----=--------~~~~--~------~ r art. 2. Chap.13. eAjfiieied (on.fcience.r. former comfortable feelings ; in cafe of horrible thoughts, and hideous injections, darkneffe oftheir owne fpirits, and fuch other Soule-vexations. And fuch able£fed Phyfition, which is able to fpeake experimentally to a dejected forrowfull heart, out of practif~ and fenfe in His owne Soule, is farre more . worth, both for a true fearch and difcovery, and; found recovery and cure of a wounded confcience, then an hundred meere fpeculative Divines. Such an One, is that One of a thoufand , fpoken of by Io6, which can wifely, and feafonably declare unto His . Soule-ficke Patient, the fecret Trackes, and hidden ~epths ofGods dealings with affEcted fpirits. · Let us take infl:ance, in thoi(~ experimentall abilities, which 'D avid gained for JLICh apurpofe, by His paf- .. - fing thorow that mofl: grievous fpirituall difertion, P fa!. 77. · The cafe of that 'Chrifl:ian was mofl: ru-' full,both i1i His owne fearefull apprehenfion, and to . the un-judicious eye ofthe Beholders; who having fiJent a long time in :1 zealous profefsion ofthe truth,. walking With God, and fecret communion with Ie- .. flt-i Chrift, fhould come to that palfe, and fall into thofe wofull fl:raights offpirituall trouble : Firfl:,that Hee fhould feare, not witl1out extraordinary hor~. rour, lefl: the mercies ofGod were departedfrom Him for ever; and that the Lord would never more bee in treated, or·ever fhine againe with His favoura- . ble countenance upon his confounded foule. Second- - ' ly, that the very remembrance ofGod, which was woat to crowne his heart with a confluence ofall defrrable contentments, fhould even rent it afunder, ... and make it fall to pieces in His bofome. like drops of water. Thirdly, That the pouring out ofHis fouLe widi pittifhll groanes,and compli!ints in fecret unto his God, · which heretofore did fet wide open . unto Him,. heavenly . flo0d-gates of gracious refr.e- . • iliiog,lbould.now quite overwhdme His fpirit, with mlK:lt ,
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