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Title:  Instructions for a right comforting afflicted consciences with speciall antidotes against some grievous temptations: delivered for the most part in the lecture at Kettering in North-hampton-shire: by Robert Bolton ...
Author: Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.
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into what a forlorne and fearefull state, they shall most certainely fall, when after a short gleame of worldly glory, they fall into tempestuous, and troublesome times. Of all afflictions incident to the Soule of man, there is none more grievous, and transcendent; then to have the Conscience enraged with the guilt of sinne. If there bee no wound there, if all bee safe and sound within, if that bird of the bosome sing sweetely in a Ms brest; it is no matter, what miseries be abroad in the World, what stormes, or be raised against Him What arme of flesh▪ or rage of foes beset Him roud: For Hee in this are, hath presently recourse unto His conscience▪ the safest Sanctuary, and Paradise of sweetest repose, and finding that sprinkled with the bloud of the Lambe, filled with abundance of peace, and God Himselfe there, reconcil'd unto Him in the face of Christ, He is couragiously fearelesse of all, both mortall and immortall, adversaries and oppositions: Tho the earth be remooved; and the mountaines carried into the middest of the Sea, tho all the creatures in the world should bee turned into Beares or Devils about Him, yet His conscience being comfortable, hee is un∣daunted and confidet, and more then conquerour over the whole world, and ten thousand Hells. But on the other side, if by reason of the raigne of sinne, there be no rest there; if God be not there because of the abounding of iniquity, what shall a man doe then? Whither shall hee flye, when the hand of God hath found Him out, and the swift Arrow of the Almighty stickes fast in his side? Hee will flie, saith that auncient Father, out of the Countrey into the Citie; out of the streets into his House; out of his House into His cham∣ber; horrour still dogging Him at the heeles. And from His chamber, whither will hee goe, but into the inmost Cabinet in his bosome, where his Conscience dwelleth? And if hee finde there nothing but tumult and terrour▪ but guiltinesse, confusion and cries of despaire; which 0