CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

5. The manifold exercises and conflicts that Gods own Children have sometimes about the guilt of sin, and sometimes about the power of sin, makes them think there was none so in the world before; Oh how shall they bear it, there is no mans condition like theirs, you cannot hear one read of the like, say they; But do not all these troubles arise from ignorance in the Scripture? Do ye not read of David though sometimes on the Mount of Transfiguration, yet at other times on the Mount of Calvary Is he not sometimes lifted up with the light of Gods Countenance, and at other times so dejected and disquieted he knoweth not what to do; And as for the power of Corruption abiding in us, Doth not Paul Rom 7. cry out, O miserable man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of Death? and the Apostle Jam. 4.5. doth the Scripture speak in vain? The spirit that is in us lusteth to envy, Even in the Godly there is a strong provocation to envy, one of the vilest sins and most contrary to the Spirit of Christ▪ Seeing then the Scripture doth thus admonish us, Let not the Children of God walk disconsolately, Let them not say God hath forsaken them; Let them still remember that the Scripture hath forewarned them of such things, That the devil is a roaring Lion, seeking whom he may devour, 1 Pet. 5.6.

5. The manifold exercises and conflicts that Gods own Children have sometimes about the guilt of sinne, and sometimes about the power of sinne, makes them think there was none so in the world before; Oh how shall they bear it, there is no mans condition like theirs, you cannot hear one reade of the like, say they; But do not all these troubles arise from ignorance in the Scripture? Do ye not reade of David though sometimes on the Mount of Transfiguration, yet at other times on the Mount of Calvary Is he not sometimes lifted up with the light of Gods Countenance, and at other times so dejected and disquieted he knoweth not what to do; And as for the power of Corruption abiding in us, Doth not Paul Rom 7. cry out, O miserable man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of Death? and the Apostle Jam. 4.5. doth the Scripture speak in vain? The spirit that is in us lusteth to envy, Even in the Godly there is a strong provocation to envy, one of the vilest sins and most contrary to the Spirit of Christ Seeing then the Scripture doth thus admonish us, Let not the Children of God walk disconsolately, Let them not say God hath forsaken them; Let them still remember that the Scripture hath forewarned them of such things, That the devil is a roaring Lion, seeking whom he may devour,