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A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved
A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.
London: printed by J.A. for John Dunton, 1683
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2. Do you find that your troubles do you more good or hurt? Do they make you fitter or unfitter to believe and love God, and rejoice in him, and praise him? If you feel that they are against all that is good, you may be sure that they are so far from the Devils temptations, and are pleasing to him, and will you cherish or plead for the work of Satan, which you find is against yourselves and God.
2. Do you find that your troubles do you more good or hurt? Do they make you fitter or unfitter to believe and love God, and rejoyce in him, and praise him? If you feel that they are against all that is good, you may be sure that they are so far from the Devils temptations, and are pleasing to him, and will you cherish or plead for the work of Satan, which you find is against yourselves and God.
3. Avoid your musings, and exercise not your thoughts now too deeply nor too much; long Meditation is a duty to some, but not to you, no more than it is a mans duty to go to Church that hath his leg broken, or his foot out of joint: He must rest and ease it till it be set again and strengthened, you may live in the faith and fear of God, without setting your self to deep disturbing thoughts.
3. Avoid your musings, and exercise not your thoughts now too deeply nor too much; long Meditation is a duty to some, but not to you, no more than it is a mans duty to go to Church that hath his leg broken, or his foot out of joynt: He must rest and ease it till it be set again and strengthened, you may live in the faith and fear of God, without setting your self to deep disturbing thoughts.
Those that will not obey this counsel, their friends must rouse them from their musings; and call them off to something else.