112 Íawmay we be jo Spiritaal, to to Serm.s. Ifrael in. h anyother man could havekept.his own heart,fure the man 011.24eid. after Gods own heart could have done it. Si Pergamet dextra, Defend; peffent Ream hac defenfafuiffent. Bu. the matter of Uriah and BathJheba itands on record to all po(lerity to the contrary For except the Lord keep the City, the watchman w,aketh but in vain, Pi-aim I27.í. Do nor venture to grapple with the roaringLyon,but in the lirength of the Lyon of the Tribe of fudah, who is allo theLamb of God, and Ifa,4o.tI. the great Aupherd of Ifracl, that carries his lambs in hïs bo ome; and whether fhould the purfued Lamb betake it felf, but into that ilaep- herds arms ? In time of trouble ( fpiricual as well as other ) he wilt hide thee in the fecret of lave Tabernacle, in hispavilion will he hide thee, and fet thee as capon arock Pfal.27.5. He never fails the eyes of them that look up to him, nor makes hispeople a(hamed of their hope. What time thou art afraid truft in him. His name is a thong Caui thy care upon him, and expe& the fame pity from thy God, which the men of yabefh Gilead found from Sod, when Nahaj ( the barbarous Ammonite ) would have put out their right eyes, To morrow ere the Sun be hot ye fhall have help, I Sam.' 1.9. If the King of Ifraels bow- els yearned over thofe poor men, (hall not the bowels of the God of ffrael over thole that ferr him? Yes, upon his honour, truth, and lUi9] Serpens faithfulnefs, he will not fuller that cruel Nahafh (to allude to the fib hebr. nification of the word) that old Serpent, to have his. will upon them if he doth not come to day, he will to morrow ere the Sun be hot. Lift up your heads therefore O ye gates, and be ye lift upye everlafling doors, and the King ,of glory _The come in. Who es this King of glory ? The LO RD flrong and mighty, the LO RDmighty in battel, Pfalm 24. 7,8. Thus was lofiph refcued from the Archers thatfhet at him, and forely grieved him. His bow abode inflrength, and the arms of his hands were made firong ay the arms of the mighty God of 7acob, Gen.49. 23,24. fife. I come at length to r he UCe. I . Ixformati We are to learn hence, That our fouls are not as they came out of on. theFather of Spirits hands, they appear as it were wrong rifen in the world, and begin to tread awry the very fir(i Reps theymeafure on the (gage of Earth. All the fymptomes of degeneracyare upon them. The heft of men that ever yet bleu- the earth with their Refidence upon it ( except that Son of man who was only fo by the mothers fide, being by the Fathers the only begotten Son of the eternal God) had flail hitting in them unto Gn.Which is as convincing an Argument,that hu- mane nature is blemifhed, and infe&ed,thaa it huh received a la,dcux, a (lain
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