through Naturall impobilities. 1 213 from the promife, take you into the woods , where you (hall fee nothing but darkneffe , difficulties, and difcouragements; a hundred to one but he fpoiles you of all your comforts ( man or woman , ) does difficulty arife therefore ? naturall difcouragement arife ? Away to the promife , and fay unto them when they come , I will never fpeakwith you unleffe it, be in the prefenceof a promife. Oh , but Gods providence feemes for to croffe his pro- mile, Be it fo; yet thoumayeft beleeve, though Gods providence feemes for to croffe hispromife , yet thou mayelt reft on the promife. Oh, but I have a threatning fet on upon my heart. Be it fo, yet thoumayeft beleeve the ,promife, although the, threatningbave takenbold upon Owe, and ,fi!t1 thee with trouble, for God,does tberefote threaten, > that he rnaY make way toaPromife; Gods -promifes.clon't,make way to his threatnings ; but his threatnings, make way to his Pro- mifes. God does therefore threaten that he may, not ful- fill : but God does therefore promife that he may fulfill : and therefore though the threatning have taken hold upon thine heart, and thou heft under the apprehenfion of Gods difpleafure, get away to the promife, reft upon the pro- mife. I but Jefus Chrift bath withdrawn from me, and hid: himfelfefrom me. Be it fo, yet thoumayeft go to the Promife. Chrift cloth therefore withdraw from thee, that he may draw thee to him. Jefus Chrift does thereforehide himfelfe, thathe may (how theehis facemore and more : Our brother 70:rephhe cannot: conceale himfelfe long,his bowels and-compaffinriswon'ttet him. Wherefore then, whenfoever any difficulties, or naturall difcouragements do arife upon you, come to this conclufion, now therefore will I truft in God, now therefore will I ven- ture upon Iefus Chrift ; ti my foule, now venture, now ven-, ture and fay, Lord, fuch and fuch difficulties are rifen ; thou haft e.infvo. 0bjea. esfnft)P. Objet. 4nfo.
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