344 Mofeshù Se1ft-denfall. fall you. As it is anargument ofmuch ignorance, to perf rade on' s felfe that God loves one , becaufe of prefent,'` prof*ririe ; fo it is exceeding weake- netfe,, to call Gods love in quetlion, upon the fee' ing the (mart ofafllidion, tothinke that none ofGodspeople are afflicted in fuck a kind as I am,Ifit were in tome other kind,it were not fomuch, but being thus, I am afraid that God never loved me, and that he hath now quiteforfaken mee. Thirdly , in the affaranewofthe bleffid Om ofall , that all will be peace and comfort at the la (1* ifFaithbe ftrong in thefe, it will be able to encounter with all aWaults whatfoever : this strengthening of our Faith mutt be, Firíi, bymuch meditation in the co, venant ofgrace, the rich promifes, and gloriousmanifeftations of Gods good- nesfe in his Word,that fo the foule may be acquainted with the promifes, and havealwayes aword at hand to relieve it felfe withall. Secondly , by keeping confcience clear, that it may fpeak peace, and en- courage us , that it may not upbraid us, that
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