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A96951	The only sovereign salve for the wounded spirit: approved by the author in himself Delivered by him in several sermons after his recovery: and now, published for the glory of his most gracious restorer, and for the comfort and settlement of any afflicted soul, that doth, or may labour under that weighty burden. By Richard Wortley, minister of Christ in his church, in Edworth in Bedfordshire.	Wortley, Richard, d. 1680.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3642A; ESTC R231974	144,585	300

be his late experience of disturbances perplexities troubles wounds losse wrath can tell him a sad story 4. He that is truly sorry for sin his desire is vehement and earnest that he may please God for the time to come What would he not now do to win his Favour His own corrupt will hath formerly misled him to the provoking of his God but now he submits it unto Gods Will in all things Let him command what he will he is ready to obey it Let him restrain him in any thing he declines it Let him lay upon him what he pleaseth he patiently undergoes it Let him defer to answer his Prayers he waits Gods time In a word the vehement and earnest desire of his soul is that he may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing by a dayly improving in the knowledge of him and by a further fruitfulness in every good work 4. He that is truly sorry for sin he becomes zealous against sin as that which is so offensive unto his God Thus David's zealous sorrow appeared in his Tears For his eyes ran down with Rivers of water because men kept not Gods Law Psal 129. 136. Lot's righteous soul was vexed with the filthy Conversation of the Sodomites E●pecially he i● zealous against sin in himself He is zealous of good works he takes delight in them The wayes of Wisdom or of Christ they are pleasantness unto him Prov. 3. 17. He is diligent in good duties he is fervent in spirit serving the Lord Rom. 12. 11. He is often thinking and talking of that which is good and rejoyceth to see others do that which is good He remembers whence he is fallen to what a fair degree in Grace he had formerly attained and now he strains himself to the utmost to recover it and to go beyond it 6. He takes revenge upon himself for his former follies by watching fasting praying by denying himself in those Contents which otherwise without offence he might freely enjoy This Effect of Revenge some Commentators would find in the broken heart Psal 51. 17. Where the word is Cor confractum contribulatum that is say they fractum tribulatum cum corpore broken or ground or threshed with the body The body therefore as thence they would infer must be a sufferer with the heart in true Confession Whether the word will bear such a meaning or not I contend not It is enough we have St. Pauls example for it 1 Cor. 9. 27. We may nay ought to keep under our bodies and bring them into subjection that so they may be the fitter to joyn with our souls in Gods Service though by so doing we cannot satisfie for the least of our sinful follies Act 3. The heart must be rent in the hatred and detestation of sin And the High Priest rent his cloaths saying he hath spoken Blasphemy That sin is most loathsom and hateful is evident from those Comparisons by which its Loathsomness is set forth in Scripture It is compared to the Leprosie to menstruous rags to pollutions of the Birth to vomit to mire c. And because it is so loathsom and abominable therefore doth the Lord hate and abhor it as is to be seen Prov. 6. Psal 5. Psal 45. and in many other places The Lord is in his Essence and Nature most pure and therefore doth he naturally and essentially hate all filthiness and impurity And as he hates sin so do his people and Saints from the first moment of their Conversion of their beginning to be his people Indeed their hatred against it at first is not so manifest as afterwards The Heifers will low after their Calves Yet there is a secret dislike in the soul against it the Will b●gins to be set against it and their dislike gathers strength and increaseth by degrees until it doth become a down right hatred Then they can truly ●ay I hate every false way with David Psal 119. 104. I do the thing that I h●te with St. Paul Rom 7. 15. And because they themselves know it to be so hateful therefore do the Saints so earnestly exho●t others to hate and abhor it Thus David Psal 97. 10. See that ye ha●e the th●ng that is evil So Jude 23. Hate the garment spotted with the Flesh And this because upon their Conversion their Souls being united unto God they begin to love him and so cannot but abhor that which he abhors and hates Thus David takes his Motive to stir up the Saints to hate evil from their love of God Psal ●7 10. O ye that love the Lord see that ye hate the th●ng that is evil And much more now do the Saints hate and abhor it upon their repentance after their fals For th●y know that now a greater Obl●gation lies upon them to please God and th●y have had the experience that sin is a deadly enemy unto their souls wounding them robbing them of their God and exposing them to his fierce wrath And hereupon they cannot but exceedingly loath and abhor it as that which seeks and by all means endeavours their utter ruine and destruction Now that hatred against sin in others and especially in themselves may be carried on by the Lords people in such a way as may manifest the truth of their Love unto God and the unfaignedness of their repentance they are to be very cautious that they stumble not at these rubs Marks 1. As to others there must be no tolerating and bearing with their sins It was the commendation of the Church of Ephesus they could not bear those that were evil Rev 2. 2. Asa would not bear with Idolatry in his own Mother but unq●eened her for that her sin 1 King 15. 13. He that winks at sin ●n others will soon be blind to it in himself Yet the Saints must be sure that this their hatred of sin be perfect Psal 139. 22. wanting neither Knowledge nor Justice They must know what and why they hate and their hatred must be fastned upon the sin not upon the Person He that can dispense with the sin for the man or hates the man for the sin his hatred savours more of vicious Passion then of a vertuous Perfection 2. As to themselves there are three Rubs or stumbling-blocks at which the penitent Saint may trip and stumble if not very wary and so his hatred against sin may fail and fall short of its due Requisites these are 1. Partiality there must be an hating of all sin of every false way Psal 119. 104. The Church of Ephesus hated the deed● of the Nicholaitans viz. Promiscuous Whoredomes and Idolatry but decayed in Zeal they grew cold in the reprehension of these sins The truly penitent will not only hate the great Blotches and deep stains of the soul in gross and scandalous sins but ev●n every little sin likewise the Garment that is but spotted by the Flesh Jude 23. 2. They must beware of Lenity they cannot be too vehement in their hatred against sin

an unworthy Member rejoycing in her unlikely unhoped return from her captivity and say When the Lord turned again the Captivity of Zion we were like them that dream The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad Psal 126. 1 3. Obs Effectual Calling is of Gods free Grace Texts Isa 65. 1. I am sought of them that asked not for me I am found of them that ●ought me not Ezek. 11. 19. I will put a new spirit within you I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them an heart of flesh Inst The Ephesians when dead in sins were quickned together with Christ c. to shew the exceeding riches of Gods Grace in his kindness toward them Eph. 2. 5 6 7. The Word of Truth or the Gospel came to the Colossians not they to it Col. 1. 6. Reas Gods great love to man Eph. 2. 4. Proceeding from the good pleasure of his Will Eph. 1. 5. Use 1. Attribute nothing to thine own will or to thy wary walking according to Natures rule Rom. 9. 16. 2. Give God the praise of the glory of his Grace Eph. 2. 6. Resol I will never boast of any works of mine It is by Grace I am saved through Faith not of my self it is the gift of God Eph. 2. 8. Ejac. Turn thou me and I shall be turned Jer. 31. 18. Lord let thy Kingdom come to me For I am not able by any strength in my self to come to it Mat. 6. 10. Paral. III. Circ My Apprehender's Hand was taken off me when others were within the Grates Obs The Lord hath mercy on whom he will hav● Mercy THE Losse of the sight of God and The Sense of Pain are the torments of the damned in Hell Isa 66. 24. Infinite in extention as to time Mat. 25. 46. Mitigated in their intention and extremity as t● the Sufferers desert Psal 145. 9. These the condemned wretches within the Grates did and shall for ever undergo And What had I deserved that I should be freed fro● them Nay what had I not deserved that I shoul● have felt them in the greatest height and horrour They who appeared at the grates were it may be o● those strict moral Ancients of whom we read who live● most exactly according to Natures Rule Or of thos● who in Christs Name had prophesied cast out Devils done many wonders Mat. 7. 22. As for me I remember my own evil waies and my doings that were not good and cannot but be ashamed and confounded and loath my self in mine own sight for mine iniquities and abominations Ezek 36 31 32. Yet these are condemned to eternal torments t● me polluted in mine own bloud yea in my bloud it was said unto me Live Ezek. 16. 6. These are Vessels of wrath fitted unto Destruction I a Vessel of mercy prepared unto glory The Potter hath power over the Clay to make one Vessel unto honour another to dishonour Ro. 9. 21 22 23. Two shall be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left Two women shall be grinding at the Mill the one shall be taken and the other left Mat. 24. 40 41. Obs The Lord hath Mercy on whom he will have Mercy Texts Exod. 33. 19. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy Rom. 19 18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardneth Inst I loved Jacob and I hated Esau Mal. 1. 2 3. The Malefactors on the Cross the one of them was received to mercy the other died in his sin Luke 23. 40. Reas God is a free Lord Rom. 9. 21. Having from before the foundation of the world by his unchangeable decree predestinated Some to eternal happiness for the manifestation of the glory of his Mercy Eph. 1. 5 6. Others to eternal punishment for the manifestation of the glory of his Justice Prov. 16. 4. Use 1. Despair not thou maist belong unto Gods Election 2. Judge not any to his own Master he standeth or falleth Rom. 14. 4. 3. Give diligence to make thy Calling and Election sure 2 Pet. 1. 10. 4. Rejoyce that thy Name is written in Heaven Luke 10. 20. Resol Thou hast predestinated me to be conformable to the Image of thy Son Rom. 8. 29. Thou hast no● effectually called me I will therefore strive more and more to put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true Holiness Eph. 3. 24. Ejac. O the depth of the riches both of the Wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his Judgments and his wayes past finding out Rom. 11. 33. Paral. IV. Circ My Apprehender's hand was taken off me at the Prison-Gate Obs God sometimes effectually calls men when they are at the Mouth of Hell O Daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed c. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones Psal 137. 8 9. So should sin be dealt with This Cockatrice should be crushed in the Egge resisted in it's beginning I way be given unto it it grows and gathers strength and in time contracts an hardness upon the Soul and What is then to be expected but ruine For whe● Lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death James 1. 15. Sin is not finished on a sudden Neither doth it bring unto death by an hasty and violent precipitation But it hath certain steps and degrees by which as by stairs it s●iely leads down th● Soul unto the Mouth of the Pit It begins by Suggestion Upon that follows delight Delight wins to Consent Consent proceeds unto Act. The Act brings on Custom Custom Necessity Necessity is attended with Blindnesse Blindnesse by hardnesse And the Close of all is an utter Exclusion from Gods Eternal Rest Psal 95. 8 11. I was now full ripe for Hell and had not great unexpected Mercy intervened I had for ever been one of those unhappy Exiles But He who with groaning in himself and crying with a loud voice thereby shewing the difficulty of the work as to the Soul to recover a customary sinner raised Lazarus when stinking in the Grave He was pleased to manifest his Almighty Power in raising me long long dead and stinking in my sins and trespasses and thereby deserving that with loathing he should have turned his face from me He who of stones is able to raise up Children unto Abraham Mat. 3. 9. was pleased to break my rocky heart to take away my heart of stone and to give unto me an heart of flesh Ezek. 36. 26. Obs God somtimes effectually calls men when they are at the very Mouth of Hell Texts Mat. 20. 6. And about the eleventh hour he went out c. And he saith unto them go ye also into the Vineyard c. Rev. 3. 9. Behold I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are

delivered from the wrath to come 1 Thessal 1. 9 10. Reas 1. They are justified and so at peace with God Rom. 5. 1. 2. They are true lovers of God and there ●s no fear in Love 1 John 4. 18. 3. They are partakers of the first Resurrection and so assured that the second death shall have no power over them Rev. 20. 6. Use 1. Sin being forgiven the punishment is removed Jer. 31. 34. Pardon is a not imputing the fault unto punishment 2. Get assurance that thou art justified Two principal grounds of this Assurance are Peace in the Soul Rom. 5. 1. An holy Life Rom. 6. 22. 3. Be sure that thou truly lovest God 1 John 2. 5. 4. Beware of security Fear Gods Temporal wrath Heb. 12. 28 29. Resol Being freed from all fear arising from the Spirit of Bondage and having received the spirit of Adoption which beareth witness with my spirit that I am thy Son I will confidently yet with humble reverenc● come unto thy Throne of Grace and cry Abba Father Rom. 8. 15 16. Ejac. My Love is yet but weak Lord so perfect it that all fear being cast ou● I may here without fear serve thee in holiness and righteousness and may have boldness in the Day of Judgment 1 John 4. 17 18. Paral. XI Circ I cast mine eye to the Top of the Tower Obs The effectually-Called are to set their Affections upon Heavenly things THE Lord washeth away the silth of the Daughter of Zion by the Spirit of Judgment and by the Spirit of burning At and from the Prison until set in the Tower the Spirit of Judgment wrought At the Prison gate I was made sensible what I had deserved and was liable unto The sense of my danger begat fear in me Fear putting me on to seek out for a means to escape brought me to Humiliation Humiliation with Fear and Faith brought me to Christ the Foundation of the Building Being now in him the Spirit of Burning began to work in the Tower For having Removed the Love of the world that my heart might be free to the love of Heavenly things And Banished my Fear that with Confidence and Chearfulness I might affect them By its heat it sweetly warmed and enflamed my heart with a sense and love of and desire after them By its light having first by the reward encouraged and quickned me to all diligence in the way to attain them It directed me to and in that way It discovered unto me those secret way layers whom I was to keep a watchful eye over Faith the soul's eye beholding these things though but darkly saith there are precious things laid up above Heb. 11. 1. Hope the souls Ankor as yet but weakly fastned upon the Promises of these things saith they are laid up for me Heb. 6. 18 19. Love the yet feeble feet of the Soul longing for them saith I run that I may obtain them Phil. 3. 14. The Souls eye is cleared by abounding in Grace 2 Pet. 1. 9. Her Ankor becomes more sure and stedfast by being fixed upon the immutability of Gods Counsel and his Oath Heb. 6. 17. Her feeble knee are strengthened and she is quickned in her pace by assurance that in those precious things she shall have Fulness of satisfaction and Perpetuity of enjoyment Which two things although the ancient Philosophers in their diligent search after the chief good could never find them in any worldly thing Yet they are to be had in God and in the enjoyment of him In his Presence is fulness of joy at his right hand pleasures for evermore Psal 16. 11. God then is to be the principal Object of our Love which For the manner of it must be A love of good will we must love him for himself Mat. 22. 37. A love of Union longing for the enjoyment of him Psal 42. 1. A love of delight taking pleasure In his Service Psal 122. 1. In his Children Psal 16. 3. For the measure of it it must be with all the heart soul mind strength Luke 10. 27. The utmost power of the whole soul must be employed in it We must do what we are able with a Will to do more if we were able His Greatness Psal 113 6. Our Meanness Rom. 9. 11. His preventing us with his love 1 John 4. 10. The greatness of it John 3. 13. It s Freeness Eph 2. 4 5. Our Unworthiness Rom. 5. 10. should quicken us thereunto And we may then assure our selves that we do love him when We are obedient unto his Will John 14. 23. And when We beat his rod with Patience 1 Cor. 13. 4. Obs The effectually Called are to set their Affections upon heavenly things Texts Phil. 3. 20. Our Conversation is in Heaven from whence we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Col. 3. 1 2. If ye be risen with Christ seek those things which are above Set your affections on things above and not on things on the earth I●st A●raham looked for a City which hath Foundations whose Builder and Maker is God Heb. 11. 10. David longing after God saith Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee Psal 73. 25. Reas 1. They alone are satisfying and lasting Psalm 16. 11. 2. Thou art risen with Christ and so endued with a power to affect them Col. 3. 1. 3. Christ thine Head is above sitting at the right hand of God Col. 3. 2. Where should the Members be but with their Head Use 1. First seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof Mat. 6. 33. 2. Put thy power in execution wherewith by vertue of Christ's Resurrection thou art endued Rom. 6. 4. 3. Imitate Christ he being risen ascended into Heaven Rom. 6. 5. 4. Long to be with him thine Head Psal 1. 23. Resol My Treasure is in Heaven there shall my heart be Mat. 6. 21. There my Conversation Phil. 3. 20. Ejac. As the Hart panteth after the Water-Brook so panteth my soul after thee O God Psalm 42 1. Paral. XII Circ I cast mine eye up to the Top of the Tower where my sight was limited by a Cloudy Resemblance Obs God hath an invisible Paradise to reward his Servants which in his Service they may have a respect unto GOD is immense and cannot be consined to place 1 Kings 8. 27. However his chief residence is in Heaven above the Clouds above the stars Job 22. 12. Where he holdeth back the face of his Throne by spreading his Cloud upon it Job 26. 9. The semi-Atheist though denying the workings of his Providence over man yet acknowledgeth this Job 22. 13 14. And thither the Disciples knew and by the Angels were assured Acts 1. 11. that Christ was ascended though by reason of the intercepting cloud they could follow him no further with the eye Acts 1. 9 10 11. The heart of the effectually-Called being taken off from the world and freed from the fear of Hell is now

faithful soul because he is Faithful and Just Confession of sin is an act of true Repentance and S. John cells us 1 John 1. 9. that if we confess our sins joyning with our Confession the other acts of true Repentance God is faithful and just to forgive them He is faithful He hath promised Pardon and peace to the humbled and faithful soul pardon as there in St. John peace as here in the ●ext Now all his promises are Yea and Amen ● Cor. 1. 20. And he is not as man that he should lye Hath he promised and shall he not perform Doth he severely punish unfaithfulness in others and will he approve of it and practise it himself Who then shall give him the Glory of his Truth and Faithfulness Again he is just to forgive And indeed the soul being in such a temper truly broken and humbled for sin and closely applying unto it self the Promises of Grace Pardon and Peace made unto it in Christ being thus disposed it would be great Injustice to deny it Peace For hath not Christ layd down ●n all sufficient satisfaction for our sins Hath not his Father accepted of this satisfaction Hath not the Lord Christ dele●ved at his Fathers hands by the Merits of that his satisfaction that he should be no longer displeased with the humbled soul which doth closely apply this satisfaction And yet notwithstanding this full satisfaction made by Christ notwithstanding the infinite Merit thereof notwithstanding Gods acceptance of it shall God still require a further satisfaction from poor sinners He will not he cannot be so unjust And therefore in reference to Christ's Merits and satisfaction and for the glory of his own Justice he cannot but speak peace to the truly humbled and faithful soul Obj. But the yet unsetled soul will be ready to say If the Lord cannot but speak peace to the humbled and faithful soul why are my wounds still thus smarting Why is the Lord yet a stranger unto me Why do I yet undergo his Terrours Answ 1. I answer It is possible that Peace is spoken and yet thou maiest not have heard it The day of Joy may be broken and sprung in thine heart and yet not discerned but the sault is in thy self Thou lookest upon the greatness of the Mercy and the ha●nousness of thine own Follies and thereupon thy ●●ul is wrapped up as it were in the dark mists of Insi●●●ry so that thou canst not as yet b●ing thine heart to a fi●m belief that so great a Majesty so highly provok●d by thee will vouchsafe so great a Mercy to so vile and unworthy a Wretch as thou art 2. I answer again If Peace be not yet spoken unto thee it is but deferred it is not denied and i● may be some settlement to the soul to be assured that it shall have peace God will speak peace unto his people and Saints b●r he doth not promise that he will do it immediatly upon their humiliation It is enough that they that mourn shall be comforted that there shall be a 〈◊〉 in joy God will take his own time and he best knows which is fittest for thee Reas 1. It may be thou art not yet ready for Peace not fit to entertain it 2. It may be thou art not yet sensible enough what it is to lose thy God 3. It may be thou art not yet purified enough from thy Drosse and Dregs of sin 4. It may be thou hast not sufficiently bewailed thy Follies 5. It may be it is the Lords pleasure to try whether thou canst wait upon him Or 6. It is his pleasure not to bring a disesteem upon his Mercy by its easiness 7. Or to make thee sensible of the exceeding riches of his Mercy He intends thee a River of peace but he will first bring thee to be glad of a few drops of it He intends to dwell in thee but he will first bring thee to be glad if he will but vouchsafe to lookupon thee He intends thee a Feast a continual Feast in thy soul but his pleasure is first to bring thee so low that thou shalt be glad of but the Crums of his Mercy Mat. 15 27. Whatsoever his reason is why he defers thy Peace yet this be assured of that he will at length most certainly speak it unto thee and that even this his deferring thereof shall tend to the furtherance of thy good Use 1. Here is set before us the blessed condition of those who are at peace with God to whom the Lord hath spoken Peace He is their Friend They enjoy a continual Feast of Comfort in their souls And by the by here we may take notice of the wretched and woful estate of those to whom the Lord is an enemy That I say no more they are strangers to his Love and to all the effects and manifestations thereof And though they abound in a most plentiful affluence of all things yet in the mean time even amidst their plenty their souls are samished for want of that soul-nourishing repast of inward peace There is no peace to the wicked Isa 48 22. Use 2. Here is Encouragement for the unsetled and wounded Spirit to hasten with all speed to its only remedy for its recovery true repentance and saith in the Promises made unto it in Christ If it mou●n for its Follies confess them abhor them resolve against them and upon better obedience If it bring the Promises home unto it self by a particular and close application its labour shall not be in vain in the Lord the Lord cannot but speak peace unto it Use 3. May Peace be spoken to the soul and the soul not be sensible of it by reason of its Infidelity in respect of the greatness of the Mercy and its own unworthiness It is to be exhorted to shake off this its Infidel●ty and want of Faith Let the bright Rayes of Gods Glory and Christ's Merits dispel those Mists which cause thee to fear thy self still to be under the night of Gods displeasure Though thou art unworthy of Peace yet the Lord Christ hath merited it for thee Though thou art unworthy of Peace yet the Lord for his own Glory will be faithful and just and rich in his mercy unto thee Use 4. Is the Lord pleased many times to defer peace Let it teach the yet unsetled soul to wait upon God It may be that may be the very thing his pleasure is to try thee in whether thou canst wait upon him or not and so to try thy Faith True Faith is not hasty Isa 28. 16. Satisfie thy self with this that the Lord is faithful and no Promise breaker that he is just and cannot but do what is just and right Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Wait I say on the Lord Psal 27. ult Or as it is in the old Translation Tarry the Lords Leisure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. Use

5. Thou hast long mourned and gasped for peace Wouldst thou be sure that it is spoken unto thee thou maist know whether it be or not by these discoveries Marks 1. There will be by degrees an improvement in thy knowledge of spiritual things The eyes of thine understanding will be more and more enlightned thou wilt be more acquainted with the secrets of God and with his Covenant Psal 25. 14. And thou wilt find a clearer manifestation of Christ in thy soul John 14. 21. 2. Thou wilt walk more chearfully uprightly more firmly and stedfastly in the wayes of God The Holy Spirit will stablish and uphold thee Psal 51. 12. It will set thee in the way of his steps v. ult of this 85th Psal Or as the old Translation hath it it shall direct thy going in the way 3. If the Lord hath spoken peace unto thee thou wilt exceedingly rejoyce in this Mercy there will follow an exulting and triumphing in the soul as here beneath in the Text Mercy and Truth are met together The Soul will say with Joy I was under the sad effects of Gods Justice but the Lord in Justice hath remembred Mercy Mercy and Truth are met together and Mercy hath gotten the upper hand Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other The Lord hath looked upon my sincerity in my humiliation he hath looked upon the Righteousness of the Lord Christ which in the Promises I have made mine by a particular application and thereupon hath embraced me with Peace and filled me with all sweet manifestations of his Love Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other 4. There will follow a forwardness in teaching of others and winning them unto God a teaching of Gods wayes unto the wicked that sinners may be converred unto him Psal 51. 13. An acquainting them with what the now setled and recovered soul hath experimentally found the danger of the Folly of sin the Lords readiness to forgive it and to speak peace upon a sinners true Repentance and Faith in Christ To acquaint them with his faithfulness and Justice how faithful he is in performing of his Promises how Just in requiring no more of a poor sinner having accepted the Lord Christs satisfaction for his sins Such I have found him and such you will find him if you will make Trial and do as I have done Thus the sinner that hath now peace spoken to his soul endeavours to perswade others and to convert others by his own experience of Gods mercy in speaking peace unto him 5. Upon peace spoken there will ●ollow in the soul a great enlargement of its love towards God Much was forgiven her for she loved much Luke 7. 4. To hear that comfortable speech in the soul Thy sins are forgiven thee it may be heinous often repeated exceedingly aggravated yet to hear These thy sins are forgiven thee the soul cannot but with all dearness of affection answer such a Mercy The Lords way to wash away the filth of the Daughters of Zion is by the Spirit of Judgment and by the spirit of Burning Isa ● 4. By the spirit of Judgment he wounds the Soul and brings it low for its filth and follies of sin And after upon its true humiliation and Faith speaking peace unto it by the spirit of burning he heats and enflames it with a true sense and exceeding love of his Goodness and Mercy towards it 6. There will follow true thankfulness where peace is once-spoken When the soul ha●h found ●he Lord thus gracious and merciful in delivering it from its disturbances in curing of its wounds and speaking peace unto it as it will break forth into free pro●essions of its love and say I love the Lord because he hath dealt so and so with me Psal 16. 1. So it will proceed to a quid retribuam What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me v. 12. And because it can find nothing else to render but Praise and Obedience it will give him the glory of his Mercy by ●elling those that fear him what he hath done for ●t Psal 66. 6. And in lieu of its Mercy it will give up its self with its body as a living sacrifice unto him in its reasonable serving of him Rom. 12. 1. 7. Lastly Where Peace is spoken to the soul and the Lord is again united to it in love there will be an earnest desire of a nearer union with him To this end as there will be a careful shunning of whatsoever may dissolve this Union principally under that Notion as it may cause a separation between God and the soul so there will be a diligent use of all Means which may bring him nearer to us and us to him E●pecially there will be an earnest longing ●or the full enjoyment of him in Heaven there will be a desiring to be with Christ which is best of all a wishing for the day of his appearing and the hastning thereof Even so come Lord Jesus come quickly Rev 2. 20. Thus you have heard how the Lord upon the unfaigned humiliation of his people and their Faith in Christ will in his good time most certainly speak peace unto them for the resetling and recovery of their disturbed and wounded Spirits Who now would not hear such a God who would hear any other but him Who would not be very sl●y lest he again provoke him Which is the Doct 3. That when the Lord upon their unfaigned Hum●at●on and Faith speaks peace unto his people and Sa●n●s they are to hear him and him alone And Peace being spoken they are to be very wary how they turn again unto ●olly This Point hath two Branches 1. That in speaking peace unto the Soul God the Lord alone is to be heard 2. That peace being spoken his People and Saints ought to be very wary how they turn again unto folly The first Branch That in speaking peace unto the unsetled and wounded soul God the Lord alone is to be heard When the Lords people are lab●uring and languishing under his heavy hand under those fore mentioned smarting wounds of Loss of wrath the Devil useth all his skill to bring them if possibly he may to despair of Mercy and Peace When he finds that he cannot prevail that way but that the Lord doth still uphold the Soul though under a weighty burden he sets on the World which he hath at his Command to offer them Peace and that very freely and liberally to give it unto them without any conditions proviso's or reservations and he secretly suggests unto the carnal part that peace and settlement is there to be had and perswades them to accept of it The world comes and makes a very free tender of it And at the same time the Lord he offers Peace likewise but upon condition that they must humble themselves by true repentance for their ●ollies and must by Faith apply unto themselves the Promises of Pardon and peace made unto