3°8 How to liveby Faith ire timeofTemptation, i Cor, sa.9. 2 Cor.t.g. Ephef.6.1a, n61.37.14. 8E17.14. Pfsl. 34. z;. 4. liantly andovercome. IfSathan continue his al aults,JCods grace isfasf jieientfsr thee. If thyarength be cleane gone, Gods power (hall bemagnified the more in thee : and he bath brought thee low, that thou mail' not trutt in thy felfe, but in the living Lard , and that the whole praifè of the victory might be afcribed unto him. If thy flrength did remaine, it was not to be leaned unto ; and now it is decayed andgone,there is no caufeof feare : for the Lord will be thy Ray. In the moft difficult affaults and tedious encounters we are exhorted to be flrong in the Lord, andin thepower of hismight. Be of good cou- rage, and God will grant theeancatie, a joyful vi ory. Sathans drift in tempting is to turmoile,dif-hearten, per- plex with feares, and drive into defpaire : and if thou . takeheart and courage to relt quietly upon Gods grace, and fileuntohis Name, thou (halt put him to flight, thou hall already got theday. Waite but a while, ànd thefe darke mitts, and terrible (Formes (hall be difperfed. By thefe temptations the Lord hath taught thee to fee thy weakneffe, and the maliceofSathan; to denie thineowne wifdome, and prize his favour : lightly to etleeme all things here below, and highly to value mercy reaching . to the pardon offinne,andheavenly communion and fel- lowfhip with God : And if this bitter potion bath wrought fo kindly for-thy fpirituafl good, why fhouldit thou bedifinayed ? Trutt in the Lord, be ofgood cou- rage, and he fhall ltrengthen thee. TheLord redeemeth the puleofhisfervants, andnone ofthemthat trist in him "hall be defolate. Fourthly, Hemull exercife himfelfe in wel-doing,har- bour holyand heavenly meditations, nourifh the moti- ons of Gods Spirit, be zealous and diligent in Prayer, reading, andhearing the Word of God, chearefull and indulrious in the workes ofhis honeft calling. For idle- neffe, anddejeFted lumpifhneff'e, andexceflìve feare pre- pare for all temptations : but ferious and good imploy- ment is a fpeciall meanes toprevent or divert them. In this
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