( 158) other,and Chall beable to fay in this cafe; what So:. .lamon did in l[rae!s, 1 Kings S.s6.Blefftdbe God,that ;.hllthgiven reft to hi4 Peop!t lfrael, ttcca-rdint, to aU that he.. promij,tl ;~ tbert l{pth not failed [ s;u .word]of all hit .good promi{e, which he prsmi[edby .the hand ,ot" hisSer:. 'PaHts, , , . . . Chrifl:i~t)s_, whatever mayc.ome upon jou, at any tin1e whileyou live in this World, difirufl: not yo1pt God, nor be at all difmayed ; }QU Chall fee the day ~&ither here or hereafter, and 'twill be never the -wbrfe, if it be not till hereafter .(take it !!Po.n the credit of' this word, All things lhall work' together for good ) You !hall fee th~ d::ty wheh your hearts ~ · ~all rejoyce andfay, On ! 'twas happy for us,that matter_s went fo crofs with us. 'Twas ha·ppy wewere Io poor,and brought fo low: And laid in the dark, and firip, d fo naked, of ·all that we either took . ,pleafure, or put confidence in. ; N9Vf-.We fee, that the Lord had a more glorious j ~efign, that he was ca·rrying on for us,fiep by fiep) by every thing that came upon us, than. we were a~ war~ of, or could have imagined. It's true; the Shimei's have bec:n curfing, the lfhmaei"s have been ~mor-king, ..the Kabfha'<.es have been · ra_iling, the ·Ploughe.r£ .have been ploughing, the H.unters have ·bee·u ·p~lrfuing, and hadalmoft overtaken,overcom;· _and fw~llowcd us up qui(k; but bldfed be our :.G.9,d, t~a~ h<ltb not turned our captiviry,and faved ::;ll~ by a·)l}1igh"ty Salvation; but bath done us good, by all_thdi mocking,-.and curfing,and ragit1gagainfi ~ us: Nowwe fee, therewas fuch light fowing in our ...qark dayes ·; fuc? a Peace, a fowing in tho£e deep . ~:furro"'~~2 fuch an Ha~;vefi of joy fowing in the dayi · "" · • V ( · of . \ ' I •I
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