InflruaionJ for a right comforting SeCl.3. ---------------.--------~· ----------- and love to His owne deere Children,whom He de• fignes for extra<;>rdir:ary fufrerin~s, may. ~urpofely potfeffe them w1th fuch a Pa!ad1fe of dtvme plea~ fures, as a counter comfort to the extremity of their paines; that,bclides their owne private refrelhing, and fuprort,thetr couragious infenfibility, and vid:o- · rious patience thereupon may bring a great deale of terrour to their tormentors, glory to their mercifull a. Mafrer, credit unto the caufe, and confufion to the ·enemies ofgrace, And that there may be an addition ofmore.heart, and life to fuc~joyfi11l elevations offpirit; and that He may make the excellency of that ipirituall joy, proportionable to the exquiiiteneife of their tortures and trouble, Hee .may in -His unfearchablewifdome make way thcrunto by afpirituall defertion.As He did in the forenamed glorious · 'Martyr,Mr,qtovcr.For want ofthefenfeofthe co~ 'forts ofgodlim::ife for a feafon,doth make our foules a thoufand times more {enfible of their fweetneiTe upon their re-infufion. s. The.enabling them · 8. Eighthly,Thus may the lord fometimes deale ,to comfort others. ·with His bdl:,and deerefr Children, even by withdrawing the light ofhi:s countenanc<e,leave them for a while to thefe inward conflicts and confufions -of fpirit,that thereby they may be fitted and informed with an holy experimental! skill,to fpeake feelingly, and fully to the hearts of their Chrillian Bretheren, ·which may.,.afi:erward be·tempted and· troubled, as they have beene.For,God is wont at all times in His ·Church,fo gracious is He, purpofely to raife up, and fingle outfomefpeciall men, whom Hee infrmd:s, .and enables in the Sc.:hoole offpirituall experiments and-afflictions ofSoule, with extraordinary dexterity and Art.,to comfort and recover other Uf;[ourners ·in Z il)n, in their dill:reifes of confciences, !lronger ~temptations, fpirituall defertions, decayes ofgrace, .. -relapfes,Ecclipfes of Gods face and£avour, wants of -- former
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