53 Ganfolationsfor f into as doe not fe:le theirfait& he thusconplaineth,trillthe Loralabfent himfelfe foreuer?and will hePhew nomore fauour? 8 . Is his merciecleangone for euer? lothhispromife fadefor euerm,re ? 9. Math C1odforgotten to be mercifull ? bath he(hut vp his tender mercier indi/leafure ? r O. AndIfaid this is mydeath,&c.So PÍai.88.14. Lord, irhy doef thou reieil myfoule, and hidefL thyfacefrornme ? r 5. Iam orfli., 1ed,andat the point ofdeath; frommyyouth, Ifuffer thy terrors doubting ofmy life. 16. 'Thine indignationgoe otter me,and thy feare hashcut me off:TheProphet lereiny likewifebeinggrie- uouílie afflicted inbodyand mind,was for a time depriuedof the fenfeofGods loue and fauor, apprehending nothing but prefent miferie,and in (lead offaith,affiance inGod,peace of confcience, andother fan&ifying graces, hee bewraieth his doubting,diffidence and impatiency, turfing thedayofhis birth, & euen the man that brought firfl newel hereoftohis father, and wifhing that hismother had bin his graue,or her wocnbe a perpetual) conception : as appeareth Icr.2o.14.1 5. &c.The like maybe fai doftheAp oflle Peter,for where,I pray you, was the fenfe and feelingof his faith, affiance inGod, zeale ofhis glory, loue, feare, andother fáne`tifyinggraces, when as he fhamefully denied his mailer, yeaforfwore him with bittercurfìng?and yet we muff eithergrant that Peterat this time was indued witha liuelie faith,or els that-thepray- erofour :Lordand SauiourIefus Chrifl was not effecuall,for bee had prayed forhim that his faith might not faile,as ap- peareth,Luk.22.3 2. But what fhould I infifl in the examples ofthefe the feruants of God, feeing the alone example of Chrifl himfelfe is fufficient to cleare this point;for though he were the onely begotten, and heft belouedSonne ofhis heauenlic father,yct in his owne fenfe and feelingheeappre- hendeth nothing but Gods wrath and grieuous difpleafure, and lamentablie complaineth as a man abandoned and call out ofall loue and.fauour;,L_i4y God,my God,whyhaft thou for- ftlenmee : which wordes fhewboth Chrifis affiance insGod, and his prefent apprehendion in his fenfe and feeling ; for in refpeCt of his affiance and trot! in God hee calleth him hill his God; in ref}eCt ofhis fenfeand feeling hee complai- ncth that,hee is forfaken. Whereby it is manifefl, that aman nláR,,
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