4o4 The Trial and · SER: 2 7 jen_ger _come from an;: of thefe two Countries. A thtrd Is Jrou bled w1 h this, Such a :Oujinejs I have expede, whether God &j_vilt or not : The Flowerof_the. So~l, the high Lamp of the Light of the_ Mtnd _1~ freque~tly darkned with for;;gy ,a~d mtfty Spm_rs, commg up fi·om the bottumlefs Pt_t, :md darkmng any Beams and Irradiations of Ltght that comerh from the Sun of Riv.hteoufne18 : Faith is more affaulted than a;y other G_race: Satan lhakerh other Graces; but this is Winnowed between Heaven and Earth, Luke xxii. 3 I, 3 2. Satans firft Arrow .fhot at Chrift, la- , bour~th to put a terrible (ij) upon his Liehr: Jf thou /?e the Son of God. It is as much, as if God be God, if the Son of God be the Son of God: lt is not the Evidence and certainty of Fundamentals, nor the t..he ftrength of Grace that privilegeth Souls from Satans Ihafts; firength of faving Light putteth the Saints often under the Gun-fnot of Satan, that he may find a ihot of them; there's only Law-furety ·againfhemptations up in Heaven, when you are over fcore out of time, vtithin Eternities Lifts, never while then. ·3, . Not to be troubled thus, argueth a Houfe not watched, the Gates are open Night and Day, , as the Gates ofHelJ, that want Key and Lock ; and . the Soul fo fecure, as the Perfon feeth not what flJevils ~ome in, w.hat go out; but the Watch fet by God's fear examineth all Meifengfrs that cometh in, all Motions, all Suggeftions, all . Ange~s, .White and Black, all Riies, Fails, ebbjugs and tlowing.s of Love, Joy, Defire, F·ear, Sorrow, come \mder Search 1lnd -Scrutiny, Whence come ye, from Hearnen or Hell? 'Tis time of War with the Saints in this Life : And . then all .. , . Ci-
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