. ~-----... - .. -~---. ---· -·~-----------------"" ·Part.t.~hap.II· fA.ffli9ei (onfcimcer. 41.9 Two otherefjecidlltime.r \vhercinufo iuo k made of the fdrmcr Principle. 3. ~l.,"=.:.3£:.~·. 1!.· Hirdly, 'Vee may have recourfe J_. OHlrell'lg temptn· c c 1 · · p · ttons i/ ror comrort to t 11s pret1ous omt, • in foine fpedall temptations of doubtfi11lneife, and feare about our i~ .'1! fpirituall frate; When fpiritualllife is runne, as it were, into the root~ in !ome particu· · lars; and actuall abilities to exercife fome graces,and difcharge fome duties, are returned to nothing for the prefent; but groanes, de{Ires,and longings to dee, as God would have us. For infhoce: Thou art much af6iCl:ed, 'becaufc thou feelefr the fpirit·ofprayer not to frirre.and worke in Thee with that ~ life and vigour, as it was wont; but begins to languiili in the mwatd'man, ·forlacke of that vital! heate and feeling in the mutuall entercourfe, and · commerce betweene God and thine owne Soule; v.ihich heretofore many times warmed thine heart · with many fweet reftelbings,fpringing.:from a comfortable correfpond~nce betweene thy holy ejacu:lations,and his heavqnly infpiration; betweene tbine humble complaints at theThrone of Grace, and his · gracious anfwers: Nay, it may be, thon throwefl: t.towne thy felfe before His Seate ofmercy, in much bitterne!fe offpirit; and for the time, can fay little, or nothing ; the prefent dullne!fe, and indifpofition ,.. of thine heart, fropping all paifage to thy won- "" ted prayers, and damming up, as it were, thy onUnnry courfe of thy mofl: bleffed heart-ravHhing - . D_ d 4 conference., . I
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