\ 264 .L\zy joule foiled'5»henhe .IJ!ake, ISBa.X. But upon what occafions cloth a 'Chrifiian l I thinke efpecialiy, that God cloth leave, forfake The heart finkr. and ~aylehi~• . . . . 1 \ Ftrft, Thts fayllflg and fatnttog of the foule wbendQJ apis fometimes upon ~n apprehenfioo., as if God pearer an and Chrifi: were become enemies, as Io/; faith, ~~f:t~.o. and as having fer us as aButto fhoot at, b.u t this 1 1 I is not all that a gracious and pure heart finkes. for. · -z. 1 ButalfofecondJy, Fortheabfenceof Chrifis ( wlien chriflr_love , though it feele no anger. Even as ro a. love iJ ab(ent I loving Wife, her husband not looking· Iovinot}' aYid not jelt. d · h 0 Simile. tlpon her as he ufed to ?~' ts enoug . to caft her downe,and caufe her fpmts to fay le: fo for God· to looke upon the foule; put the cafe not with an angry, yerwirhacountenance wirhdrawne, it is fufficient to cafi it downe ; for any one that hath dependance upon another, to fee their counte- : nance withdrawne, and not to fhew their face as before : If there be but a fweec difpourion in them, it is enough to daunt and,difmay them. Nay, Moreover when th~y findnor that for- . whe,~;tey mer affillance in holy duties, when they find miffi of fo~mer that their hearts are ihut upland they cannor pray ~~~~aru.e m as formerly when they had the Spirit ofGod oy urte.s. more fully ; and when they'find that they cannor beare affiiGtions with wonted patience, cer– tainly Cl'lrifi harh withdrtiwne himfeJfe (fay they.) This is firfi· done when wee heare the word of God nor with that delight and profir as we were w"nt, when they find how they come neare to God in holy communion) and yet fee le ( no.t\
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