. ~ 2.70 ~ lfought himhue I couldnot findhim! , s•... }{~ / (Iod foed •brOAd;;;;h,--,,.,.,, and the favoofable countenance of G0d fhining upon her, then fhe defpifeth the wotld,the devill and all,aad walks as iffhe were halfe in Heaven already . ~ for tbe finds a prefence and amanifellation of it,a more glorioos ftate then the world can affourd. 2. Bur, There iJ a prefence of Chrijl thatt5 {ecret, Chrifts unfelt WIDen he feems tO araw US one way, and tO drive fomt prefonce. us another, that we are both driven and drawne at once;,when he feems to put us away' ane yet notwithfl:anding drawes us ; when we find our foules goe .to Chrift, there is a drawing pow~r and prefence, but when we lind him abfenr,here I . is adriving away. As we fee hereia the Church and in the woman of can114n, we fee what an an. I fwer fhe had from Chrill:,; at firll: Aoae,and then ,an uncomfortable, and lallly a moll: unkind an– fwer. We muft not give the childrens breadto dogs. Chrifl: feemed to drive her away, but at the fame time he by his Spirit drawes her ta him, and was thereby fecn~tly prefent in her heart to increafe her faith. When Chrifr wrefiled with lAcob, though he contended with him, yet the fame time he gave It~coh power to overcome him, to be Ifrael a prevailer over him : fo ar the fame tUne the Cl-lurch feemes to fail~ and faint; yet notwithllanding there is a !ecret drawing power pulling her to Chrifi, wherel:,y fhe ne– ver gives over, but feekes and cals frill after him. · It is good to obfervethis kind ofChrifts dea- . ,! IingJ becaufe it will keep us that we be not dif- . i\ couraged. ~~~~----------------=--=-=--=--~--~~ ,
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