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pain_n for_o thy_o good_a i_o commend_v they_o to_o thy_o love_n thyself_o unto_o god_n and_o the_o word_n of_o his_o grace_n eman._n coll._n novemb_n 20._o 1606._o thou_o in_o christ_n jesus_n tho._n p._n a_o table_n of_o the_o sum_n or_o content_n of_o the_o whole_a treatise_n both_o for_o head_n and_o number_n of_o the_o question_n the_o first_o book_n the_o preface_n touch_v the_o ground_n and_o order_n of_o the_o treatise_n pag._n 1._o chap._n i._o of_o confession_n and_o the_o degree_n of_o goodness_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o difference_n of_o sinne._n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o subjection_n and_o power_n of_o conscience_n chap._n iv._n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o question_n or_o case_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o first_o main_a question_n touch_v man_n simple_o consider_v viz._n what_o a_o man_n must_v do_v that_o he_o may_v come_v into_o god_n favour_n and_o be_v save_v 50_o concern_v humiliation_n 1._o what_o if_o a_o man_n humble_v himself_o can_v call_v to_o mind_n 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a_o enemy_n to_o caesar_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o unjust_a condemnation_n of_o christ_n jesus_n be_v a_o high_a degree_n than_o the_o sin_n of_o pilate_n himself_o who_o yield_v unto_o their_o importâ—â—nitie_n pronounce_v sentence_n against_o he_o joh._n 19_o 11._o the_o last_o be_v the_o time_n which_o also_o serve_v to_o aggravate_v the_o sin_n for_o ordinary_a disobedience_n in_o the_o time_n of_o grace_n and_o wilful_a neglect_n of_o god_n call_v in_o the_o abundance_n of_o mean_n be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o damnable_a than_o the_o commission_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ignorance_n and_o blindness_n when_o the_o like_a 21._o mean_n be_v want_v the_o second_o way_n to_o aggravate_v sin_n be_v by_o addition_n of_o sin_n to_o sin_n and_o that_o be_v do_v sundry_a way_n first_o by_o commit_v one_o sin_n in_o the_o neck_n of_o a_o other_o as_o david_n sin_v when_o he_o add_v murder_n to_o adultery_n second_o by_o double_v and_o multiply_v of_o sin_n that_o be_v by_o fall_v 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sudden_a to_o tempt_v he_o to_o despair_n and_o to_o the_o make_v away_o of_o himself_o iii_o three_o the_o party_n in_o distress_n must_v be_v teach_v not_o to_o rest_v upon_o his_o own_o judgement_n but_o always_o to_o submit_v himself_o and_o be_v content_a to_o be_v advise_v by_o other_o that_o be_v man_n of_o wisdom_n judgement_n and_o discretion_n a_o thing_n to_o be_v observe_v the_o rather_o because_o the_o very_a neglect_n thereof_o have_v cause_v sundry_a person_n to_o remain_v uncomfort_v for_o many_o year_n iv._n four_o the_o party_n distress_v must_v never_o hear_v tell_v of_o any_o fearful_a accident_n or_o of_o any_o that_o have_v be_v in_o like_a or_o worse_a case_n than_o himself_o be_v for_o upon_o the_o very_a report_n the_o distress_a conscience_n will_v fasten_v the_o accident_n upon_o itself_o and_o thereby_o common_o will_v be_v draw_v to_o deep_a grief_n or_o despair_n the_o mind_n afflict_v be_v prone_a to_o imagine_v searefull_a thing_n and_o sometime_o the_o very_a bare_a name_n of_o the_o devil_n will_v strike_v terror_n and_o fear_n into_o it_o v._n five_o the_o party_n that_o be_v to_o comfort_n must_v bear_v with_o all_o the_o want_n of_o the_o distress_a as_o with_o their_o forwardness_n peevishness_n rashness_n and_o with_o their_o distemper_a and_o disorder_a affection_n and_o action_n yea_o he_o must_v put_v upon_o he_o as_o it_o be_v their_o person_n be_v affect_v with_o their_o misery_n and_o touch_v with_o compassion_n of_o their_o sorrow_n as_o if_o they_o be_v his_o own_o grieve_v when_o he_o see_v they_o to_o grieve_v weep_v when_o they_o do_v weep_v and_o lament_v vi_o six_o he_o that_o be_v the_o comforter_n must_v not_o be_v discourage_v though_o after_o long_a labour_n and_o pain_n take_v there_o follow_v small_a comfort_n and_o ease_n to_o the_o party_n distress_v for_o man_n will_v often_o bewray_v their_o stiffenes_n in_o temptation_n and_o usual_o it_o be_v long_o before_o comfort_n can_v be_v receive_v and_o why_o sure_o because_o god_n have_v the_o great_a stroke_n in_o these_o distress_n of_o mind_n and_o bring_v man_n through_o all_o the_o temptation_n that_o he_o have_v appoint_v even_o to_o the_o last_o and_o utmost_a before_o he_o open_v the_o heart_n to_o receive_v comfort_n the_o church_n in_o the_o canticle_n seek_v for_o her_o belove_a but_o before_o she_o can_v find_v he_o she_o go_v about_o in_o the_o city_n through_o the_o street_n and_o by_o open_a place_n pass_v by_o the_o watchman_n themselves_o and_o after_o she_o have_v use_v all_o mean_n without_o help_n or_o hope_n at_o length_n and_o not_o before_o she_o find_v her_o belove_a he_o in_o whom'â—_n her_o soul_n delight_v 4._o thus_o much_o for_o the_o general_a remedy_n of_o all_o distress_n now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o particular_a distress_n themselves_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o first_o special_a distress_n arise_v of_o a_o divine_a temptation_n the_o first_o distress_n arise_v of_o a_o divine_a temptation_n which_o be_v a_o combat_n with_o god_n himself_o immediate_o and_o this_o distress_n be_v when_o the_o conscience_n speak_v some_o fearful_a thing_n of_o god_n and_o withal_o the_o party_n distress_v feel_v some_o evident_a token_n of_o god_n wrath_n sect._n 1_o example_n hereof_o we_o shall_v find_v many_o in_o example_n the_o word_n of_o god_n one_o be_v the_o example_n of_o righteous_a job_n who_o have_v be_v long_o in_o outward_a affliction_n be_v withal_o exercise_v with_o the_o apprehension_n of_o the_o anger_n of_o god_n and_o in_o that_o state_n he_o say_v that_o the_o arrow_n of_o 4._o the_o almighty_a be_v in_o he_o that_o the_o venom_n thereof_o do_v drink_v up_o his_o spirit_n that_o the_o terror_n of_o god_n do_v fight_v against_o he_o yea_o further_o he_o add_v that_o god_n be_v his_o enemy_n and_o write_v bitter_a thing_n against_o he_o and_o make_v he_o to_o possess_v 26._o the_o sin_n of_o his_o youth_n and_o at_o a_o other_o time_n he_o complain_v that_o god_n wrath_n have_v tear_v he_o that_o he_o hate_v he_o gnash_v upon_o he_o with_o his_o 9_o tooth_n and_o have_v sharpen_v his_o eye_n against_o he_o yea_o that_o he_o have_v take_v he_o by_o the_o neck_n and_o beat_v he_o and_o set_v he_o as_o a_o mark_n for_o himself_o in_o all_o which_o and_o diverse_a other_o place_n it_o appear_v that_o his_o conscience_n be_v exercise_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n which_o have_v now_o even_o seize_v upon_o his_o soul_n another_o example_n we_o have_v in_o david_n who_o also_o be_v exercise_v with_o this_o temptation_n and_o trouble_n of_o mind_n as_o the_o first_o word_n of_o the_o 6._o psalm_n and_o the_o whole_a tenor_n thereof_o do_v evident_o 6._o show_v for_o first_o he_o desire_v the_o lord_n not_o to_o rebuke_v he_o in_o his_o wrath_n and_o afterward_o complain_v that_o his_o grief_n be_v so_o great_a that_o his_o very_a flesh_n consume_v his_o bone_n be_v vex_v and_o his_o body_n bring_v to_o such_o a_o state_n as_o no_o sickness_n can_v have_v bring_v he_o unto_o and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a that_o the_o same_o prophet_n do_v often_o fall_v into_o the_o like_a kind_n of_o distress_n of_o mind_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o psalm_n 77._o and_o sundry_a other_o place_n now_o as_o it_o fare_v with_o these_o and_o diverse_a other_o servant_n of_o god_n in_o ancient_a time_n so_o be_v we_o not_o without_o some_o instance_n thereof_o in_o our_o day_n among_o many_o that_o worthy_a man_n master_n luther_n write_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v in_o this_o particular_a temptation_n and_o that_o he_o learn_v in_o it_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o justification_n of_o a_o sinner_n by_o the_o mere_a mercy_n of_o god_n without_o any_o merit_n of_o work_n and_o upon_o the_o sense_n and_o experience_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o this_o distress_n he_o write_v a_o notable_a exposition_n of_o the_o 6._o psalm_n of_o david_n the_o scope_n and_o intent_n whereof_o he_o write_v to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o sovereign_a remedy_n of_o this_o and_o the_o like_a distress_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o conscience_n sect._n 2._o if_o it_o be_v demand_v what_o be_v the_o occasion_n occasion_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o temptation_n i_o answer_v that_o it_o arise_v sometime_o upon_o the_o commission_n of_o some_o notorious_a sin_n which_o do_v wound_v the_o conscience_n as_o in_o cain_n judas_n and_o saul_n who_o for_o their_o great_a and_o capital_a sin_n that_o stinge_a and_o wound_v their_o conscience_n grow_v to_o a_o fearful_a state_n and_o consequent_o perish_v in_o this_o temptation_n sometime_o again_o it_o come_v when_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n commit_v but_o obedience_n to_o god_n perform_v and_o then_o there_o can_v be_v render_v any_o reason_n of_o it_o either_o in_o man_n or_o out_o of_o man_n save_o this_o that_o god_n will_v have_v it_o so_o to_o be_v and_o the_o truth_n hereof_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o example_n of_o job_n and_o david_n before_o mention_v sect._n 3_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o temptation_n be_v many_o temptation_n and_o very_o strange_a for_o outward_o it_o work_v a_o change_n and_o alteration_n in_o the_o body_n as_o it_o be_v a_o burn_a ague_n and_o it_o cause_v the_o entrails_n to_o rise_v the_o liver_n to_o roll_v in_o the_o body_n and_o it_o set_v a_o great_a heat_n in_o the_o bone_n and_o consume_v the_o flesh_n more_o than_o any_o sickness_n can_v do_v and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o as_o i_o say_v beside_o experience_n it_o be_v clear_a in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n david_n in_o this_o distress_n affirm_v that_o his_o eye_n be_v eat_v as_o it_o be_v with_o worm_n and_o sink_v into_o his_o head_n psal._n 6._o 7._o that_o his_o moisture_n become_v as_o the_o drought_n in_o summer_n psal._n 32._o 4._o and_o job_n say_v that_o his_o skin_n be_v black_a upon_o he_o his_o bone_n be_v burn_v with_o 30._o heat_n yea_o that_o by_o mean_n of_o this_o distress_n he_o be_v now_o full_a of_o wrinkle_n and_o his_o leanenes_n do_v rise_v 8._o upon_o he_o it_o be_v a_o principle_n which_o physician_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o mind_n follow_v the_o temperature_n of_o the_o body_n and_o be_v affect_v according_a to_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a constitution_n thereof_o which_o though_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o withal_o it_o be_v as_o manifest_v on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o the_o body_n do_v often_o follow_v the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o a_o distress_a heart_n must_v of_o necessity_n make_v a_o faint_a and_o a_o languish_a body_n sect._n 4._o but_o the_o principal_a thing_n to_o be_v seek_v for_o remedy_n in_o this_o temptation_n be_v the_o remedien_fw-mi thereof_o whereunto_o there_o be_v five_o thing_n require_v which_o be_v to_o be_v practise_v as_o occasion_n shall_v be_v
sentence_n of_o death_n in_o themselves_o that_o they_o may_v 9_o not_o trust_v in_o themselves_o but_o in_o god_n from_o these_o example_n it_o follow_v that_o they_o which_o desire_v with_o comfort_n to_o bear_v the_o pang_n of_o death_n must_v die_v by_o faith_n that_o be_v they_o must_v set_v before_o their_o eye_n the_o promise_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o life_n everlasting_a and_o depend_v upon_o it_o wrap_v as_o it_o be_v &_o infold_v themselves_o in_o it_o as_o in_o a_o close_a &_o warm_a garment_n that_o will_v keep_v they_o safe_a and_o sure_a against_o the_o wind_n and_o weather_n of_o temptation_n the_o second_o practice_n in_o the_o time_n of_o death_n be_v to_o die_v in_o obedience_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o willing_o glad_o and_o ready_o without_o murmur_v to_o submit_v ourselves_o unto_o god_n will_n in_o bear_v the_o pain_n of_o death_n a_o most_o worthy_a precedent_n of_o this_o obedience_n we_o have_v in_o our_o saviour_n christ_n when_o he_o say_v unto_o his_o father_n not_o my_o will_n but_o thy_o will_n be_v do_v thereby_o submit_v his_o will_n to_o his_o father_n will_n touch_v the_o death_n which_o he_o then_o suffer_v yea_o when_o he_o be_v die_v it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n that_o be_v he_o do_v most_o willing_o surrender_v up_o his_o soul_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n his_o father_n and_o this_o his_o example_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o departure_n must_v be_v a_o rule_n of_o direction_n unto_o we_o upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o three_o petition_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n among_o other_o thing_n we_o pray_v for_o obedience_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o suffer_v affliction_n yea_o even_o in_o the_o last_o and_o great_a which_o be_v death_n itself_o true_a it_o be_v that_o obedience_n to_o god_n in_o death_n be_v against_o corrupt_a nature_n and_o therefore_o our_o duty_n be_v the_o more_o to_o inure_v ourselves_o to_o the_o perform_n of_o it_o and_o that_o which_o the_o bless_a apostle_n say_v of_o himself_o i_o die_v daily_o aught_o to_o be_v continual_o our_o resolution_n and_o practice_n if_o we_o shall_v inquire_v how_o this_o may_v be_v do_v the_o answer_n be_v when_o god_n lay_v affliction_n upon_o we_o in_o our_o life_n time_n then_o by_o endeavour_v to_o bear_v they_o with_o patience_n meekness_n and_o lowliness_n for_o every_o affliction_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o petty_a death_n and_o if_o we_o do_v in_o it_o subject_n ourselves_o to_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n we_o shall_v the_o better_o obey_v he_o in_o the_o great_a death_n of_o all_o and_o thus_o do_v whensoever_o god_n strike_v we_o with_o death_n we_o shall_v with_o comfort_n endure_v the_o same_o sect._n 4._o the_o three_o particular_a affliction_n or_o distress_n be_v satanical_a molestation_n whereby_o both_o person_n molestation_n and_o place_n of_o mansion_n or_o abode_n be_v either_o possess_v or_o otherwise_o molest_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o devil_n i._o touch_v this_o affliction_n the_o question_n of_o conscience_n be_v how_o such_o person_n as_o be_v possess_v or_o fear_v possession_n or_o else_o endure_v molestation_n by_o the_o devil_n in_o their_o house_n may_v have_v their_o mind_n quiet_v and_o staâ—ed_v and_o consequent_o in_o that_o case_n be_v remedy_v and_o here_o two_o thing_n be_v general_o to_o be_v consider_v in_o way_n of_o answer_n first_o it_o be_v to_o be_v remember_v that_o possession_n be_v know_v by_o two_o sign_n the_o one_o be_v when_o the_o devil_n be_v evident_o present_a either_o in_o the_o whole_a body_n or_o in_o some_o part_n of_o it_o the_o other_o when_o he_o have_v rule_n of_o the_o say_a body_n either_o in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n so_o as_o the_o party_n himself_o have_v not_o that_o use_n of_o his_o body_n which_o he_o will_v as_o for_o example_n when_o the_o devil_n possess_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o voice_n as_o the_o tongue_n and_o make_v a_o man_n to_o speak_v latin_a greek_a italian_a or_o other_o tongue_n which_o he_o understandeth_v not_o both_o these_o thing_n be_v find_v in_o they_o that_o be_v possess_v in_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ._n second_o we_o must_v consider_v it_o fall_v out_o oftentimes_o that_o strange_a disease_n do_v seize_v upon_o man_n arise_v from_o corrupt_a humour_n in_o the_o body_n yea_o man_n and_o woman_n may_v have_v strange_a passion_n upon_o natural_a cause_n unknown_a and_o these_o will_v sometime_o have_v strange_a and_o extraordinary_a effect_n in_o they_o which_o the_o art_n of_o physic_n neither_o can_v search_v out_o nor_o cure_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v neither_o act_n of_o witchcraft_n nor_o real_a possession_n as_o when_o god_n lay_v extraordinary_a disease_n on_o the_o corinthian_n for_o the_o contempt_n of_o his_o word_n and_o sacrament_n 1._o cor._n 11._o 30._o like_o unto_o which_o he_o worthy_o inflict_v upon_o man_n in_o these_o day_n for_o the_o same_o and_o other_o sin_n now_o to_o stay_v the_o mind_n in_o this_o case_n these_o rule_n be_v careful_o to_o be_v think_v upon_o first_o of_o all_o it_o be_v to_o be_v remember_v that_o though_o satan_n malice_n and_o power_n be_v very_o great_a and_o large_a yet_o he_o can_v not_o practice_v the_o same_o against_o the_o child_n of_o god_n when_o where_o and_o how_o he_o list_v the_o malice_n which_o satan_n bear_v to_o mankind_n and_o principal_o to_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n appear_v in_o this_o because_o he_o be_v say_v to_o accuse_v they_o before_o god_n day_n and_o 2._o night_n and_o as_o a_o roar_a lion_n to_o walk_v about_o the_o world_n seek_v who_o he_o may_v devour_v 1._o pet._n 5._o 8._o again_o the_o scripture_n note_v he_o to_o be_v a_o powerful_a spirit_n who_o strength_n far_o exceed_v and_o surpass_v the_o might_n of_o any_o man_n or_o creature_n that_o be_v not_o of_o a_o angelical_a nature_n as_o himself_o be_v for_o he_o be_v term_v a_o prince_n of_o the_o air_n and_o the_o god_n of_o this_o world_n his_o 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