rile &ales effeaaallcalling roChrift, whatfoecer may, can or(hail befall thee. Gather then up brtefly,and that up this firft paage. Ma- ny are the lotrowesofthe righteous,guiltoffinite perplexing the finner, and filthineffeoffinnes ty- rannizing and domineeringover the toule; nay, many fearesandcares for future times : for a fin- ner faith, Sometimes mycondition is marvellous poore, my elate marvellous miferable; what if (mall temptations , what if fmall corruptions, what if fuch a fall (hould betide me, what then fhallbecomeofmy foule ? Nay,amans imagina- tionexceeds all feares. The foulethat thinks with it telf,Should theLord deale in jufbce,and (hould my finnes get thevióory over me, which I hope will never bc,forwhat (hall I thendofor fuccour? yet this is thecomfort of a poore foule,let it read this letfon, The Lord is able, and mercy candoe exceflìve, exceeding abundantly above all, thy forrowes areabundant, thy feares arevery abun dant, thy imaginations are exceflive, exceedinga- bundant, exceeding above all prefent forrowes, above all ° uture feare, and above the courfeofall imaginations. This difcourfe (hall ferve for the firft paffage. Wewill now adde the fecond. The foule is not yet fully fatisfied, but replyes, It is true, there is bread enough in my Fathers haute; that I yeeld, and that I confeffe ; there is abundance of' mercy inGod,aworldofmercy thatpardoned .vlanaffès, andCavedSaul,but what is that tome, if there be tread enough in say Fath,rt bou(e, and I ftarve for Imager, andgetaobenefit bythismercy of God? F _ »at
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