.' had withdra"Sl'ne him[elfo. ~ generation of the Righteous. It was thus with SE R .IX. 'the Head of the Church , with the whole · · ~ Churcp , and with every particula~ m~mber; neither ,is it fit wee fl10uld alwayes·enJoy the fence ofGods-love. Chrifi byheaven1y wife- · dome difpenfeth of his fweetndfe , comforts and peace, as may fiand with our foules -bell: ' good ;and we thould ai much take heed of cenfuring our felves in that conditiop, as if·we were rejected and:eafi aw~yof God. W.~ n1ufl judge ourfelves at fuch ·times by Faith, .and ,not by feeling ; . Ioo~iog to the promifes and Word of God, and not to our prefent fenfe and apprehenfion. Againe if this be fo, Learne to prepare and r V.fo 2 • ·J I k c. · b c h d. d r d' o prepare an3 oo 10r lt erore .an ., an · t0 get 10me groun s to1* for deofcomfort, fame promifes out ofthe word, and fertion. to keepa good confdence. 0 it is aheavy thing, when ~od !hall feeme to be angry with us, and / our confcience at the fame time iliall accufe us, when the devill iliall lay fins hard to our charge, and fome affliction at the fame time Be heavy upon the fore and guilty foule. If we have not fomewhat Jayed up beforf hand, what will be- : l come of the poore foule, when Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all iliall feeme tobe againfl: it. There are few that come toHeaven, but they know what thcfe things meane. It is good there– fore to looke for them, and to prepare fome comforts before hand. · But what here fhouid be the inward moving caufe 1 It is in the Churchher_fdfe ;formarke \ · R , the ,
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