TheSoukseeáualdcaflinz to Chrift. 5 67 confcience ; for WI know not the things of this nature, and ifno manelfe knowes them, how (hall a4man adminifter comfort, or how (hall I beable to receivecomfort ? therefore take heed ofit. It is in thiscafe with a firmer, as it is with a traveller; theeves o;ertake him, and pretend to leadhim afaireway,at laft they carry him into a wildernefl'e, and lead him into a defertwhere nomancomes by, where nomans voycecan bee heard, and there they doe what they lift,becaufe there is no helpe to bee expe&ed, no paffer:ger comes neere : So it is with the foule, when Sa- tan gets him into thefe ftraits, and wilders him in the defartsof Gods fecret counfelsofelettion and the like, there is no pafïenger comes by this way, no man can apprehend thefe fecret things of Gods counfell, and therefore no mancan ad- minifter fuccour or comfort : therefore for your caution and dire&ion in this cafe, I will fuggeft thefe three rules. The firft rule is this, Iet thy foule in this per- plexity fray it felfe, and its owt,e ftaggeringupon the power ofGod : Ephef.3.ao. the text faith,that God is able to doeexceeding abnndantly,above all that wecanaike or thinker Gen.17.1. lamGod4111'4. t cient : attend toGods fofficiency, and refs capon the Almithtinclfcof his power, andfupport thy heart thereby. But the foule m y fay, what is :his to me : I knowthe Lord is abk: enough, andalt-fufcienr, but howdoe I know that Godwill fhewmercy, and doe good tomy, foule? C c cc 2 I anfwer, T Rule, objfa.
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