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Object. But I do not only want this settled Assurance of Gods Love, and so the ordinary food of the Land; but I have no Raven to bring me any Comfort: I mean, I have no Promise, no particular Word, to bring in Comfort unto my soul, and to uphold me in my dark condition: th••gh I do want a settled Assurance, yet if I had a particular Word, and Promise, to uphold my soul, until I had this Assurance, I should not be discouraged; but I want this settled Assurance, and I have no particular Word or Promise to uphold my soul with, until it come; and therefore I am thus discouraged, have I not reason now?

Object. But I do not only want this setled Assurance of Gods Love, and so the ordinary food of the Land; but I have no Raven to bring me any Comfort: I mean, I have no Promise, no particular Word, to bring in Comfort unto my soul, and to uphold me in my dark condition: th••gh I do want a setled Assurance, yet if I had a particular Word, and Promise, to uphold my soul, until I had this Assurance, I should not be discouraged; but I want this setled Assurance, and I have no particular Word or Promise to uphold my soul with, until it come; and therefore I am thus discouraged, have I not reason now?

Answ. 1 I Answer, No. For (Christian) what particular Word or Promise wouldst thou have? Have ye not the whole Gospel before you, a bag of Golden Promises? A Father hath two Children; and he comes unto one, and gives unto that Child a piece of Gold, there Child, saith he, supply thy want with that; but unto the other Child, he saith, here Child, I know thou are in want, and there are Bags of Silver and Gold in my Study; take the Key of my Study, and go in, and take what thou wilt: Is not this latter in as good a condition as the former, or rather better? Thus it is with the Saints, the Lord is pleased to give now and then, a particular Word to some of his Children; but unto others, he saith rather, Here, take the Key of Faith (for Faith is the Key, and hath a power to unlock all the Promises) I give thee Faith, and by this Faith, I give thee a power to go into all my Promises: Is