86 Dire[lions forgeuuìz and ke pin ought not to vex and difquiet your mind withdoubt- ful tormenting fears, what you fhould do, ifyou be put to it,to forfake all, and lifer death forChrill.por heath promiled to lay no more on us then we can bear; but with the temptation will make us a way to come forth, r C;or, ro.i 3, either he wil not bring us in- to trials beyond our ftrength ; or elfe he will incrcafe our ftrength according to our trials,. He hath bid us pray, Leadm not into tempt,ition,bit deliver u4 from evil ó and he bath promifed, that wh4t¡aever We a4k, in the 'lame of Chrift according to hzi will, he Will give m. So that if once you can but truly fay, that it is your ful Refolution to forfake all for Chrift ifhe call ti ou to it, and that Qfi the forementioned grounds, N ouought not then to vex your foul with fearsof the iffue i for that is but to diftruft God your father and your flrengtb. Only you radii be careful to do your duty,to the keepingup of your prefentRefoluti- ens and to wait obediently on God for thehelp of his Spirir,and to beg it earneftly at his hands, 15. Much Icfs is it lawful for men to feign and fuppofe Inch calamities to themtelves, as God doth never nymen by, and then to ask themtives, Can I bear thefe for Cl rilt ? & fo to try themfelveson falte 'and dangerous grounds. Some ufe to be troubled left if they were put- to long and exquifite torments for .Chrift, they frould renounce him. One faith, I Cannot endure the torments ofHell for Chrift : Ano then faith,.Could I endure to be roafted, or torn in piecLs fo many weeks or dayes together ? or could I endure to die fo many times over? Thefeare fcolifli fïr`:al queftiont, which Chrift never defired you to putto your felves: He never tries Mens faith on'thiv manner.,
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