Spiritual desertions discovered and remedied. Being the substance of divers sermons preached for the…

1. That there is a vast difference, between this and faith in exercise. And to ⟨p. 78⟩make this evident we have need to take notice only of this, viz. That faith it always accompanied, in its exercise with holy fear: a Child of God dares indeed to ••ust in him; but he knows that this •aith is to be found in the use of means, and not to indulge a neglect of them: hence that, Eph. 5.15. See that you walk Circumspectly. Faith tells him that if he would have God to keep him, he must look to his ways, and not lay himself open by security. What further difference there is between these, will be seen in that which follows.

2. There is no reason for us to promise our selves that we shall never be Deserted, but on the other hand, great reason to expect it. Faith ought to be able to give a reason for its confidence, but there is none to be rendered for this, for▪

2. There is no reason for us to promise our selves that we shall never be Deserted, but on the other hand, great reason to expect it. Faith ought to be able to give a reason for its confidence, but there is none to be rendred for this, for▪

1. The best of Gods people have been Deserted: So that Grace is no security against it. What hath been, may be Except we can prove some particular immunity granted us on this account, we have no ground to monopolize any privilege to our selves, which none of the Saint which ever went before us, could