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Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered.…
Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered. An essay, to awaken people out of the lethargy which disposes them to continue in a dark uncertainty about their future state, in the world, which is not seen, but is eternal. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
printed by T Green, 1724
Title page typeset from the transcription.
STIMULATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.STIMƲLATOR. OR, The Case of a SOUL in the Dark.
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.
Thirdly. Many are Patient & Easy, while ⟨p. 13⟩they do not Settle Good Terms with Heaven, under a Slothful pretence of waiting till GOD shall please to give some Assurance of His Love unto them. Tis true, we shall not know our selves to be the Children of GOD, until that Privilege be granted us; Rom. VIII. 16. The Spirit beareth witness with our Spirit, that we are the Children of GOD. But then, How is this Witness to be waited for? Surely, not with the meet Desire of the Sluggard, refusing to Labour for it: Not with a Soul that can be Quiet without it; Not counting it enough with a faint, mean, melancholy Tone to say, Ay, It is a good Thing, if one could Attain to it. It is well for them that can Attain to it. I must wait until it please GOD that I shall Attain to it! And is this all that you have to say, ye Sluggard? It must be waited for! But, How waited for? Sirs, It must be Groaned for; It must be Wrestled for, it must be Earnestly Laboured for. The GOD who waits to be Gracious, will be waited for. But in our waiting on Him, to Satisfy us with some Glimpse of His Law unto us, our Importunity must be Vehement, be Violent, be Unpacifiable. The cry must be, O Satisfy us Early with thy Mercy! Yea, the cry must be, Hear me Speedily, O Lord, my Spirit faileth: Hide not thy Face from me. About a matter of some weight, it was of old said, The Man will not be at Rest until he ⟨p. 14⟩has finished the Thing. A matter infinitely more weighty, is that of getting into this Peace of GOD: And it should be said of him that is waiting on GOD for it; The man will not be at Rest until the Thing is finished. Few, Few, are such Importunate waiters. Many▪ content themselves with a Listless, Lazy, Drowsy waiting. And they Speed accordingly.
Thirdly. Many are Patient & Easy, while ⟨p. 13⟩they do not Settle Good Terms with Heaven, under a Slothful pretence of waiting till GOD shall please to give some Assurance of His Love unto them. Tis true, we shall not know our selves to be the Children of GOD, until that Priviledge be granted us;