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

4. Neglect not your former experiences; it is too usual a thing for the Children of God, when an hour of Desertion comes, to abdicate all that ever went before; time was when they thought they had sweet communion with God, their hearts were greatly raised, their graces were made lively, and the seals of Gods love were legible: but now he is withdrawn, they presently cry out, all that was before, was but a dream there were no such things in reality. Whereas we shall find, that holy men have practised otherwise at such times; and when they were in the dark never so much, yet they would call over former transactions between God and them, and stay themselves thereby, so we observed David doth, Psal. 77.10. and so do you. ⟨p. 136⟩God will sometimes bring his people to live on the stock, and they ought to be glad and thankful that they have one; and to help you in this, take these conclusions.

4. Neglect not your former experiences; it is too usual a thing for the Children of God, when an hour of Desertion comes, to abdicate all that ever went before; time was when they thought they had sweet communion with God, th•ir hearts were greatly raised, their graces were made lively, and the seals of Gods love were legible: but now he is withdrawn, they presently cry out, all that was before, was but a dream there were no such things in reality. Whereas we shall find, that holy men have practised otherwise at such times; and when they were in the dark never so much, yet they would call over former transactions between God and them, and stay themselves thereby, so we observed David doth, Psal. 77.10. and so do you. ⟨p. 136⟩God will sometimes bring his people to live on the stock, and they ought to be glad and thankful that they have one; and to help you in this, take these conclusions.