I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Sixthly, Our Lord and Saviour Christ is a tender Chirurgeon, who hath set all our bones which we our selves have broken by our sins. You know that a wise and an honest Chirurgeon, though he desire his Patient may be quickly cured, yet if he sees the Plaster doth not lie right, he takes it off again, for it is not laid right saith he: So doth Christ do, he sees that the Comforts of his People sometimes are not right laid, and therefore (saith he) though I desire this poor wounded soul may be quickly cured, yet because this Comfort, this Promise, this Experience doth not lie right, it must be taken off again. Now the Comforts of the Saints are so laid sometimes, as the very laying of them doth breed discomfort. As in the sowing of Seed; it is not enough that the Seed be good, but it must be well sown, else the very sowing thereof may cause weeds: So though Light be sown for the Righteous, yet sometimes it is so sown, as that the very sowing thereof doth breed these weeds of fears, and discouragements, that you may say, and that without Prophecy, Here is a poor soul that ere long will be much discouraged, though for the present full of comfort.

Sixtly, Our Lord and Savior Christ is a tender Chyrurgion, who hath set all our bones which we our selves have broken by our sins. You know that a wise and an honest Chyrurgion, though he desire his Patient may be quickly cured, yet if he sees the Plaister doth not lie right, he takes it off again, for it is not laid right saith he: So doth Christ do, he sees that the Comforts of his People somtimes are not right laid, and therefore (saith he) though I desire this poor wounded soul may be quickly cured, yet because this Comfort, this Promise, this Experience doth not lie right, it must be taken off again. Now the Comforts of the Saints are so laid somtimes, as the very laying of them doth breed discomfort. As in the sowing of Seed; it is not enough that the Seed be good, but it must be well sown, else the very sowing thereof may cause weeds: So though Light be sown for the Righteous, yet somtimes it is so sown, as that the very sowing thereof doth breed these weeds of fears, and discouragements, that you may say, and that without Prophesie, Here is a poor soul that ere long will be much discouraged, though for the present full of comfort.