, , , ) ' (rl)) ;n JuJgcmcnt.,them/ek_.witl he teach in hisw;j.PfaL .: I o'7.7.He led themforth by the rigpt way,that thej migh~go to a City of habt'tatlo~•.Pfa1.5.8.L~adme, q ~ord, in thy rt'ghteoufn~fS, , be'tau.[e of1!Jine Ene.. mtes, mak! thy wayftrait before 'IJI} facr. , The ~ord leaqs his people in their .way, chie~y PJ his Word, whkh is a light to thd'r feet, and a Lanthorn to their paths: And fometimes alfoby hi.t l~roYidenccs, hedgn1g up all by-wtyes,, anclleaving bm one w~y open to them,that hath the leall appea.- ' ranee of the way -0f 9od. So ordering the matter, that any other way that i$ before them, looks with too foul a face, ·to leav~ anv d0ubt upon 'them, whe..o ther that be the way of G~d or not. It's never uncomfortable to the p"ople of God, ·while they fee their way before them: 'JJoubts about: · their V·Jly , are more perplexing ', than dvtngers in their way., · When they knowwhat God would have them do, they can ch~arfully qu(! in ~im ~r any thing .they are like to iuffer. Dofl: thou meet wit_h Wolves or Lions in thy 'Xay? thou nrai!~. bldfe God 'cis there thou tiiceteft them, · 'cwould, be ill meeting them clfewhcre. . - --. . 2. Covering nr Protec1ion in'thei'r ,A,ay: P/al. 3 r • . zo.Thoufhalt hidK them in the fecret ~fthyprefence, .from the pride of man; thouJha!t keep them fetretlj in apavilion, from the firife oftongues. [Thou {hale hide them in thy prefence] or face: thy llgbt {hall be their da1 kpla,ce·to cover th~m:Thou ~trt my hiding place, Pfal.3 2.7. · [In the.\eCI'ct of thy prefence] the Saints hiding place is a feet·et : Such, .where neithet• the·p ~ idc of m.en can find them,nor can .they Ulidcr- . -Hand what it ,is. · Rc'proaches lballnot find them 1 pclfecuci~ns Qull uG·t fittd them, wbofe Souls are hid . . ... ' .
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