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R.

21,

greater

in ahc

world.

rnus

ttwo

uld

with good

hopes

had

ex-

perience

f

ha

(}

geh'

him

did

of

his

hence

May

hope

help

nenceof

Gods power

in

him the

f

his

l

graces

are at the weakcfl,there

is

a

with

rs list)

there(

2.

If

we could

fee

by the

eyes

of

faith

this Almighty

pcwcrof

Cod

working

,`

us

to

cutgrow

all

evil's:

for

what,

may not

he

think

to

outgrow the

Hone, who bath

o

t

t

ren

in i

which

break the

flone

not

e

to

have

l

in

poverty that bath

found

.good

cxpe-

to

enriching

o

i

poem

ou

e

with

the

of

his

S

irite

VERS.

Sr.

V

E R

S.

21. Yrta hint

bee

glory

in

the Church ,

dy

Chrifi

/efua,

t

lireug

haws dY

ages, world tvitheut

end.

A

men.

Now

followetta

the Concluficn,

in

which mull

be

marked,

a.

The

Perlons

praifing.

z. The

Mediatour

in

whom.

3.

The

durance.

D.

The

1.1e.tteth

us

fee,

who

they

are with

ohm

early Ced

is

truly

peal-

Mt

godly

to

°"

fed, thefe

that

are true rrrm&rs

of

Church.

For

though that

all things

praire

God.

doe after

at

fort

praifc

God,

even

the

wie Led pt

lively,

in as

much

as

they

yield

matter

of

his

¡wife, yet the faithful ores,

levered Item

the

world,

are thofe who doe inwardly

and

outwardly

,

ILblieltelyred

privately offer acceptable praile

to

him.

2keafou

a.

For God

as

hegiveth

his bleffings

to

none but ¡Lole

in

whcm

bee

bath the

end

of

them;

fo he

bath

his

enel

cf

Fade

and thankfgivingin.

none

but thofe who

have thefe

fpirituall

blei3

ngs

applycd to them;

thofe that are cffeduallycalled

his

Church.

r

°h" :4.

17

2.

Again,

the world

cannot

receive

thefiris of

pralle,

the

Church

oncly receiveth him

and

knoweth

him

,

becaufe bee

doth

dwell

with

them.

Pala

,o.3.

3.

The

praifing

of

Gcd

with

fettle and

voyce,

as all

ether,

truly

be free and

cheat-efull: But the Church

is

the ore(,

ingerueue

free

-

hearted

people.

And for there

caufes

David

calleth upon the

righteous,

on

I

them

that

feare

Gad,

an

the

houfe

of

Ifrael

to

laudthe Lord.

We

fee

that there

is

a

great

dealeoflippraife

in

the world

,

many

that

ase

not

called effedually

to Gcd,

will

fay

of

force

things, they are

goodly

gifts

of

Cod,

God

be thanked; hut till they

cc

¡De

not oncly

to

be

in

the

Church,

but

of

it,

though

they

fhould fay

the

Pfalur

over,

it

is

abomination

to God,

no true praifing of him.

We

therefore that arecalled,

le

t us

ll

udy

to

p

raife

Cod,

in

heart,

word

and

deed,

teeing

we

are

thole oncly who

can duely,

and

accepta.

bly glorify

him.

Now

in

pray fing

of

God truly,

z.

Know our

own

unwerthioe

ffe,

or

le

ffe

then the

leafs

of

keener-

cite.

Gen.

32.

zo.

a.

Highly

electric

and prize

his

bleffings

;

it

is

but

n

eerely

for

manners

fake,

when we thanke

a man

for

that

we care

not

for.

;.Labour

to

have the

fink

of

Gods

love

and

mercy

flied

into

our

hearts,

this

is

the heart

of

all,

and the kernel

,

without

this

we have

but the

(hell.

By.

Pratt;

sag.

vez.