The poor doubting Christian drawn to Christ. Wherein the main hindrances, which keep men…

Therefore stay thou 'till the Lord show Mercy. Thus long thou hast called and sought, and looked up to the Promise, and waited upon the Lord, and attended upon the freeness of his Grace; once more haply would have done it: thy Heart was almost humbled, thy Sin was almost conquered: Oh thou silly Soul, why didst not thou hold it out? It would have come at the last; my Life for thine. Now take heed of this; If the Time seems tedious, and thy Heart begins to sink, and thy Spirit is weary; take heed of flying off, take heed of shifting for thy own Comfort, and looking to base Ends and Aims: No, hold thy Mind to, and keep thy Eye of Faith upon the Promise, and stay it out 'till God see the Time fit: And know, it's the best Time, when it's GOD'S Time. In the 27th of the Acts, ver. 31. Paul says, Except these abide in the Ship, ye cannot be saved. Every Man was skipping over-board to save himself, but Paul stayed them. A Man would have thought otherwise; but the Apostle knew it was not so; for the Lord had revealed ⟨p. 135⟩it to him. So I say, Be thy Temptations never so strong, and thy Sins never so many, and thou beginnest to complain, and sayest, I have cried, Lord, and sought earnestly, and yet my Condition is worse, and my Soul more sinful, and I am less able to help my self, there is no more Succour to be expected. Now take heed of going out of the Ship, and from the use of Means: Keep in the Ship; for in it you shall be safe. Keep in the Promise, and still your Hearts there: You shall have a happy Arrival at Heaven, tho' it be upon a little broken Board: It's no matter, stay God's Time.

Therefore stay thou 'till the Lord shew Mercy. Thus long thou hast call'd and sought, and look'd up to the Promise, and waited upon the Lord, and attended upon the freeness of his Grace; once more haply would have done it: thy Heart was almost humbled, thy Sin was almost conquered: Oh thou silly Soul, why didst not thou hold it out? It would have come at the last; my Life for thine. Now take heed of this; If the Time seems tedious, and thy Heart begins to sink, and thy Spirit is weary; take heed of flying off, take heed of shifting for thy own Comfort, and looking to base Ends and Aims: No, hold thy Mind to, and keep thy Eye of Faith upon the Promise, and stay it out 'till God see the Time fit: And know, it's the best Time, when it's GOD'S Time. In the 27th of the Acts, ver. 31. Paul says, Except these abide in the Ship, ye cannot be saved. Every Man was skipping over-board to save himself, but Paul stayed them. A Man would have tho't otherwise; but the Apostle knew it was not so; for the Lord had revealed