-----------~-------- - -. ln.ftruClio1l! fir ~rlj(ht comforting Sed:. • thee fpirituan-;bifity t~ -refr .tl1y we;cy Soule ~0-; Him; And who knowes not, hat unthankdullneffe keepes many good things from us, an-:{ 1 an unhappy blocke in the way, to intercept and binder the comfortable.influence,and current of Gods twours and mcr<;~e.s, from being l11owred downdo frankly and plentifully upon Hts people. And He .is more likely to be the more provoked in this Clfe . becaufe thou fuffcrdl: thine he:m to be lo~kt u~, and thy tongue tied by Satans cunning and cruellt~alice from Jr~"ayjin_~ the gl~ry of<]o_dJ ftee grace, for fuch a worke ofwonder:I meane, that mighty change of thine from nature to grace; in extolling of wl1icb, · w<:re all the hearts and tongues, of all the men and Angels in Heaven and earth,fet on work indufirioufJy thorow all eternity, they would fhll come infinitely fhort of that which is due and Jefcrved . .z.If net given vvay to 2. Or it may be, v\~hen {ome one ofa thou (am!, up- -the t)ivels fitggefhons on thy compbint,that no.comfort comes, doth feri- - .contrary to Gods ouOy labour to fettle thine heart in peace; preffing ..tl:uth. upon thee for that purpofe, invincible and un:mfwerable Arguments out ofthe \Vord ofTruth ; to open it wide, that over-flowing River-s of Evangelicall joyes,which may fpring to Him thatisadvifed and be!eeves the ProphetJ,abundantly,even ·from the weakefi Faith torefrefhand comfort 1t: Tellingthee, that as thine humbled Soule, let-tnin;~ upon Chrift, drawes much heavenly venue, mortifying power, and fanClifYing grace from him;fo it may and ought alfo to draw abundance offpiritualllightfomeneife ·from that ever-fpringing Fountaine oflife, &c. Yet notwitbfianding all this, thou fuff..:refrfome malici- · ous counter-blafis, and contrary fuggefiions -of the Divell,to difperfe an:d fruftrate all thefe well-groun- - ded and'. glorious Mdfages. And therefore it is juft rwith Goq, that thou fare the worfe afhis lrands,and fill ili~rt of thine expeCtation; 9ecaufe thou giveil: more
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