when Sathan encounters thefervots o fchri(i. we flieunto him, and íhrowd our felves under the fhade ofthe Almighty. If we have in fome fits found cafe by this or that meanes, we know if we come into likecafe how to helpe our felves ; it is we fay, but doing fuch a thing, or taking fuch a matter : thus having once found, in di(treffe and temptation,{tsength and deliverance by re- courfe toour God in Chrift, we knowwhat todoe when Each like {late returneth on us. Sathanwill not ceafe to af- faile though he be overcome ; nor the believer faint though he be fet uponagaine and againe : but having once returned with vikory through the power of God, he will abide in the fecret place of the moft High for ever. Tenthly, The faithful' are the Lordsveffels, which he ufeth to fcoure by temptations. True it is, that in the time o' trial], the graces of the Spirit doe not fomuch appeare to the notice of thebelieving heart : but by the over-ruling providence of God, they ferve for the in- creafe of grace, as the truth teacheth, faith believeth andexperience can teftifie. Thus faith minifirethcomfort in the moll bitter agonies, ifit be rightly ufed, andair red up. But what ifthe childofGodbe brought fo low,that he can difcerne no fparke offaith,no fruit ofgrace,no marke ofGods love inhimfelfe ? It is not tobe doubted, but the fervants of Chrift through their weaknes,are oft brought byextremityoftemptation into wofull defolation,which yet the Lord doth wifely order for the gloryofhis Name; and the good of his defeaed fervants. And s in other things,fo in this, that they cannot difcerneany fruit of the Spirit, wherewith through the mercy of cod, they are comfortably replenifhed. For the bluflering Tempefls which the enemy railed" again(] them, caufe fuchdiflur- bance in the foule, and fill the heart with fuch confufion, feare and terrour, that for the prefent theyare altogether unable to junge of their owns elate. For when the Mind is over-clouded with the mitts ofTemptation, as the eye with 3O1 IO. Why thegodly fometimesWant the fight of G odegrater.
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