IOq. TheSaulesefeF#uaacam toChrift, he was burthenedwith his fins : Oh,faith Satan, youwere burthened withycnir fins, but you re. turned to them againe 5 then thefoule faithhe was humbled for his Zinnes, yet the goodneffe of God was neverfealed to him : aye,fiithSatan, but you continue in your fins lull : aye, faith the foule, I amwearyof thefe fins ; aye, and youare weary of labouring againft them too, faith Satan. Thus the fouie is tyred by carnali reafons, temptations of Satan; now let theevidenceof the Spirit bee ne- ver foplaine, hecannot perceive it; be watchfull therefore in thiscafe, ifyou heare what feare, or feeling, or fufpition faith ;feeling faith, I findno- thing ;feare faith, it will neverbe; fufpition ima- gineth, I (hall never fèe that day : but now coin. marid filence to every one, to feare fufpition, fee- ling, andunworthinefíe,and fay, now fpeakeblef. fed Spirit, thenyou will fee the cafe caftprefent; ly : It isPaidofdbraham,he confidered nor Sarah, barren wombe ; for imagine Abraham had thus reafoned, I never had childe, for mee tobeare a childe, iris againft nature; (hall a man that never begat, beget achilde in his old age ? I will never beleeve it : Ifbee had done thus, for ought i know, though hee had lived unto this time, bee £houldneverhave hada childe, buthe never con- fidered of any of thefe things, and therefore the Promife wasaccomplifhed.Therefòre be lure not to hearkenwhat failings,feare anddoubránd cor- ruption faith, for they will be ever. againft thee; there is nomercy fromcorruption,nogracefrom feare and,fufpition; but confider noryour dead: barren,
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