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A63269
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Of the causes and cure of sad disconsolate thoughts in Christians. By one of their sympathizing fellow-members, W. Traughton
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Troughton, William, 1614?-1677?; J. D., engraver.
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he will quickly come and speak Peace to thy soul and list up the light of his Countenance on thee I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself saith the Lord Is Ephraim my dear Son Is he a pleasant Child For since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still therefore my Bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy on him Jer. 31.18 19 20. DIRECTION III. Call to mind and improve the Soul sorrows and Agonies of thy Saviour and Surety who bore the Wrath of God in his soul for thee that thy poor Pensive soul might be comforted and delivered from the Terrors of God His Soul was heavy and sorrowful to the Death yea he was surrounded and environ'd with sorrow and amazement of Spirit and cryed out bitterly on the Cross My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Matth. 27.46 And in the days of his Flesh He offered up Prayers and Supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from Death and was heard in that he feared Heb. 5.7 Now tell God humbly and believingly that he hath laid thy Sin Guilt Curse upon his Son and in the fierceness of his Wrath fell upon him standing in thy stead and room that he might set thee free who is not in the least able to wrestle with the Terrors of God say to him that his own blessed Son hath drank off the Cup of Divine Wrath to the bottom even the very dreggs of it and therefore why should thy poor soul which is redeemed by the precious Blood of thy Saviour tast any part of this bitter Cup Did God withdraw the comforts of his Spirit from the humane Nature of Christ and fill it with sadness and sorrow for thy sake that thou mightest obtain Spiritual peace and comfort O then why should'st not thou earnestly pray for and expect the fruits of Christ's Agony and Death in having thy soul revived and filled with spiritual peace and joy DIRECTION IV. Renew thy Faith and Repentance in good earnest as if thou had'st never done it before Suppose it be suggested to thee by Satan that thou did'st never as yet truly believe and repent of thy sins Thou maist Answer thus Well I will not question that now but resolve by the Grace of God forth-with to Repent heartily of my Sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Some Christians are apt to look back altogether on what they have done and if that do not afford them comfort then they are ready to give up all for losk and to sink under discouragement But though a Christian may sometimes look back and reflect on his former evidences and experiences yet certainly to cast thy self at present by a direct act of Faith upon the free Grace of God in the Gospel-promise is the shortest cut and the readiest way to silence thy doubts and Satans suggestions as sometimes it falls out that a Man may with as little charge and trouble obtain a new Lease as prove the old one good and Authentical Be peremptory and resolute therefore in believing and casting thy self on a Crucified Jesus and say with Esther I will go to the King and if I Perish I Perish Esther 4.16 and with Job Though he Kill me yet will I trust in him Job 13.15 Venture thy Soul upon him as one that 's ready to sink when the Bladders are taken from him will yet venture to swim without Bladders And as the four Lepers said one to another Why sit we here until we dye If we enter into the City the famine is there and we shall dye and if we sit still here we shall dye also Therefore let us fall into the Host of the Syrians if they save us alive we shall live and if they Kill us we shall but dye 2 King 7.3 4. So resolve to throw your self upon Christ and if ye must dye then dye at his feet But this is so far from being the way to Perish that it is the direct way to true Peace Comfort and Happiness DIRECTION V. Trust in the Name of God Jehovah for Comfort and Salvation He that walks in darkness and sees no light let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay himself upon his God Isa 50.10 * Vid. Mr. Goodwins Child of light walking in darkness the consideration of the Sweet Gratious Merciful Nature and Name of God will support and keep the soul from sinking The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the Righteous runeth to it and is safe Prov. 18.10 There is enough in the Name of God to Answer all our Objections and resolve all our doubts as this name was proclaimed to Moses The Lord the God merciful and gratious long-suffering and abundant in Goodness and Truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sin Exod. 34.6 7. This Name of God is to be found and is revealed in and by Christ to poor Sinners Hearken to him and obey his Voyce saith the Lord for my Name is in him Exod. 23.21 God was in Christ Reconciling the World unto himself not imputing their Trespasses unto them 2 Cor. 5.19 This is the Name where-with he shall be called the Lord our Righteousness Jer. 23.6 And his Name shall be Jesus for he shall save his People from their sins Matth. 1.21 When we see nothing in our selves to rest upon as in the case of desertion no sight of Graces no light of comfort there-from as in Pauls Voyage by Sea for many days together neither the light of the Sun nor Stars appeared Act. 27.20 Yet then the Name of God will stay and bear up the drooping spirit of a Christian My flesh and my heart faileth saith David but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever Psal 73.26 And though my House be not so with God i. e. as the tender Grass springing out of the Earth by the clear shining of the Sun after Rain yet he hath made with me an everlasting Covenant ordered in all things and sure for this is all my Salvation and all my desire although he make it not to grow 2 Sam. 23.5 DIRECTION VI. On which I shall a little inlarge Furnish thy self with fit matter out of the holy Scriptures for Heavenly thoughts and meditations that thy heart may endite and meditate a good matter and thy Tongue may be as the Pen of a ready Writer Psal 45.1 The Lord help thee poor Soul not only to read these Divine writings but to meditate therein day and night to hide them and lay them up in thy heart as a divine Cordial to revive and comfort thee as a divine Lamp to guide and direct thee Psal 119.92 105. and as part of the spiritual Armour to enable thee to vanquish thy spiritual Enemies in the Hour of Temptation Eph. 6.13 David even in those dark times before the Incarnation of Christ professeth of himself that the Word of God was in the mid'st of his Bowels Psal 40.8 And