A L L ... -sv F F I c 1E N c v. - - - - £romhismouth brought them to ihoreprefcnt– ly.Thefpiritthatis in tulujlethafter,envie,Iam.4 btJt theScripturesoffer moregrace. That is; Grace is able to heak thefe natural hereditary difeafes, there is ari All-fitfficie,nci,ein him, heis able to do it; He that can fiill the Sea, and command the Windcs,that at his Word they are quiet, can he not frill firong lufrs~He is able to refrrainethem: therefore labour ro fee hisAILfujficiency in this, as well as in aU things els. Thinke withthy felfe, he hath a foveraigntie over all thy affections, o.. vc rall thy lnfis:for what isit that troubles us, & interrupts us in our way, but {ome temptations · ofthe flef11,or theworld~is not the Lordrhe ma. fter ofthem1 As Paul fayth, 2 Cor. I 2. though Satanwere the chiefc buffetter,& the lufis ofthe :Befh'the mdfengers, yet the Lf)rd fent that mef– fcnger,(m~nkeit)thereforehegoe'~ not to Satan, he wrangles not with themdfenger, but heim– mediately fought theLord,he befeeches him to recall it. So t~inke with thy felfe, when thou art {et on with afirong lufr,with a ternpta– tion thatfeemes too hard for thee, fay with thy felfe,thisis a meffenger fromGo:l, and I mufi go to Godand befeech him to take it off, -and rebuke it: for h~is able to doe it, he is ~1!-fiifjicie,_n,f, they are all at his command, as the mafriue is at . · the Mafiers command, he is able to rate him, butall:rangeri£not able to doit, and when he bath done 'what his Mall:er would haue him, · he cals him in; So the Shepheard fets his Dogge upon his Sheep to bring them in, but when they · Mz are I1J \ Iam 4<5·6· ·• I LuGsare at Godscom· mand. ' S imile. · I
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