Part.1.Chap.15. e.AjfiiEled (onfliencel. B7 --~---------------------------------= accuO:omed feelings, and former a}:nlities of grace, onely then argue aEack-ilider, ;:~nd are evill fignes of a dangerouf!y declining ~oule; when they are willingly carried without remeti'c, or taking much to heart ; wit~out <my eager ddire, or earneft endea\\0ur after more heate and heavenly mindedne!Ie. AChriO:ian may be without Gods gTacious prcfet1ce, and comfortable exercife ofgrace in prefent feeling, and 'y-et no foriaker ofGod, but rather left of him for a tin1e (hisl1eavenly wifrdomefor fom~ fecret holy ends fo diipoling) wbile by grieving, fhi ving, and ftrong deiires, he unfainedly thirfis after, and ferioufly rurfues hts forme~; acceptatic:;m and forward- ~ netfe. Here then is coinfort,God hath hid his face from thee f'?r a feafon, and thou art left to th~ darkenefie, and difcomforts of thine owne f_pirit, and . thereupon art grievoufly dejel'l:ed, think' fr. thy felfe utterly undone, yet take notice that in n fpirituall c Non deferit, eti~rnli Defertion,properly fo called,thou dofi not willingly Je[er~re 'V~dta~ur. Non f01 fake God, but Cod forfakes thee; cor rather, de(ertt ettamfi defmat. as Di.,- ines truly fpeake, feemes to forfake thee, ~u~~/fi. d .r. . .r ( ~:: d I . h h h C r. - F h "<uo1~am eJertt,qu"J- ror He ea es W.lt t ee m t IS a1e, as a at er dam de(erere vitktur With his childe; who fomc:times upon purEofe, An, br.in Pf:!t, ! 8. ' fiill loving bim extremely, hides himfelfe ftom ~eu., bon9s 1_Y.;~ nefli• rum~ as though be· Were quite gone; tO make; it g ,ll.( U(ll K-egttg~t; Net difcovcr and manifeft its love unto htm by longing 0 ' 1lt1.1ifc _tur fed _quafi r. . . fi I . ) h "' ohhuijcttur Ruffin 111 ~~ekmg and crymg a ter 11111. And t at for excel- Pl~l. lent ends and ever for thy endldfe comfort: firfr,To i. To vvorke Fa1th. -try, -whether thou wilt trufr in him, though bee flay_thee,as Job did. Every Cock-boate can fwirnme in a Riv~r; every Sculler fayle in a calme: In ordinary gufrs,<my man of me:mer skill, and le{fer pati.. . ence can· ftecre aright, and hold up the head: But when the black tempeft comes,a tenth wave flowes,. One deepe.cds .another; when the tumultuous darkneifc of the sky, the roaring ofthe reftle{fe Creature reprefents tcrnHe things, and Heaven and earth are · blundered J '
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