·--------------------~--~~===-=-----------~ fart.2.Chap.1.7· eAjfiiCfed (onJcience.r. ·- obedi~ncc to the M inifiery; are evident rnarkes ofa _gracious ma-n. Hence it is, that when the fervants ofGod are fomething come againe unto themfelves7 they fee, a~1d cenfure their owne unadvifedndfe in that refpeCl:-;difavow ,& difdaime all termes tending· that way, which they let baflily fall from them, in hcate of temptation. And !Jaid, faith David, thu u my infirmity : but 1Will remember the ycures of the ri.~/u hanr/ of the moft High i Truly, faid Mafier i Ibid, ]>~acoc~ nry heart ~And Joule h~AVe beme farte !~d, and deeply troubled "With temptations, and flings of confcience; 6ut 1 th.mk! God, t~ey an eafed in l_ood mMJure, wher~fore 1 deftre, that 1 6e not branded With tbtnoteofafor!ornerepro!Jatc. Suchqueftions, Oppojitiam~ . . and all tending thereto, 1 renounce. Here then is a great deale of comfort, in the greatefi darkeneffe ofa . fpirituall defertion: for· we may aflure our felves, that God by his ble{fed Spirit hath a fecret influence and faring worke upon th~ foule ofhis Cbilde;when. there is 1lo light,or feeling of his favour at all. ·The Sunne, we know, though he leaves his light upon the face ofthe earth,yet notwithfianding, defcends- ' by a reall df:d:ual influence into the bofome,anc{ dar- "See Doeior AnJrewr kdl: bowels thereof; and there exercifeth a rnoft ex- Sermon upon th1s , cdlent worke,in begetting rnettals, Gold,Silver,and ! <"'Kt: Behold a·ntl fee) · other pretious things. It is proportionably fo in the if. there be 0'Y fmo'tll r. p . A r. u1 _ r .· 1. . 1 . ltke my (orrcw. prer~nt. omt. poor.e 10 e may 1e g~ove mg 111 tne And ·that nothing. dufl:,ajfhEled, toj{ed Wzth· tempefi; and m prefent ap- n'lightbce wantiflg to prehenflon, have no c'Omfort; and yet bletf~dly par- m~kl·h : s forrowes betake fi ill ofthe fweet influence ofGods everlafting yond rneafure forrowlove,of a fecret faving workeofgrace, and almighty full, hts Fathe_r vv•thr.. f· 1 .c. .a.·h · S · · L 1 J dnw from h1:n th.u 1upport o t 1e .ran~.-th )'lOg pnt. et US 00 \e U~)On - folace he w as wom to the Lord 1rfm himfelfe: * His h.olyJoule, though hee fin de in God, Field of 'WM Lord ofHeaven .4nd Earth7 upon..the Croffe, Was e- the church, lib ;.c. j 8·, ven .u a.fcorched heath-ground, Without fo much; as any Hts Fa~her, by divine drop ofdeaw ofcomfort, either ftom Heaven or Enrl'h; dtrpeni~Hton, lbevvmg . d h r- • h 1 · 11 r_ ll • d' nocornfon. Maxe.v vf ao y.et at t . e nme t1me~ e was g onouuy IUna1n~y chr .fi s .Agony. 7
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