First, the immediate light of his countenance, which is a clear,-evident beam and revelation of God's favour, immediately testifying-that we are his, which is called the sealing of the Spirit, received after-believing, Eph. 1-13- which David desired, and rejoiced in more than-in all worldly things, Ps. 4-6, 'Lord, lift up the light of thy-countenance-' in which, more or less, in some glimpses of it, some of-God's people have the privilege to walk with joy from day to day- Ps.-89-15, 'They shall walk in the light of thy countenance- in thy name-shall they rejoice all day.' And this is here utterly withdrawn- and it-may thus come to pass, that the soul, in regard of any sense or sight-of this, may be left in that case that Saul really was left in, 1 Sam.-28-15, 'God is departed from me, and answers me not, neither by-prophets nor by dreams-' though with this difference, that God was-really departed from Saul, but to these but in their own-apprehensions- yet so as, for aught they can see of him, God is-departed clean from them- answers them neither by prayer, nor by-word, nor by conference- they cannot get one good look from him.