Religion & morality > Spiritual exercise of soul, and blessed departure of Dame Mary Rutherford Lady Hundaly, and Mary M'Konnel, cousin to the said lady; which fell out in the year 1640; both died in London
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bn J as little Feeling as ye have, when he erieil our,
Tvat bis Ey esfa tied in waiting for God's Salvation : I
% then, A Perfbn may have his Sin pardoned, and yet
tcel no Comfort for the prefent : Ye muft firfl be¬
lieve, and then afterwards feel: Ye know' that Senfe
w ill deceive in judging of Colours or Quantity, how
much more in fpiritual Things? Believe firft,and then
pray, and ye fhall have Feeling to your Comfort.
Said ihe, I find my felf weary of Prayer, and ready ]
eo faint and give over.
Said I, So did David, Pfal.lrAx. 3. His Eyes failed,
and he was weary with crying, and he cried fiill,,
pfal. Ixix. 6. 13,16. So do ye.
Said fhe, I am not only void of Senle and Feeling,
hut, alas ! I am filled with wreathful Fears and Ter-
rors. Said I,So was David, Pfal. Ixix. 2. The Waters
were gone over bis Soul: He was almoft overwhelm¬
ed with Temptations and Fears of God’s Difpleafure
as well as ye: So the afilided Compofcrs of P/4/. Ixxvii.
and Ixxxviii. and cii. Madam, do your Terrors drive
you to God, or from him? If from him, let them
do fo no more, and ye flhall have Comfort: If to him,
do fo fiill, and ye will get Delivery.
Some Days afterwards, I, coming to her, asked her
how Ihe was ? Said fhe, Never in fuch a Cafe; for
the more I would have him, the further he goes from
me; it is very like to be an utter Defertion. Then I,
not knowing what to fay, privately put up my E-
jaculation to my Lord, That he-would give me what
> to anfwer her ; and, as his Spirit moved me, I faid, |
Courage, Courage, Madam, Is it fo, that yc perceive
a greater Fremrncdnefs and Efirangement oetween
God and you than ever you did before ? Happy are I
you, you w'ill get the Thing ye-are feeking : There
is never greater Darknefs, than immediately before
Day break, never greater Rage in the Sea, than im¬
mediately before a Calm .* So there is never greater
Difiance, Fremmednefs and apparent Abfcnce from a
Soul, than immediately before the Enjoyment of his
Prefence : I hope to fee a fair quiet Morning, notw ith-
fianding of this dark temped nous Night. Said fhe.
Ail this"i$ butDaffing ; for this Night I have been
tempted
Tvat bis Ey esfa tied in waiting for God's Salvation : I
% then, A Perfbn may have his Sin pardoned, and yet
tcel no Comfort for the prefent : Ye muft firfl be¬
lieve, and then afterwards feel: Ye know' that Senfe
w ill deceive in judging of Colours or Quantity, how
much more in fpiritual Things? Believe firft,and then
pray, and ye fhall have Feeling to your Comfort.
Said ihe, I find my felf weary of Prayer, and ready ]
eo faint and give over.
Said I, So did David, Pfal.lrAx. 3. His Eyes failed,
and he was weary with crying, and he cried fiill,,
pfal. Ixix. 6. 13,16. So do ye.
Said fhe, I am not only void of Senle and Feeling,
hut, alas ! I am filled with wreathful Fears and Ter-
rors. Said I,So was David, Pfal. Ixix. 2. The Waters
were gone over bis Soul: He was almoft overwhelm¬
ed with Temptations and Fears of God’s Difpleafure
as well as ye: So the afilided Compofcrs of P/4/. Ixxvii.
and Ixxxviii. and cii. Madam, do your Terrors drive
you to God, or from him? If from him, let them
do fo no more, and ye flhall have Comfort: If to him,
do fo fiill, and ye will get Delivery.
Some Days afterwards, I, coming to her, asked her
how Ihe was ? Said fhe, Never in fuch a Cafe; for
the more I would have him, the further he goes from
me; it is very like to be an utter Defertion. Then I,
not knowing what to fay, privately put up my E-
jaculation to my Lord, That he-would give me what
> to anfwer her ; and, as his Spirit moved me, I faid, |
Courage, Courage, Madam, Is it fo, that yc perceive
a greater Fremrncdnefs and Efirangement oetween
God and you than ever you did before ? Happy are I
you, you w'ill get the Thing ye-are feeking : There
is never greater Darknefs, than immediately before
Day break, never greater Rage in the Sea, than im¬
mediately before a Calm .* So there is never greater
Difiance, Fremmednefs and apparent Abfcnce from a
Soul, than immediately before the Enjoyment of his
Prefence : I hope to fee a fair quiet Morning, notw ith-
fianding of this dark temped nous Night. Said fhe.
Ail this"i$ butDaffing ; for this Night I have been
tempted
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| Description | Written by Mr. Archibald Porteous, a young man, who attended the said lady from Scotland to London. Never before printed. Entred in Stationers-Hall, according to order. Edinburgh, : Printed by R. Drummond in Swan-Close, for William Gray book-binder without the West-Port, sold by him, and by Alexander M'Pherson bookseller at the End of the Caltoun., [1745?]. |
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