Spiritual (Peace and Comfort. 2°3 work when God cals him to it for fear ofdefroyirg the fell' : But do not make work or fuffering for your felves. Godwill lay as much Affliatorr on you as you need ; and be thankful! if he wilt enableyou to bear that : but you have no need to addmore. If your felves make the fuffering,how canyou with any encouragement beg ílrengt.h of God to bear it ? and ifyouhave not firength, what will you do ? Nay how can you pray for deliverance fromGods Afflictings, when you make more of your own ? And. thus I have (hewed you the danger of Over-doing, and . what a hinderance it is to a fetled Peace, both of Church ( State) and Soul ; though perhaps it may not condemn a particularSoul fo certainly(Inmoff parts of it ) as doing too little will. 5. The next part of myDirection (firfl exprefl) is, that You avoidcaufle»s fcruples, about doctrines, duties, fins, or your own flare. Thefe are alto Engines of the Enemy tobatter the Peace and Comfort ofyour foul ; he knows that it is cbearfull Obedience, with a Confidence of Chriis Merits and Merciesthat God Accepteth:And therefore if he cannot hinder a poor foul from fez- ringupon Duty, hewill hinder him ifhe can by thefe fcruples from a chearfull and profperous progrefs. Firft, If he care, he will take in fcruples about the Truthof his Religion, and fhewing him the many opinions that are in the world he will labour to bring the poor Chriilian to a lofs. Or elfe he will affault him by the men of fame particular Sect to draw him to that party, and fo by corrupting his Judgement to break his Peace: or at leaft ro trou- ble his head, and divert his thoughts form GodAy tedi-
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