2. Hence, _secondly_, proceeds the loss of love, which cannot but rise or fall, at the same time, and in the same proportion, with true, living faith. Accordingly, they that are deprived of their faith, are deprived of the love of God also. They cannot now say, Lord, _thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee_. They are not now happy in God, as every one is, that truly loves him. They do not delight in him as in time past, and _smell the odour of his ointments_. Once, all their _desire was unto_ him, _and to the remembrance of his name_. But now even their desires are cold and dead, if not utterly extinguished. And as their love of God is _waxed cold_, so is also their love of their neighbour. They have not now that zeal for the souls of men, that longing after their welfare, that fervent, restless, active desire of their being reconciled to God. They do not feel those _bowels of mercies_ for the sheep that are lost, that tender _compassion for the ignorant and them that are out of the way_. Once they were _gentle toward all men_, meekly _instructing_ such as _opposed_ the truth, and _if any_ was _overtaken in a fault, restoring such an one in the spirit of meekness_. But after a suspense, perhaps of many days, anger begins to regain its power. Yea, peevishness and impatience thrust sore at them that they may fall. And it is well if they are not sometimes driven, even to _render evil for evil, and railing for railing_. 3. In consequence of the loss of faith and love, follows, _thirdly_, Loss of joy in the Holy Ghost. For if the loving consciousness of pardon be no more, the joy resulting therefrom cannot remain. If the Spirit does not witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, the joy that flowed from that inward witness, must also be at an end. And in like manner, they who once _rejoiced with joy unspeakable, in hope of the glory of_ God, now they are deprived of that _hope full of immortality_, are deprived of the joy it occasioned: as also of that which resulted from a consciousness of _the love of_ God then _shed abroad in their hearts_. For the cause being removed, so is the effect: the fountain being dammed up, those living waters spring no more, to refresh the thirsty soul.