The Soul's Conflict with Itself

Learn therefore to appeal from God to God, oppose his gracious nature, his sweet promises to such as are in darkness, and see no light, inviting ¹them to trust in him, though there appear to the eye of sense and reason nothing but darkness: Here make use of that sweet Relation of God in Christ, becoming a Father to us: Doubtless ⟨p. 353⟩thou art our Father: flesh would make a doubt of it, and thou seemest to hide ²thy face from us, yet doubtless thou art our Father, and hast in former time showed thy self to be so, we will not leave thee till we have a blessing from thee, till we have a kinder look from thee: This wrestling will prevail at length, and we shall have such a sight of him, as shall be an encouragement for the time to come, when we shall be able to comfort others, with those comforts ³whereby we have been refreshed our selves. With the Saints case remember the Saints course, which is to trust in God. So Christ the Head of the Church commits himself to that God, whose favour for the present he felt not; So Job resolves upon trust though God should kill him.

Learne therefore to appeale from God to God, oppose his gracious nature, his sweet promises to such as are in darknesse, and see no light, inviting ¹them to trust in him, though thereappeare to the eye of sense and reason nothing but darknesse: Here make use of that sweet Relation of God in Christ, becomming a Father to us: Doubtlesse ⟨p. 353⟩thou art our Father: flesh would make a doubt of it, and thou seemest to hide ²thy face from us, yet doubtlesse thou art our Father, and hast in former time shewed thy selfe to be so, wee will not leave thee till we have a blessing from thee, till we have a kinder looke from thee: This wrastling will prevaile at length, and we shall have such a sight of him, as shall bee an encouragement for the time to come, when we shall be able to comfort others, with those comforts