he Soulei i ii ua'J calling to Chrift.4 4 a 3 promife : therefore talke not with Satan at all, but hold your hearts to the truth of the promife, that is revealed to be yours. Secondly, benot alwayes quarrelling and ca- villing with earn ill reafon, but when you have any evidence,keepe it, and letit notbe taken onc cf) oir hands for it iscerrai e that there are rm- ry po )re C?lrifiiz:,s, that cannot but confef!'e that they have faith,and are wonderfully comfor- ted; but when they are gone from the ties, their old carnali reafon comes agaire, and they attend not co the promue, but to their carnali reafon, and fromhence the devil gets marvel- lous ground againfl a poore foule : therefore when You have the protnife cleared from t! e Word,hcarc nothing from Saran againff th ,t,h it f, orn the Scripture, but throw away all turfed carnali ftjggeftions, holdyou clofe to the truth . and ifthe devil' canEty any thing againft the truth fo ti,, ifnot, thenhold to it. Now ¡sir fo, that faith makes the life and foule of a beleever full cfcomfort andcontentment ? then you faithfull foules take heed ofever repining andmurmuring againft the Lord, and when you ende there di- `tempers riling in your hearts, ftill them, and fuE- fer not your hearts tomurmure againft God, nor to bee difcontented with his good providence. Oh, faith one, I have no fcnfe nor feelingof his love, nor I cannot doe this nor that, and would youhave a mancontented in thiscondition? how now foule ? why, did God never give thee any grace,nor ítirup thyhçart tobeieeve?yes tistrue,t G g g have
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