~ <ltiJ~ttltau ~tr~ 59 26. 41. I haveheard, that Satan bath oppenlyprofeH'eEI that he haeh w~tched when fame ofGods children have gone out wir_hout Clofet- Prayer, and that daybe bath gotten great advantage againH: them, fometimes by _tripping up their heels, and cafl:ing theindown from their excellency, into_ iomegrofs iniquity; fometimes : · .tormenting ·their hearts wit~ blafpnemous, or foulperplexing injections; Sometimes <;Jod hath l ft them · to, fall into fotne afflictive fi1are, laid by this fubtil , · Fowler.;·which hath coft themmany bitter pangs, all this and much tnore hath ·been the fruit of fuch neg.. Iects: Chriftians., Have yo11 not found th~s too trueby fad experience ?·When you have gone abroad without calling on God, hath not Go~iecretly withdrawn from you? l-Iath not s~~an obtained his defigns uponyou ? :·Have nor your hearts been growing out offrame?Sozue luft increafing, grace decay~ng, and your fouls at the ·br'ink of fome aftonilhing fall ~ When you have gone out in the morning without agood breakfaft withGod, Have you nor been apt tOr garher wind and vanity to· ,the prejudice of your fouls health? If you ingage not God by Prayer to go withyou,~hat fecuricy have you ~ .. for tha,t day? Ifyod leaveyou,the Devil may do wha~~ ,_ h~ lift with you, and hamper you in a thoufandfnares andiins. . · 6. Doth not your neglett of fecret Prayer argue lit- · de,love to God ? Or delight to be in his Co~pany? When perfons have a dearaffetftion to each other,they love to be together-: Love delightsinunion and coll1· ; munion. Yea, \V~en perfons-love intirely, they with! : draw f~om other company, that they ~inay ~t1joy each othe-r with tnoreindeared familiarity;thc prefence ofa tpird mixerh the ftreams of Communic~tion, and-:nars f~eir intimatecommunion : Andif you did paffionare.. ly-,'lovetheLord,would you not withdra·\~ from others, ;hatyoBr fouls c1igh~ injoyforae f.-efit and refrefuing in- - , ·-· - . ~: E 4 . · tercour
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