InftruaionJ for a right c4mfortint sea.~. ----- Man or Divell, not ' 11 the powers of darkndfe or gates ofhell, can poilibly pluck thee out of his hand, Nay, the excellency ofhis power is moO: glorio.ufly improved, and made more illufl:rious in thy gre.\teft ex:tremitics,and extreamdl:fpirituall wealmeffe.And hee holds it his higheil: honour, to hold thee the f:frefi, when thy hoM is gone. Here then and U!JOU .this ground,thou hc; fl: a. Calling; and maiil: comfortably, for he is ever mofr loving & tender-hc::arted,iri times oftemptation,to all that are true ofheart,exe~-1 cife th;; t moil: excellent a& offaith; To be!etJve 'With~ · outfieling. To beleevc, when the face ofGod doth · ibine upon thee with fen!ible refrething., and when · thou enjoycll: plentiful!, and_ pregnant proofes ofhis· fivour,is no great matter,noiuch maiil:ery. But then · to bdeeve, when all ienfe ofGods love is gone, and the light ofhis countenance hid from thee; when all. goe quite crofk: rind coptrary in the a~reh enfion of carnall reafon; then is the higheft praife; this is the perfetl:ion ofjaith.The very dull,fenceleff~ andfoule- · leffe earth,upon wl1ich we tread,may teach us to rdl: and depend upon God in ~~eh a Cafe. It is amighty and maify cody, planted id the tni~defr ofthe thinne ai~e ; and hangs upon juil: nothing in the world, but ·only upon GodJWord; By that alone 1t is~there ef\:a.. - blifhed unrnoveably, 'keepes his placemoH: fi:eadily, never il:irres an inch from it. It hath no props or pillars to uphold it: no barres or beames to fafren it ; · nothing to fray and fupport it, but the bare Word of qod alone. Hte ~~:pholdeth tdl thin._~s 6y the word of hupower,faith theApofile, Heh.i.3. And yet not all the creatures in the world can ibake it, or make it tremble. Bee it fo then, that thy Faith bath loft it's hold-fafr; that for the prefent, thou findefr no feeling; no encouragements of ioy, andpeace in /;e!eeving; no fenftble pawnes, and pledges ofGods wonted favour,&c. Yet for all this, .cafrthy felfeupon '. . the
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