zon. ·,.. God will fettle unfpeakable privileges at p1e{ent up- · tm tbee, I Cor. 3. 12.. Heb. I 2. 2. a, 2. 3, 2.4· Theugb the fu /1. ofyour hlej]fdne{s ]hall_ be deferred till hereafter, yet God will giveyou no little tbirtgs in hand. . He will redeen1 you from your thraldotn, 1-ob. 8.36. Hev.rill pluck you fromthepaw of thy Lion, Colo I . r3· ·The ferpent fhall bruife your heel, but you rnali bruife his·head, Gen. i · I). He ihall deli.... ver you from the prefent evil wortd, Gal. I· 4· Pro{: t,erity fhall not deH:roy you: .Adverfity fhall not fe.. parat:e between him and you, R.om.8,3),37,3i. He will redee ~n you ~ from the pourer of the grave, P(a.l. '49· I;, and .make the Kingof terrours a mef– fenger·of peace to you. lfe..will take out the €urfe frorn the crois, PftL Il9. 7r. and ·rnake affi~chon the fining- pot, tbe fan ~ the ,phyfick, tobLowoff the chatf, purifie the metal, and pu.rge the mind, Van. 12-. I o. r[a. "-7· 9· He will fave you from the arre,fl: of the law, and turn thecurfeinto a bleffingtoyou, Rom.6. I 4· Gal. 3· 2.4. . He hath the keys of hell and' d,eath, attd fhutteth that no -manopeneth, Rev.;. 7· and r. ·r8. and he will i11ut itsmouth, asonce he did the Lions, Dan. 6. 2. 2. that you fhall not be hurt of the fecond death, Rev. 2. 11. ' But he will not only fave you from nufery, but– infiall you into unfpeakable Prerogatives : He will beit-ow him[elf upon you, he will be· a friend unto you. and a fathe1~ to you,. 2 Cor. 6. r8 he will be a Sun a . d a ibield to you, P{al. 8'4 · I r. In a word, · He wdl be a God to you, Ge'l!. I 7.-7. And :what can be faid more ? Vlhat you n1ay expect that a God fbould do for you, and be toyou., t hat he will be, that he will do. She that marries a Prince, expects he !b ould do for he r l'ke a Prince , that fhe may, live in a fi1itable fiate and have ana:nfwerable dow– r y. He that hath a King for his father, or friend, expects he Ihould do for him like a King. Alas! the-·
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