CAUSE AND CURE OF A WOUNDED CONSCIENCE. DIALOGUE I.-What a wounded Conscience is, wherewith the Godly and Reprobate may be tor- DIAL. II.-What use they are to make thereof, who neither hitherto were, nor haply hereafter shall be, visited with a wounded Conscience. ... 272 DIAL. III. Three solemn Seasons when Men are surprised with wounded Consciences..... .... 276 DIAL. IV.—The great Torment of a wounded Con- science, proved by Reasons and Examples. ..... 280 DIAL. IX.—Answers to the Objections of a wounded Conscience, drawn from the Slightness of his Re- DIAL. X.-Answers to the Objections of a wounded DIAL. XV. That is not always the greatest Sin whereof a Man is guilty, wherewith his Conscience is most pained for the present... DIAL. XVI.-Obstructions hindering the speedy flowing of Comfort into a troubled Soul....... DIAL. XVII.-What is to be conceived of their final 246 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY DALKEITH, LADY GOVERNESS TO HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS HENRIETTA. IT MADAM, T is unsafe in these dangerous days for any to go abroad without a convoy, or, at the least, a pass; my book hath both in being dedicated to your honour. The apostle saith, Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? * I am one of your honour's planting, and could heartily wish, that the fruit I bring forth were worthy to be tasted by your judicious palate. Howsoever, accept these grapes, if not for their goodness, for their novelty though not sweetest relished, they are soonest ripe, being the first fruits of Exeter press, presented unto you. And if ever my ingratitude should forget my obligations to your honour, these black lines will turn red, and blush his unworthiness that wrote them. In * 1 Cor. ix. 7. B this pamphlet your ladyship shall praise whatsoever you are pleased but to pardon. But I am tedious, for your honour can spare no more minutes from looking on a better book, her infant Highness, committed to your charge. Was ever more hope of worth in a less volume? But O! how excellently will the same, in due time, be set forth, seeing the paper is so pure, and your ladyship the overseer to correct the press The continuance and increase of whose happiness here, and hereafter, is desired in his daily devotions, who resteth Your honour's in all Christian service, ! THOMAS FULLER. GOOD THOUGHTS IN BAD TIMES. L hurt me. PERSONAL MEDITATIONS. I. ORD, how near was I to danger, yet escaped! I was upon the brink of the brink of it, yet fell not in; they are well kept who are kept by thee. Excellent archer! Thou didst hit thy mark in missing it, as meaning to fright, not Let me not now be such a fool as to pay my thanks to blind Fortune for a favour which the eye of Providence hath bestowed upon Rather let the narrowness of my escape make my thankfulness to thy goodness the larger, lest my ingratitude justly cause, that, whereas this arrow but hit my hat, the next pierce my head. me. II. ORD, when thou shalt visit me with a sharp L fear I shall be impatient, for choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper, and have not been acquainted with sickness all my lifetime. I cannot expect any kind usage |