The Soul's Conflict with Itself

That we lose not any measure of comfort in this so sweet a privilege, ¹we must labour for skill to improve, & implead the same in the several passages and occasions of our lives, and let it appear in the retail, that whatsoever is in God is mine: If I am in a perplexed condition, his wisdom is mine: If in great danger, his power is mine; If I lie sighing under the burden of sin, his grace is mine: If in any want, his all-sufficiency is mine. My God (saith S. Paul) will supply all your ²wants. If in any danger, I am thine Lord, save me, I am thine, the price of thy Sons blood, let me not be lost, thou hast given me the earnest of thy Spirit, and set thy seal upon me, for thy own, let me neither lose my bargain, nor thou thine. What is Religion it self but a spiritual bond? whereby the soul is tied to God as its own, and ⟨p. 509⟩then singles out of God whatsoever is •eedfull for any occasion: and so binds God with his own covenant and promise. Lord thou hast made thy self to be •ine, therefore now show thy self so, and […] exalted in thy wisdom, goodness, and •er, for my defence. To walk comfortably in my Christian course, I need much •race, supply me out of thy rich store. I •d wisdom to go in and out inoffensively •fore others, furnish me with thy spirit. I •ed patience and comfort, thou that art […] God of all consolation, bestow it on me.

THat wee lose not any measure of comfort in this so sweet a priviledge, ¹wee must labour for skill to improve, & implead the same in the severall passages and occasions of our lives, and let it appeare in the retaile, that whatsoever is in God is mine: If I am in a perplexed condition, his wisdome is mine: If in great danger, his power is mine; If I lie sighing under the burthen of sinne, his grace is mine: If in any want, his all-sufficiency is mine. My God (saith S. Paul) will supply all your