t8 Satans power to Tempt; andChrili's love to, with Satan ; and therefore you are troubled with Satan fo much, becaute you improve your temptations-no more. Oh ! how well might it be with us, ifwe did but improve our temptations what a good day would this be? what a good day might be this fad day ofour temptation, if we did but improve our temptations ? And I befeech you thinkofit, how we may improve them more and more. You know what our Saviour faid concerning the falfe ground in the time of temptation it fell away : let that awe our hearts. Youknow what our faviour faies again by way of,comfort onto his Difciples ; You continued with me .n my temptations, and therefore I appoint unto you a lqngdom and bleifed are they that do continue, and hold out this liege. Beloved ! there turning times, are tempting times: and I think I may-truly fay, if ever there were anhour of temptation upon this kingdom, this is the hour of Eng- lands temptation, it is an hour of temptation. Oh ! you that are the fervants of God, and the Difciples of JeCus Chrift, will yenot watch with him one hour ? an hour of -temptation it is,but this is our comfort, it is but an hour : and therefore you that are his fervants and Difciples, will you not watch with him one hour ? Watch and pray, watch and pray : fome pray, but they will not watch; and fome.pretend towatch, but theydon't pray. There- fore that I faytoyou, tomy Pelf, and to all is, watch and pray : if you watch, you enter into your matters joy; if you watch not, youenter into temptation : Oh! let at all .watch .andpray, that we.enter not into.temptation.
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