The s®tslet efa ealling re Chrii`i. 551 though his feeling were nothing, truft to the goodnefie of the Lord, and not to thole fha- dowes,andbrittle bottomes,tfiatwill breake un- der you. Thirdly, the Saints of God are deprived of 3 comfort, not becaufe Godwill withhold it, but becaufè they will not take it Gods owne fer- vants want theafTurance of the freenef e of Gods love, not becaufe God will take it away from theta, but they will not take it when heewould give itthem ; it is not,becaufe theymaynot have ir, but becaufe they will not receive ir; Pfal.77. Mypole refîfed c®i.ifàrt,líke a littlechilde that will not eat his m, at,becaufe it is not in agolden dífh; he dochrot fay, God did not offer meeconfolati- on, but I refufed confolationour ofa difconten. ted fpirit : becaufeyou cannot have comfort up- on, y our owne termer, andpleafe your owne pal- lats; becaufe you cannot have a dr`h for your tooth, you will havenone at all; youwant com- fort, not becaufeCodwill not give ir,but becaufe you will not take it upon Gods termes: there and many more are thehinderances. One faith,God path followed mee with croffes in my life and eftate; another, the wrathofthe Lord liesheavy upon me, 1 amRill doubtingand perplexed, and Icannot beleeve. Theupfhot ofall thefe is upon one and the fame ground, thefe are hinderances, which weout ofour owne folly, and the fubtilty of Satan, make tohinder us from comrning fn freely to Chrift, and beleeving inhim, as other- wife we might; and yet intruth thefe are nohin= Aaa a z derances, pi
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