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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SECTION III. Showing that the evil of Desertion works for good to the Godly.
SECTION III. Shewing that the evil of Desertion works for good to the Godly.
3. The evil of desertion works for good. The Spouse complains of desertion, Cant. 5.6. My beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. There is a two-fold withdrawing; either 1. In regard of grace, when God suspends the influence of his Spirit, and with-holds the lively actings of grace. If the Spirit be gone, Grace freezeth into a chilness and dedolency. Or 2. A withdrawing in regard of Comfort; when God with-holds the sweet manifestations of his favour, he doth not look with such a pleasant aspect, but veils his face, and seems to be quite gone from the soul.
3. THe evil of deserti•n works for good. The Spouse complains of desertion, Cant. 5.6. My beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. There is a two-fold withdrawing; either 1. In regard of grace, when God suspends the influence of his Spirit, and with-holds the lively actings of grace. If the Spirit be gone, Grace freezeth into a chilness and dedolency. Or 2. A withdrawing in regard of Comfort; when God with-holds the sweet manifestations of his favour, he doth not look with such a pleasant aspect, but vails his face, and seems to be quite gone from the soul.