his backe from the smiters nor his face from shame and spitting The adoptiue sonnes when they are chastened with paine vpon their bed a Iob 33.19 20 21 22. and the multitude of their bones with strong paine when their life abhorreth bread and their soule dainty meat when their flesh is consumed away and their bones sticke out when their soule draweth neare to the graue and their life to the destroyer haue also their instructions sealed This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Wherefore should I feare in the dayes of euil b Psal 49.5 when punishment or death the iniquity of my heeles compasse mee about it is at the worst but a bruise in the heele The serpents head is broken and the hunters snare I see my selfe now saued from wrath of which I was by nature the child c Eph. 2.3 The childe of God I am adopted I know it because chastened I endure the chastisement A son without controuersie of a truth I perceiue it because I forget not the exhoration which speaketh vnto me as vnto a sonne My sonne despise not thou the chastening of the Lord neither be wearie of his correction neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth hee correcteth and rebuketh euen as a father the sonne in whom hee delighteth Pro. 3.11 and Heb. 12.5 6. compared A deare son I am d Ier. 31.19 10. I am a pleasant childe my father which is in heauen taketh pleasure in nice his bowels found and are troubled for mee surely hee will haue mercie on me ashamed of my selfe surely hee will delight himselfe in mee confounded in my selfe for that I beare the reproach of my youth Therefore I will whatsoeuer things I suffer delight my selfe in him This shall swallow vp my griefes this shall giue or cause to bee giuen vnto mee the desires of my heart e Psal â—7 4 this the strength of my life This the strong consolation and this is my comfort in my affliction 3. By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions are euidences of the brotherhood in Christ of conformitie to him of communion with him the lustre of his image and the markes thereof the marks of the Lord Iesus in his members yea the sufferings of Christ f Phil. 3.10 and on the whole bodie which is called Christ g 1 Cor. 12.12 accomplished in the brethren which are in the world h 1 Pet. 4.13 and reflected on him who is not ashamed to call them that suffering are sanctified brethren i Heb. 2.11 Is not his care and sympathy expressed k Act. 9.4 persecuted hee is in them that beare his name and his is their reproach l Heb. 11.26.13.13 The reproach of Christ called This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Why art thou cast downe ô my soule and why art thou disquieted within mee m Psal 42.5 No burthen now on thee that is not now on the brethren abroad The same afflictions * 1 Pet. 5.9 the same also the sufferings of Christ not a teare sheddest thou which hee puts not into a bottle not one sigh from thy broken heart which enters not into his open eares not one gash on thee of which his soule is not sensible not one scratch or scarre in thy face which appeares not in his not one furrow on thy backe which turnes not vpon his A brother of low degree yet brother to Iesus Christ in the highest * Iam. 1.9 Reioyce therefore in that thou art exalted and run with patience to the race which is set before thee looking aswell vnto Iesus Christ the Author and finisher of thy faith thy faithfull brother and bearer of thy griefes o Isa 53.4 as also to the brethren enduring the same crosse and despising the shame thereof in the world If any draw backe p Heb. 10.38 whose soule shall haue any pleasure in such Nothing hath taken thee but that which is common q 1 Cor. 10.13 common the exinanition to them in the bodie before the exaltation and this is my coÌ„fort in my afflictioÌ„ 4. By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions are tokens of the presence of God going before his Israel out of Aegypt into Canaan r Deut 8.2 3. Know yee not what hee did to humble them as they went Who knoweth not what the presence of a father amongst children doth euen keepe them in awe or not awefull rebukes are heard and had stripes The righteous are recompenced on the earth Å¿ Pro. 11.31 sometimes by the wicked and sinner The hand of the Lord and the sword in his hand t Psal 17.4 turning euerie way as the * Gen. 3. vlt. Cherubims flaming sword to keepe them whom hee keepes in the way euerlasting These recompenced also as they behaue themselues ill in their doings Amalekites their end to bee destroyed for euer u Num. 24.20 But Iacob not smitten x Isa 27.7 as the smiters of Iacob nor slaine according to the slaughter of his aduersaries ouerturned ouerturned ouerturned with an ah y Isa 1.24 and damned as Sodom z 2 Pet. 2.6 with an ouerthrow The Lords portion a Deut. 32.9 is his people and theirs his aduersaries b Exod. 33.14 His presence is alwaies with them and shall bee to day as yesterday and so for euer Might I with your fauor change my voice I might shew you a mysterie to be admired of you As the Lord is so is his Israel and as they are so is he in the world c 1 Io. 4.17 Nulla est in mundo miseria aut afflictio in quam Deus non respiciat c. Fonsec Sab ante Dom. Quadra Hearing their cries and seeing their iniuries he manifested himselfe not as a consuming fire but as a burning bush as confined himselfe within a bush his people straitened in the confines of Aegypt and they offended as burning himselfe grieued his soule for their miserie Iudg. 10.16 and afflicted himselfe in all their afflictions Isa 63.9 Although hee speake sharply and deale roughly with them yet he earnestly remembers them Ier. 31.19 and will saue them from their enemies from the hands of them that hate them from making of pots from the iron yoke from the heat of the fornace This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Doth the Lord beat me with his rod and strike me with his flâ—ffe his rod and his staffe both comfort me d Psal 23.4 His hand not farre off nor his presence from me but at hand and with mee to deliuer me Infirmities reproaches necessities distresses enuiron me yet trembling and not sinning not resisting nor rebelling against him that is with mee as hee in me I may take pleasure in them e Isa 25.4 Ths Lord is with me a mightie terrible one a strength to mee poore a strength to mee
that all cry out as the Magitians in Aegypt This is the finger of God Å¿ Exod. 8.19 Exod. 8.19 3. By their faith proued and found vnto praise and honour t Deut. 8.2 knowen in the tentation what is in the heart viz. vprightnesse and readinesse to draw neere vnto God u Psal 73. vlt. and to cleaue vnto the Lord with full purpose of heart x Psa 42.8 prayer made to the God of their life c. Christ followed the crosse taken vp themselues denied yea y 2. Cor. 1.8 9. pressed out of measure and aboue strength the sentence of death receiued in themselues that they might not trust in themselues but in God which after two dayes z Hos 6.2 although he kill raiseth the dead magnified and glorified in their bodie their Lord and their God whether by life as in Dauid a Psal 18.17 18. or by death as in Peter b Ioh. 21.19 In the end of their faith is the end of the Lord his owne glorie in their saluation c Psal 50.23 corporall and spirituall temporall and eternall according to his word Psal 50.15 * Saepè hic innocintes pereunt recti sunditùs delentur sed tamen ad aeternam gloâ—iam percundo seruantur Greg. lib. 5. Mor. cap. 14. 4. By their obedience honoured as a father of his sonnes d Mal. 1.6 submisse in their affliction and a master of his seruants corrected obsequious and not answering againe e Tit. 2.9 Had not Satan considered Iob the seruant of God f Iob. 1.8 in his prosperitie Enough he did to his owne shame and the glorie of the Lord in his aduersitie for as Iesus Christ though he were a sonne learned obedience by the things which he suffered g Heb. 5.9 so Iob and all the sonnes of God by faith in Christ Iesus h Gal. 3.26 learne of him to be lowly in heart i Matt. 11.29 and by the things which they suffer obedience to their father which is in heaven Better this than sacrifice k 1 Sam. 15.22 Bullocks with hornes and hoofes not required but obedience from the heart to the forme of doctrine which is deliuered l Gal. 5.17 strange flesh not to be offered but a mans owne flesh to bee sacrificed which in euerie act of obedience is done * Per victimas aliena caro per obedientiam jam verò propria caro mactatur c. Gr. sup 1 Reg. c. 15. Obedire est contra audire scilicet contra proprium sensum propriam voluntatem Vt. Perald Sum. Tom. 1. par 10. c. 2. in fin crucified the flesh which lusteth against the Spirit m Rom. 6.17 in which it is performed obeyed the word which commeth and the Lord therein riding prosperously n Psal 45.4 This causeth honour to God in his Maiestie yea many yet without to glorifie him in the day of visitation o 1 Pet. 2.12 The causes of afflictions efficient and finall thus discouered I proceed to the Vses which shall be For 1. Reproofe 2. Correction 3. Information 4. Admonition 5. Instruction 6. Instauration Vnto which shall be added a word of Exhortation 1. For reproofe to the vile Barbarians which seeing a viper on a Pauls hand or a crosse laid on a Simons shoulder cry out they arc murtherers or malefactors and vengeance will not suffer them to liue at ease or to prosper as other men but these the brutish amongst the people fooles alas when will ye vnderstand p Psal 94.8 The time is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God and if it first begin with them that professe and obey what shall the end be of them that obey not nor professe the Gospell of God q 1 Pet. 4.17 18. If the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare If this be done vnto the green trees which bring forth fruit according as God hath dealt the measure of the spirit what shall bee done vnto the dry which digd about and dressed yeare after yeare continue yet fruitlesse as the cursed fig-tree If the way vnto Heaven bee strewed with crosses bee full of tentations and tribulations what shall be found in the way vnto hell or in the end thereof r Pro. 14.12 There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man as the wiâ—l of the Gentiles vnto themselues Å¿ 1 Pet. 4.3 lasciuiousnesse lusts excesse of wine reuellings banquettings and abominable idolatries but the end thereof are the wayes of death Remember ye not the words of the Lord Iesus how he said Luk. 6.25 Woe vnto you that now laugh for ye shall weepe weep when the righteous at whose troubles they laugh shall be deliuered out of all and they come in their stead Doe yee thinke that the Scripture saith in vaine The righteous is deliuered out of trouble and the wicked commeth in his stead u Pro. 11.8 Againe The wicked shall bee a ransome for the righteous x Pro. 21.18 Dan. 6.24 and the transgressor for the vpright Instances before experience had the oracles had of God Haman and Mordecai y Esth 7.10 Hezekiah and the Aethiopians z Isai 43.3 Daniel and his accusers Peter and his keepers * Act. 12.19 But Barbarians are blinde and cannot see afarre off The iudgements of God are far aboue out of their sight a Psal 10.5 on other seene not ouer themselues themselues in the condemnation vnto which before they were ordained of old they finde not not made to suffer euill with the Saints in the earth but for the euill day b Pro. 16.4 Vse 2 2. For correction to them that refuse correction c Isa 1.3 4. Such was the sinfull nation the people laden with iniquitie the seed of euill doers the children that were corrupters That had forsaken the Lord and prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger not only by going away backward but by refusing to returne The one knoweth his owner and what the pricke of the gâ—ad meaneth but Israel did not know neither did they consider therefore the Prophet to them d Ver. 5. Why should yee bee stricken any more yee will reuolt more and more Ieremiah e Ier. 5.3 hath the like complaint O Lord thou hast smitten them but they haue not grieued thou hast consumed them but they haue refused to receiue correction they haue made them faces harder than a rocke they haue refused to returne It is so with many Many there bee that being afflicted know it not As Ephraim had gray haires here and there vpon him yet knew it not f Hos 7.9 nor that his strength was deuoured of strangers so wrath is on some from before the Lord yet they feele it not or if they feele it they are humbled no more than the King of Israel by the famine in Samaria Behold hee cryed g 2 Reg. 6.33 This euill
world Gen. 19.6 and these troubles as the Angels on him lay hold on mee the Lord being mercifull vnto mee to bring me forth and to set me without the bounds of destruction I will therefore take in all that come for in doing this as other in their tents I may entertaine in this earthly tabernacle Angels vnawares Heb. 14. â—â— An Angell sent from God for some speciall good to me is my tribulation and this is my comfort in my affliction 8. By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions demonstrate faithfull and fruitfull branches Euerie branch of the vine that beareth fruit is purged that it may bring forth more fruit Io. 15.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 defractionem partium luxuriantium Aret. in loc Fert vberiorem fructum post refectionem Aret. vbi sup Vitis foditur circuÌ„ciditur sterceratur putatur aliisque multis exercetur laboribus c. Aret. vbi sup For as after the refection defraction of the parts luxuriant the branches of the vine yeeld more fruit so the faithfull in their afflictions which are as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or rusticke purgations are the more fruitfull not pruned at ease and grow wilde apace or their grapes wilde but purged afflicted wounded within and bruised without euerie gift is stirred vp and set to work euery grace that is in them the lights put vnder a bushell before shine afterwards as in candlestickes set vpon hills What vse before of faith or of patience before what hope or ioy in the holy Ghost As the wine forced runs out of the presse and as the weights of a clocke turne all the wheeles about so the loads of afflictions presse out of them that are Christs the praises of Christ * 1 Pet. 2.9 and shew forth the hidden vertues of them that are the hidden ones of God * Psal 83.4 This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Pinched I am pruned and pared nigh yea cut to the quicke that I bleed in spirit but needfull the compunction it is the first degree of inward humiliation if a wound bee it is the second and not hurtfull nor the third which is the contrition it selfe Better is a conscience wounded D. Slater Salue for a wounded spirit than a conscience seared better a heart grownd to powder with the millstone of wrath turning about vpon it than one dedolent and past feeling of sin and wrath better a soule to be lopped in the passions of sinnes than to be obducted with ranke lusts or neglected and reiected Not meerely poenall the wounded spirit in the children of God as in Cain and Iudas the beginning of their hell but either castigatory for the chastisement of some particular disobedience as Dauids or probatory for triall as Iobs or percursory for preuention as Pauls thorne in his flesh lest through the abundance of reuelations he should be exalted aboue measure 2 Cor. 12. or purgatorie for the cleansing of vncleane and euill thoughts imaginations and reasonings touching Gods prouidence the word the profession the power of nature selfe-abilitie to conuert inherent righteousnesse good works freewill and security in the arme of flesh How such sparkles rise in vnswept chimneyes the fire blowne with the bellowes of hell who knoweth not that knoweth the deuices of Satan Phil. 2. Therefore I will through him that worketh the will and the good deed giue all diligence to search and try mine own wayes In euery crooked way I may finde a crosse * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my crosses indigitate mine exorbitancies As I deprehend them I will amend them and bring forth fruit meet for repentance new obedience in all things the old things in mee shall become all new When I shoot forth Isai 27.8 the Lord will in measure debate with mee and stay the rough wind in the day of the East wind when I blossome and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit in its season for I will approue my selfe as the seruant of Christ 2 Cor. 6.5 6. in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses in tumults in labours by the word of truth by the power of God by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by good report and euill report as persecuted yet not profligated as chastened and yet not killed as sorrowfull and yet reioycing as pruned being pampinous too full of needlesse sprigges and superfluous twigges yet not taken away as the fruitlesse branch nor cast forth nor withered nor gathered of men nor cast into the fire but purged for fructification Io. 15.6 and this is my comfort in my affliction 9. By the word of God through faith they vnderstand that afflictions are necessary exercises Heb. 12.13 a kind of wrestling betweene the Lord and his seruants Troubles on them his hands on them and theirs on him the right hand of faith 2 Tim. 2.5 Thus it is wrested and who preuaileth Alwayes the afflicted striuing lawfully The lawfull striuing learned of Iacob Hoseah his interpreter hee had power with God and preuailed for hee wept and made supplication vnto him Hos 11. so may all ouercome if the Lord may ouercome the heart yeelded vp the strife is ended humbled in the sight of God immediately lifted vp Iam. 5.10 teares seene hee yeelds supplications made he takes away his hand the victory with facility had grieuous the conflict for the present time yet ioyous afterwards Heb. 12.11 the Lord not let goe the blessing not obtained This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Is the euill vpon me the hand of the Lord Doth hee thereby wrestle with mee wretched man that I am who shall deliuer mee Rom. 7.24 Hee will himselfe hold mee downe with his left and vphold mee with his owne right hand my faith his gift Io. â— 2â— his worke that I beleeue in him beleeuing in him I cannot nor shall be cast downe of him or out of his sight Gen. 35.25 touched happily the hollow of my thigh as hee wrestleth with mee it may slip out of ioynt or the sinew may shrinke and I may halt vpon it but my faith shall not faile Therefore will I while the Lord with mee striue lawfully with him holding my selfe fast by him weeping before him and making incessant supplications vnto him exercised this shall bee my exercise vntill I preuaile and through him I shall preuaile with him he will hold me fast see my teares Psal 6.8 heare the voyce of my weeping Isai 38.5 giue mee the petitions that I desire of him blesse me with the new name Reuel 2.17 in the white stone giuen to him that ouercommeth I shall haue princely power with God and men Psal 118.6 I will not feare what men can doe vnto mee aduantagious the disaduantage the agitation requisite lucratiue the luctuation And this is my comfort in my affliction Lastly By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions precede the ioy of the Lord and glorie to come as the pleasures of sinne destruction and damnation To them that make their bellies their Gods Phil. 3.18 and that minde earthly things as the enemies of the crosse of Christ Rom. 29 10. Tribulation and anguish indignation and wrath but to them that lye amongst the pots in stocks in the dungeon in the briars and in the burning bushes induring the fierie triall of their faith fulnesse of ioy and brightnesse of glorie the triall of their faith being much more pretious than of gold which perisheth though it bee tried in the fire shall bee found vnto praise and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ The Passouer of the great * Reuel 5.14 tribulation celebrated or the same passed ouer they shall wash their robes Phil. 3.21 and make them white in the bloud of the Lambe their vile bodies also be fashioned like vnto the glorious bodie of Iesus Christ shall shine as the firmament yea as the Sun in the height of his glorie This when I remember I powre out in me my soule thus Of a truth I perceiue Rom. 8.18 that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to bee compared to the glorie which shall be reuealed in me I reckon not the temporall euill but haue respect to the eternall good I faint not 2 Cor. 4.16 17. for though mine outward man perish mine inward is renewed day by day my light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for mee a far more exceeding and eternall weight of glorie Therefore vnder my pressures Rom. 2.10 I will by patient continuance in well-doing seeke for glorie and honour and immortalitie and eternall life for I am perswaded that neither tribulation nor distresse nor persecution nor famine Rom. 8 3â— nor nakednesse nor perill nor sword nor death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to preuent the ioy or to separate me from the glorie to come the spirit of glorie resteth already on me and full is my heart of ioy in the Holy Ghost The God of all grace hath by Christ Iesus called me into his eternall glorie and after that I haue suffered a while * 1 Pet. 5.10 will cause mee to enter into his ioy which is fulnesse of ioy and crowne mee with his glorie which is eternall glorie To him be glorie and dominion for euer and euer Amen FINIS
finde I for thee in the Oracles of God Art thou a Libertine vsing all libertie for an occasion to the flesh x Gal. 5.13 a contemner of Gods ordinances his words and Sacraments his Ministerie and Ministers Thou art not spirituall y Rom. 7.14 cap. 8.14 nor led by the Spirit but carnall altogether and sold vnder sinne thou despisest God z 1 Thes 4.8 thou committest sacrilege a Rom. 2.22 thou iudgest thy selfe vnworthy of euerlasting life b Act. 13.46 thou puttest from thee the meanes thereof and turnest the same into lasciuiousnesse c Iude ve 4. no remedie remaineth nor healing to thee that mocketh the Messengers of God that despisest his words that misusest his Prophets d 2 Chron. 36.16 These things I finde in the Scriptures against thee but except thou repent No comfort finde I for thee in the Oracles of God I personate no man but if the witnesse within the Conscience accuse any testifying and saying Thou art the man to whom it is spoken spoken bee to him and this further in the Spirit of our God against the workes of the flesh which are manifest and are these Adulterie fornication vncleannesse lasciuiousnesse idolatrie witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies enuyings murthers drunkennesse reuellings and such like Qui talia agunt e Gal. 5 21. They which doe such things shall not inherit the kingdome of God Gal. 5.21 Seeing then that these things are so that some comfort themselues without the Word and that without the Word there is no solid comfort A necessitie is laid vpon vs both for the vse of edifying and the issue of the point to reason in plaine euidence and demonstration of the Spirit De Afflicto consolabili De Sermone consolabundo De Ratione consolandi Touching The afflicted that are consolable The word which comforteth the afflicted The manner of comforting them by the same word 1. De afflicto consolabili Of the afflicted that are consolable All men haue not faith f 2 Thes 3.2 nor the knowledge of God g 1 Cor. 15 34. nor bee in their affliction comforted by the Word neither indeed can be because they are not corrigible not docile not humble nor humbled The shaking of the hand of the Lord which hee shaketh ouer them not feared nor had to worke any feare in their heart the spirit of bondage But had once this and but once had Running there is to God and flying to Iesus Christ without back-sliding in heart or any departing from him Contrà Not hand nor receiued at all no comfort at all nor conuersion at all neither any constant worship In Rom. 8.15 Yee haue not receiued the spirit of bondage againe to feare Not to feare againe as bondslaues but first they feared hauing the spirit of bondage as all haue that labour and are heauie laden the curses of the Law may be denounced a thousand times and ten thousand kinds of strong iudgements inflicted in vaine except the spirit of bondage be sent into the heart to worke feare therein and in that feare to bring men home vnto God in Christ Thunder and raine and earthquakes haue beene and yet mens hearts haue beene little moued but the spirit of bondage D. Preston of the new Couenant pag. 392 393. or of feare on the people they feared exceedingly when it thundred and rained in wheat haruest h 1 Sam. 12 18. likewise at the great showres of raine in Ezra's time i Ezra 10.9 likewise the Iaylor although all was safe k Act. 16.29 This spirit the plough of God with which hee ploweth vp the heart before hee soweth therein the word of his grace which bringeth saluation This spirit obliterates the image of the old man and prepares a place for the impresse of the new whose motto is l Pro. 28.14 Blessed is the man that feareth alwayes i. in a filiall manner for the seruile is the Deuils Ye see the reason brethren why some afflicted are not consolable not consolable Actus actiâ—oâ—um est in patiente pradisposito not corrigible not corrigible not fearing not fearing not hauing to feare the sprit of bondage Therefore if yee feare not nor haue had to feare the spirit of bondage Yee haue cause to feare because ye haue not Christ * Rom. 8. yee know him not nor what hee hath suffered for you yee haue no fellowship in his sufferings not being made conformable to his death But afflicted if ye feare as sonnes in bondage if feeling the weight of the iudgement inflicted and seeing your sinnes yee flie from them as from the face of a serpent vnto the Propitiatorie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 3.25 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Io. 16. vlt. which is Iesus Christ Be of good cheere the good spirit of God is vpon you for good and truly and thorowly humbled thereby yee shall be deliuered from the temporall bondage into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God As the Law is good Rom. 7.12 so the spirit of bondage As the Law but a temporarie Schoole-master vntill faith bee informed so the spirit of bondage vntill the spirit of Adoption be infused and as the Sunne of righteousnesse ariseth with healing in his wings Mal. 4.2 So the Spirit of adoption commeth with libertie in his armes God hauing sent the spirit of his sonne into the hearts of his sonnes they cry Abba father m Gal. 4.6 the loue of an indulgent father apprehended not the seueritie of an austere Iudge and God beheld not as a consuming fire n Deut. 4.24 that will deuoure them but as a faithfull Creator that will haue a desire to the workes of his hands o Iob 14.15 Afterwards there 's no seruile but a filiall feare i. a mixture of feare and loue the spirit of loue leading in the way euerlasting the spirit of feare preuenting Reconciliation and fetching home againe them that being brought home turne againe vnto folly lose themselues and runne as sheepe astray Loue hauing respect vnto all the Commandements to keepe the same feare preseruing the heart from the deceitfulnesse of sin for as feething liquor filthy fâ—um so the heart boyling with feare casts out sinne suffers it not to oestuate it selfe into the inward parts adhere it may but enters not into the frame fabricke or constitution of the heart to bee mingled and confounded The feare of the Lord is cleane p Psal 19.9 they also pure in heart that haue it in their heart hauing such an heart that admits not the mixture of any sin but as base and reprobate stuffe resists and reiects it So then we say for the verdict of the Inquest That without the humbling and cleansing feare there 's no token for good in or out of affliction nor comfort by the Word 2. De Sermone consolatorio Of the word which is the comfort in Affliction The substantiall Word there is that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉