TheSoulerefetlrsall calling toChriff. of an argument, and they count it a matter of weakneffe, ifthey cannot anfwer any thing that is propounded to them for their comfort;it is ad- mirable to confider, and but thatdaily experi- ence teacheth us, wee would not fpeake it, nor could we beleeve it ; therefore take notice ofit, andknow,that howfoever you give leave to your owne foules to doe this, andhave invented rea- Ions and arguments togainfay the power of the truth,and todefeat thepower of the Word; goe afide and wonder, that the Lord hath not taken away from thee all thewoke of his grace, andall the comfort of his Spirit, admire at this, that when thou haft calf off all grounds of comfort, yetGoddoth vouchfafe k to thy foule: thePro- phet D.ividprayeth, that the Lord would turne away his eyes from beholding of vanitie; now if a min muff turne away his eyes from beholding ofvanitie, he muff turne away his thoughts from attending to vanitie muchmore; bath God ever given mea minde tocontent to Satan ? bathGod ever given me a tongue to earlywithSatan?lhave fomething elfe to doe, I muff attend to thecoun- f °ls ofGod,I mutt attend and liften to the voice of God, I muff not liften to the fuggeftionsof Satan, that I have nothing to doe withall,I finne deeply in fo doing, no man in reafon will deale with acheator, if bee know him tobe a cheator, unlefre he rneane to becouzened fo it ought to beourwifdome,carnall reafon is a cheator,and an old deceiver, let us not therefore attend thereuna to,nor be ruled thereby, tinlefie we refolve tobe cheated
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