Mofes his Seife-denial. know God in profperifie, as to`-deny thecomfortsof it fo him, hee will fo know you in advert tie, as to take off the gall andbirternelfe of it from you : in ail your feeking of God in the time oftrouble, you mayhave a holy bold- nelle, and freedomof fpirit havrnr af- fLrañce that it is out of felfe-love, that you feeke him, that it i; not out of coníftaint, becaufe driven tohim byaf- flidions , but it is out of love to that God to whomyour foule Howes, as to a God in whom you have an efpeciall intereft, that God who was fo deare to you in the midi of the enjoyment of theabundance ofthe creature : fo that now in the want of all hings,youdrill beefreed from thole checkes of fpirit that others have, damping their hearts when they are about feeking after the Lord in the time oftheirtrouble. Seventhly,it is fo much the moreho- nour.Lble,and may be fo much the more comfortable toyou, by howmuch the morerare it is: Godhath but fewfelfe- denying fj)iritsin theworld ; thereare a world of !people that will be cry- ing to him in the. times of affliftion,' but I21 7- Petpaua funtg.uibto cOntintit & falices tffè fapere Sen.ep, p4,
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