Spiritual Peace and Comfort. rtó 93 fin, though it Were to the[mart and diflileafing ofyour flefb ? Areyou not Willing to wait on God, in the csfe of his Ordinances, in that poor weak meafure as you are able to perform them ? Dorf?you, or wouldyou quit your part in God, Heaven, Chrif?, and forlake theWay ofHolinefs, and doas the profane world doth, though it Were to pleafeyour fefh, orfaveyourfate or life ? `Do notyoudaily fitrive againfl the flefh and kelp it under, anddeny it itsAfire: ?Doyounot deny theWorld When it would hinder you from Work! ofMercy or pub/Ike Good, according to your ability ? Is it not thegrief of your foul whenyou fall and lourgreatef trouble that you cannot Walk more obediently, innocently andfruit- fully ? anddo you not after (tinning Refolve to be more watchfulfor the time to come ? Are you not refol- ved to flick tò Chrif? and his holy Laws and ¡Paie:, what-ever c`hsrnges or dangers come ? and rather tofor- fakefriends and all thatyouhave, then to forfake him? ?et in agodly jealonfe &diirufl ofyour oWn heart, do renounceyour ownfirengtb,and refolvs todo this only in the flrength ofChriland therefore daily beg it ofhim ? Is it not your daily care and bu¡ineft topleafe God and do his Will, andavoidfinning inyour weak meafure ? I hope that all this is fo,&your own cafe;which ¡fit be youhave infallibleEvidences,and want but the fight and comfort of them : youhave the true grounds for Affurance, though you want Affurance it fell: your chiefdanger is over, though your trouble r.emaino Your foul is at theprefent in a fafecondition,though, not in the fenfe of it : You are in thehate offalvati on, though not ofconfolation. It muff be your next work therefore to ftudy Gods Mercies, and takeno- tice what be bath done for your foul. Let not fo bleffed
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