The Soul's Conflict with Itself

As, 1. That a Christian when he is beaten out of all other comforts, yet hath a ¹God to run unto. A wicked man beaten out of earthly comforts, is as a naked man in a storm, and an unarmed-man in the field, or as a ship tossed in the Sea without an anchor, which presently dashes upon rocks, or falleth upon quicksands; but a Christian when he is driven out of all comforts below, nay, when God seems to be angry with him, he can appeal from God angry to God appeased, he can wrestle and strive with God by Gods own strength, fight with him with his own ⟨p. 248⟩weapons, and plead with God by his own arguments. What a happy estate is this? who would not be a Christian, if it were but for this, to have something to rely on when all things else fail? The confusion and unquietness which troubles raise in the soul, may drive it from resting in it self, but there can never be any true peace settled, until it sees and resolves what to stay upon.

As, 1. That a Christian when hee is beaten out of all other comforts, yet hath a ¹God to runne unto. A wicked man beaten out of earthly comforts, is as a naked man in a storme, and an unarmed-man in the field, or as a ship tossed in the Sea without an anchor, which presently dashes upon rockes, or falleth upon quicksands; but a Christian when he is driven out of all comforts below, nay, when God seemes to bee angry with him, hee can appeale from God angry to God appeased, hee can wrastle and strive with God by Gods owne strength, fight with him with his own