N00747:173
Spiritual desertions discovered and remedied. Being the substance of divers sermons preached for the…
Spiritual desertions discovered and remedied. Being the substance of divers sermons preached for the help of dark souls, labouring under divine withdrawings. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Isaiah]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry and Benjamin Eliot, 1699
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.
4. And indeed there is nothing will sooner procure this desertion, than such carnal confidence, and good reason, for there is nothing which puts a Child of God more out of frame for the due serving of God, and exercising of faith on him, or more exposeth him to be a prey to the adversary, and entangled in every temptation. If Peter grow confident of his strength, and on this adventures farther then he had a call, he is ensnared & taken. Mat. 26. If David thinks himself out of the reach of trouble, God thinks it high time to give him disquietment, Text. Be we then warned by others ⟨p. 82⟩examples, to take heed to our selves, how […] allow such frames to grow upon us: […] we do not, it will certainly cost us sorrow before God hath done with us.
4. And indeed there is nothing will sooner procure this desertion, than such carnal confidence, and good reason, for there is nothing which puts a Child of God more out of frame for the due serving of God, and exercising of faith on him, or more exposeth him to be a prey to the adversary, and entangled in every temptation. If Peter grow confident of his strength, and on this adventures farther then he had a call, he is ensnared & taken. Mat. 26. If David thinks himself out of the reach of trouble, God thinks it high time to give him disquietment, Text. Be we then warned by others ⟨p. 82⟩examples, to take heed to our selves, how 〈…〉 allow such frames to grow upon us: 〈…〉 we do not, it will certainly cost us sorrow before God hath done with us.
2. This tells us▪ that it is a dangerous thing for a Christian, to value himself only upon the comforts which he enjoys in Gods presence. It is the duty of Gods people, to get and keep a clear evidence of their good estate, according to,