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

First, Be sure that you understand your comforts rightly, be not mistaken in them, labour to distil and refine your comforts. As there was a mixed company came out of Egypt, which set the Israelites a murmuring: so there is a mixed company that comes with your comforts. Every creature is born into the world with some filth; when you have comfort, labour to find out and separate the dross and filth, put away that mixed company: Rose leaves keep not long in the leaf, distilled comforts keep the longest.

First, Be sure that you understand your comforts rightly, be not mistaken in them, labor to distil and refine your comforts. As there was a mixt company came out of Egypt, which set the Israelites a murmuring: so there is a mixt company that comes with your comforts. Every creature is born into the world with some filth; when you have comfort, labor to find out and seperate the dross and filth, put away that mixt company: Rose leaves keep not long in the leaf, distilled comforts keep the longest.

Secondly, If you would be rid of Satan from coming into your quarters, fall you upon his; the way to keep the enemy out of our country, is to fall into his: so deal with Satan, do him all the mischief you can, be not barely offensive, up and be doing against him.

Secondly, If you would be rid of Satan from coming into your quarters, fal you upon his; the way to keep the enemy out of our country, is to fal into his: so deal with Satan, do him al the mischief you can, be not barely offensive, up and be doing against him.

Thirdly If you would keep your comforts, put them all into the hand of Christ to be kept for you, a child that knows not how to keep his money, if he get a penny from any friend, he brings it to his father or mother, and saith, mother pray keep this penny for me. You have experience that you cannot keep your own comforts, you will lose and spend them quickly. As Jesus Christ is the Lord Treasurer of all our Graces, so he is the Lord keeper of all our comforts, and therefore when God is pleased to give in any comfort to you, go to Jesus Christ, and say, Lord keep my comforts for me, keep my evidences for me, keep my assurance for me, ye must not only depend upon Christ for Graces, but for comforts, and aswell for the keeping, as for the getting of them.