Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 161 abundantly by the daily complaints and examples of the belt of Gods people now living among us. As there is no perfect evennefs to be expe&ed in our obedience while we are on earth ; fo neither will there be anyconfant or pale& evennefs inour comforts. He that bath life in one duty, is cold in the next : and therefore he that bath much joy in one duty, bath little in the next. Yea perhaps duty may butoccafïon the renewal of his forrows ; that the foul who before felt not its own burden at a Sermon, or in Prayer, or holy Meditation, which were wont to revive him, now feems to feel his mi- feries to be multiplied. The time was once with David, when the thoughts of God were fwect to him, and he could fay,ln themultitudeofmy thoughts d'ithin me ,thy comforts delaht my foul ; And yet he law the timealto when he remembred God and was troubled, he complained, and his Spirit was over- whelmed : Cod fo heldhis eys waking, that he was troubled and could not fpeak : he confidered the days of old, and the years ofancient time ; he cal- led to remembrance his fong in the night, he com- muned with his ownheart, and his fpirit madedili- gent fearch : Will the Lord, faith he, call Iry ffor ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? Ishis mercy clean gone for ever? loth hispromifefailfor evermore ? Hath Godforgotten to begracious ? hath be in angerfhue up his tender mercy ? Was not this a low ebb, and a fad cafe that David was in ? Till at lait he faw, This was his infirmity, Tfal. 77. 1,2'3 ,435,6,7,8 ,9310. Had David no former experiences to remind ? no arguments of comfort to confider of? Yes, but there is at finch a feafon an incapacity to improve 0 them
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