356 Flory flYo ld 4 Chrillian behave himfelf Senn. i 5 Gen.3.8. account for every particular) 9d comes to the (inner (as to Adam in the cool! of the day) in his cold fweat, when his Sun is fetting,and he is going to make his bed in the dark ; his lire and Soul fits on his pale trembling lips,ready to take her flight intoEternity,and whereas thou wert before,as the deaf Adder,or the wild Afs fnuf ng up the wind, or the Dromedary traverfing his way, without all regard of any check, now , taken in thy mouth ; Oh I my contempt of the means of Grace ; Oh ! my prophaning Sabboths, Sacraments ; Oh I my break- ing bonds of Oaths, Covenants, Proruifes, and calling away cords of difcipline and government ; Oh ! my malice againfl Gods People; Oh ! my hardening my heart againft the Word and the Rod, &c. as the ranklng thorn in the flefh pains moll. when thou goeft to bed. 5. Before this, in a time of outward Calamity and dilirefs , and this is the fecond Doctrine from the fpecial Circumfl +nce, when they were troubled. And now, Diretl. 2. 2. This Inward horrour and trouble of mind falls in (even to Gods People) with outward Trouble. This is the Cafe here,the Patriarchs (the children of the Promife ) are in difirefs and danger, by their Brother 7ofephs feeming feverity toward them. And they laid to another, we are verily guilty, &c. with the preffure on the outward man, comes a fnare upon the C.on- fcience. If any find it otherwife, (as there are fotne, with whom when there is a floral without, there is a calm within, and when a form within, there is a calm without) let them blets God ; but in the experience of Gods People, it is often found that when their outward condition is troubled , their inward fate and frame is full of perplexities and fears. David found it fo, Pfal, i 16. 3 . The forrows of death compa ffad me and (then alfo)the pains of hell got hold on me,I found trouble and f orrow, xsam.a3.26. i.e. very much perplexity both inward and outward at once. So again, Pfa1.42,7. Pfd. 3 i. 22. In my haft. (i.e. when I was flying for my life before the face of Saul, and hard put to it) then 1 faid, I am cut of from be- fore thine eyes. Thus it was with Iona 2.4. in the depth of his diflrefs faith he, I am calf out of thy fight; fad conclufions I touching not on- ly Gods providen dal care over them, but his love towards them. Thus with Paul, z Cor. 7.5.. without were fightings, within Were fears, it e. Spiritual conflicts. We find the whole Church in the Lam. at the fame pafs, Lam. 3- 8.7iou haft removed my Son' far from Peace., 1 f aid, my ftrengeb ;:70
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