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but because the Lord by the over-ruling hand of his Grace, did make their very miscarriages, in-lets and occasions to their further Grace and Holiness. God hath a great Revenue from the very infirmities of his People. He doth never suffer any of his People to fall into any sin, but he hath a design by that fall, to break the back of that sin they do fall into. Now then, have the Saints and People of God, any reason to be discouraged in this respect? By their sin they may be, and are often times suspended from their Comforts, and use of their Privileges; but by their sin, they do not lose their right thereunto. Ye know how it was with the Leper in the times of the Old Testament, among the Jews; when he was carried out of the City or Town from his own House, by reason of his uncleanness: Or now, if a man that hath the ⟨p. 64⟩Plague, and be carried from his own House by reason thereof; the Leper then, and the man that hath the Plague, or the Pest now, may say, Though I be removed from mine own House, and have not the use of my House, yet I have a right to my House still; and though I cannot come to the use of my Land, yet I have a Right to my Land still. So a Godly man may say as concerning his sin; This sin of mine indeed, it is a Pest, and the Plague of my Soul, and a Leprosy; but though by this Leprosy of mine, I am now suspended from the use of my Comforts, yea, from the full use of my Interest in Jesus Christ; yet notwithstanding, I have an Interest in Christ still, I have not lost my Interest, still I have Right to Christ; although I cannot come to the use of him as I did before, yet I have right unto Jesus Christ now, as I had before: And if all these things be so, Why should a godly man be cast down, or discouraged in this respect? Surely he ought not to be so.

but because the Lord by the over-ruling hand of his Grace, did make their very miscarriages, in-lets and occasions to their further Grace and Holiness. God hath a great Revenue from the very infirmities of his People. He doth never suffer any of his People to fall into any sin, but he hath a design by that fall, to break the back of that sin they do fall into. Now then, have the Saints and People of God, any reason to be discouraged in this respect? By their sin they may be, and are often times suspended from their Comforts, and use of their Priviledges; but by their sin, they do not lose their right thereunto. Ye know how it was with the Leper in the times of the Old Testament, among the Jews; when he was carried out of the City or Town from his own House, by reason of his uncleanness: Or now, if a man that hath the