to elrewfe SAINTS. 247 Fourthly, Though wee have comfort in time of profpe- rity , yet wee cannot have comfort in afffi6Rion if we he of a dead heart; how many are there that fèeme to have comfort while they are well , but when they come to be ócke and _at deaths doore , then they are all to recces ? T hen they fee they have no Grace, no Faith, no good cards to chew ; then they are ffript Barke naked, then their Con - fcience Ices what they are ; O. Jam a wretch; how have J deceived my fell; ib beloved though we have comfort in time ofprofperity, ye: if wee be dead- hearted, we can have no comfort in Affliction. As David layes, this it my comfort in affliaion tby Word bath yuiekened 'nee, Pial. 119. i o. W l ien the word of G O D bath quickened our hearts and made us lively in all manner of goodnefhe, this will yeeld us comfort in afflielion. But if we be dead to all fpirituall wayes, though wee fcramble up hopes now, they will not hold when aflficfion comes; now what a fearefull thing it's ? Wee (hall all come to aftliClion ere long; for man is borne to trouble as the !parks that fly upward , as job fpeikes; nay wee know not how Toone ; man knoweth not his time as Soloman fpeakes ; but as the Fifhes are cough. in an evill Net, fo are the Sons of men boated in an evili time , when it fálleth fudden- ly on them. And God oucly itnowes what lore atflidti- ons wee may have; the Cup iiaiflicTion is in Gods hand, and he tempers it and powres it out as h:s pleafure is. J fay what a fearfull thing is it not to have comfort then? When we have moft need of comfort, and if we have not comfort then, wee are utterly undw'; now ray brethren it is .not a dead dull profeffiiop will vrdd :;s comfort then. Let us thinke of this; as God f :yes, What will yea doe in your day o f wifitation ? to Whom will ye fl ye for belpe then? Ifa.zo. ;. fo may J fay, though ye can he quit 9nd comfort - table enough now, in the dayes of he.I :h and peace, your d?adneffedoe' not trouble you now; bit whit will ye doe in Y c dayes ofvif tation? Doe but confider what a Tory comfort .Gg 1 yea 4
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