340 DireEions for getting andkeeping you cherifh them ? and own them ? and plead and difpute for them ? and fay you do well to Doubt, and you have Caufe ? Will this ever caft out Torment- ing Fears ? Do you not know that the way to caft thèm out is not to maintain them by diftruftfull thoughts or words, but to fee their finfúlnefs,and ab- hor them , and to get more high thoughts of the Loving kindnefs ofGod, and the tender mercies of the Redeemer, and the unfpcakab,le Love that he /lath manifefted in his fufferings for you that fo the Love ofGod may be mare advanced and powerful in your foul, and may be able to caft out your Tor- menting Fears. Why do you not do this inftead of Doubting ? if Tormenting Fears and Doubtings be a fin,why do you not make Confcience ofthem ? and bewail it that you have been fo guilty of them ? Will you therefore Doubt becaufe you have flavifh fears? Why that is to Doubt becaufe you Doubt; and to Fear becaufe youFear ; and fo to fin ítí11 becaufe you have finned. Confi der well ofthe folly of this courfe. DOU BT Vii. BZU F Iam not able to Believe : and without Faith there ¿ no pleafng God, nor hopeof falvation, l fear ?Unbelief will be rriy rrtine. ANSWER. i.jHave anfwered this Doubt fully before. It is grounded on a Miftake of the Nature of true Faith. You think that Faith is the Believing that you are in Gods favour, and that you are Juttified ; but properly this is no Faith at all , but onely A(1u- rance
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