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Seventhly, It is that above all other sins, that weakens our Prayers, our faith, our love, our diligence, our hope and expectations: It even taketh the heart away from God in duty.

Eighthly, Lastly. This sin, as I have said even now, it appeareth in the Soul with so many sweet pretences to safety, and security; that it is, as if it were, Counsel sent from Heaven. Biding the Soul be wise, wary, considerate, well advised, and to take heed of too rash a venture upon Believing. Be sure ⟨p. 267⟩first, that God loves you; take hold of no promise until you are forced by God unto it; neither be you sure of your Salvation, doubt it still, though the testimony of the Lord has been often confirmed in you: live not by faith, but by sense: and when you can neither see nor feel, then fear and mistrust, then doubt, and question all. This is the Devilish counsel of Unbelief, which is so covered over with specious pretences, that the wisest Christian can hardly shake off these reasonings.

Eightly, Lastly. This sin, as I have said even now, it appeareth in the Soul with so many sweet pretences to safety, and security; that it is, as if it were, Counsel sent from Heaven. Biding the Soul be wise, wary, considerate, well advised, and to take heed of too rash a venture upon Believing. Besure ⟨p. 267⟩first, that God loves you; take hold of no promise untill you are forced by God unto it; neither be you sure of your Salvation, doubt it still, though the testimony of the Lord has been often confirmed in you: live not by faith, but by sense: and when you can neither see nor feel, then fear and mistrust, then doubt, and question all. This is the Devilish counsel of Unbelief, which is so covered over with specious pretences, that the wisest Christian can hardly shake off these reasonings.