a t~~«tatt ~tttr; 2J of ChrHl:s fafi:ing andbeing tempte~ in the Wildernefs, chufing that . place for its fecrecy, b~caufe, fa~th he, Fafi:ings ate to be obferved fo -as God alone may be Judge., and in fuch contefl:s as thefe we are to call on Do~ alone as fpeltator and .bel per : .And fhews nota· bly the danger of 'irain.glory, and advantages offecre– c;y; yet adds, Let not a man imagine_he nath efcaped all dangers, when he comes intb a Wildernefs or foli· tary place : becaufe he is invaded by the empt<;r, fo ' much -~he more difficulty, becaufe more fubtilly) who fitting . before the doors of the thoughts, fee~s to firangle all the budsofyertile in their very birth: . Yet the difentangled: four will more freely refift its ene– my, when the fetters of impedime!]ts are \vanring; and the fight difcerns no allurements, and the conflict , is more fecure ; \Vhen particular affairs plucknot back -the combatant;· not the a~ights of inticing pleaf~res inebriate (or make drunk ) the mind : Thus he : Bur this is the fidt Reafon, fr0m the advantages of fe– crecy. I ' - ·~ . '~ ~ .... ' . ~ ; ' 1 ' SECT. ll. • ·r -f -· ~ I ' ... ' The fecond Re.afon, i1; (rum the relation betwixt Gud \ '1-lnd a,praying Soul - · · , ' ~ ' ' • I . '~ • / 2 ~ A~other R.eafon hel~ forth ..rilfo iri .the .Text:-' 1S drawn from that telatton Whtch IS be~. f ' I' . twixt God and a believing Soul : therefore our Saviour bids, pray to Thy F~rther : and· this Reafori ha.th two p~uts. . . \ . I. Thepoor Soul can more freely openhi-s heart to God iri aClofet. . · . 2., God will mdre clearly man-ifefl himfelf to the Soul in feeret. _ . , .- . . • ASoul infecret making its addreffes to ~od;goes - , - ~ ... e 2 ·
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