M ofes hil Selfe-tie»htl• . ~all you. As it is an argument ~fmuch ..rgnorancc, to perf wade on: s .felfe that , God loves one , becaute ,!Qf prefent ··profpcride·s. fo it is exceeding weake· neffe, to call ·Gods love~ in qudl:ion~ opon thefeeling the fmart ofaffiittinn, ' tothia](t tbat none of Gods people are · afHieted in fucha kindas_Iam,Ifit were ' in fome other kind,it were not fo much, but being thus, I am afraid that ·God ( · never loved me, and that he bath now quite forfaken mee. · Thirdly, in the ~t.JT-,.4nct 1/thebleffid : if!u~ 1[ ~a, that .all will be peace and comfort at the lafb if Faith be ftrong in thefe, it will be ,able· tO. encounttr with all affaults whatfoever ·· : thi ,ftrengthening ofour Faithmuft be, Firft, by much meditation in the eo- .venant ofgrace, the·rich pr~mifcs, and . glori~us manifeftationsof Gods good- .ndfeinhis Word,~hatfothefoulemay ·be a_cquainted with the promifes, and havcalwayes a word at hand eo reliev~ itfelfe whhall. Secondly, by keeping c.onfdence c:lear, th~t h may f}leak peace, and eacourage us, that it may not upbraid us~ · that
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