
               ,
               makes
               the
               most
               melodious
               Musick
               in
               the
               care
               of
               heaven
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           conclusion
           of
           the
           
             Author
          
           to
           the
           
             Reader
             .
          
        
         
           ANd
           now
           God
           knows
           how
           soon
           it
           may
           be
           said
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             Physitian
             heale
             thy selfe
             ,
          
           and
           how
           quickly
           I
           shall
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           these
           counsels
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           prescribed
           to
           others
           .
           Herein
           I
           say
           with
           
             Eli
          
           to
           
             *
          
           
             *
             1
             Sam.
             3.
             18
             
          
           
             Samuel
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             what
             seemeth
             him
             good
             :
          
           With
           
             *
          
           
             *
             2
             Sam.
             15
             26.
             
          
           
             David
          
           to
           
             Zadock
             ,
             Behold
             here
             I
             am
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             to
             me
             as
             s●…emeth
             good
             unto
             him
             .
          
           With
           the
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Acts.
             21.
             14.
             
          
           
             Disciples
          
           to
           
             Paul
             ,
             The
             Will
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             done
             :
          
           But
           Oh
           how
           ea●…ie
           it
           is
           for
           the
           mouth
           to
           pronounce
           ,
           or
           the
           hand
           to
           subscribe
           these
           words
           !
           But
           how
           hard
           ,
           yea
           without
           Gods
           garce
           ,
           how
           impossible
           ,
           for
           the
           heart
           to
           submit
           thereunto
           !
           Only
           hereof
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           the
           making
           of
           this
           
             Treatise
             ,
          
           shall
           no
           wayes
           cause
           or
           hasten
           a
           
             wounded
             conscience
          
           in
           me
           ,
           but
           rather
           on
           the
           contrary
           (
           especially
           if
           as
           it
           is
           written
           
             by
          
           me
           ,
           it
           were
           written
           
             in
          
           me
           )
           either
           prevent
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           come
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           deferre
           it
           that
           it
           come
           not
           so
           soon
           ,
           or
           lighten
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           fall
           not
           so
           heavy
           ,
           or
           shorten
           it
           that
           it
           last
           not
           so
           long
           .
           And
           if
           God
           shall
           be
           pleased
           hereafter
           to
           write
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Job
             .
             13.
             26
             
          
           
             bitter
             things
             against
             me
             ,
          
           who
           have
           here
           written
           the
           sweetest
           comforts
           I
           could
           for
           others
           ,
           let
           none
           insult
           on
           my
           sorrowes
           :
           But
           whilst
           my
           
             wounded
             conscience
          
           shall
           lye
           like
           the
           
             *
          
           
             *
             Acts
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Criple
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Porch
             of
             the
             temple
             ,
          
           may
           such
           as
           passe
           by
           be
           pléased
           to
           pit●…y
           me
           ,
           &
           permit
           this
           Booke
           to
           beg
           in
           my
           behal●…e
           ,
           the
           charitable
           prayers
           of
           well
           disposed
           People
           ;
           till
           divine
           Providence
           ,
           shall
           send
           some
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           some
           pious
           
             minister
             ,
          
           perfectly
           to
           restore
           my
           maimed
           soule
           to
           her
           former
           soundnes
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A40653e-160
           
             Exod.
             21.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A40653e-1430
           
             *
             Psa.
             38.
             3
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             51.
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             ▪
             Sam.
             24.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Angelicū
             vulnus
             ver●…
             medicus
             qualiter
             factū
             sit
             indicare
             noluit
             ,
             dum
             illud
             postea
             curare
             non
             destinavit
             .
             
               De
               mirab.
               .
               Scrip●…
               .
               lib.
               1.
               c.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             *
             Exod.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             21.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Gal.
             4.
             26.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             22
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             Psa.
             123.
             2
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             Luke
             21.
             26.
             
          
           
             *
             Revel.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             Isa.
             58.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Sam.
             17.
             36.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             10
             
          
           
             *
             Psa.
             23.
             4
             
          
           
             *
             Prov.
             18.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Heb.
             4.
             12
             
          
           
             *
             Jer.
             20.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Prov.
             31.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             Psa.
             38.
             2
             
          
           
             *
             Col.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Norris
               ,
            
             President
             of
             
               Munster
               ,
               ex
               levi
               vul●…ere
               neglecto
               sublatus
               .
            
             Cambdens
             Elizab.
             
             An.
             1641.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             ●…sa
             '
             .
             69.
             26.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Sam.
             1.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Rev.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             18.
             3
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Kings
             4.
             34.
             
          
           
             *
             Zacha.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             King
             :
             22.
             
          
           
             *
             Deut.
             32.
             39.
             
          
           
             *
             John
             7.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             G●…
             .
             38.
             36.
             
          
           
             *
             Isaiah
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             *
             Compare
             Gen.
             28.
             20.
             with
             Gen.
             35.
             1
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             119
             106.
             
          
           
             *
             Mark
             16.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Isa.
             61.
             3
             :
          
           
             *
             Isa.
             14.
             23
             
          
           
             *
             Solinus
             Polyhistor
             
               in
            
             Judea
             .
          
           
             *
             Phil.
             3.
             1●…
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Kings
             3
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Jo●…
             13.
             15
             
          
           
             *
             Exo.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             90.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Jer.
             48.
             10
             
          
           
             *
             Deut.
             15.
             21.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Kings
             18.
             21.
             
          
           
             *
             Cambd.
             Brit.
             
               in
            
             Durham
             .
          
           
             *
             Ifitrains
             on
             Sunday
             before
             Messe
             ,
             it
             will
             raine
             all
             weeke
             more
             or
             lesse
             .
             
               A
               Popish
               old
               ●…ime
               .
            
          
           
             *
             2
             Sam.
             12.
             13.
             
             Mat.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             Dan.
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Deu.
             29.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Kings
             5
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             15.
             21
             
          
           
             *
             Ephes
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             121
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Isa.
             55.
             3.
             
             &
             58.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Kings
             18.
             43.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             32.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             James
             1.
             3.
             Isa.
             61.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Acts
             26.
             2
             
          
           
             *
             Psa.
             23.
             2
             
          
           
             *
             Psa.
             69.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Compare
             P●…al
             .
             102.
             6
             with
             Psa.
             102.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Judg.
             13.
             23.
             
          
           
             *
             Acts
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Ephes.
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Hos.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Cor.
             12
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             John
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             17.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             15
             58.
             
          
           
             *
             Mar.
             8.
             26.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             8.
             26.
             
          
           
             *
             Prov.
             14.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             Rev.
             2.
             17
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Ex
             veris
             possunt
             ,
             nil
             nisi
             ve●…a
             sequi
             .
          
           
             *
             Col.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             8
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             68.
             20.
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             2.
             48
             
          
           
             *
             Act.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             ●…
             Cor.
             10.
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             Act.
             9.
             33
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             9.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             13.
             11.
             
          
           
             *
             Joh.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             Melchior
             Adamus
             in
             vita
             Theologorum
             〈◊〉
             pag.
             198.
             
          
           
             *
             Jam.
             1.
             17
             
          
           
             *
             Ruth
             2.
             8
             
          
           
             *
             Joh.
             11.
             20
             
          
           
             *
             Exo.
             16.
             36.
             
          
           
             *
             Job
             42.
             11
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             17.
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Act
             ▪
             183.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Cor.
             ●…
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             22.
             32.
             
          
           
             *
             Joh.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             1.
             
             Kin
             ▪
             2.
             44.
             
          
           
             *
             Gen.
             43.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Pro.
             30.
             8
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Kings
             8.
             33.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             18.
             
             Ephes.
             5.
             20.
             
             Psal.
             103.
             22.
             
             &
             145.
             10.