201 Chain of Principles. Aph. 4. FirPt,_Keeping it a/s in a flore-houje. God Rom, =o. a z. is faid to be rich unto all that call upon him and we reade of the riches of his goodnefs. Thefe riches are laid up with him, andkept as in amagazine, tobe made ufe ofupon all occafions accord- ing to the emergent necefsities of his people. Whence it is that we alfo =6. reade, of their obtaining mercie, and find- inggrace to help in timeofneed. Secondly, Keeping itfor theprefent age, a-s well axis havingdiî enfd it formerly topre- decejurs. Our fathers were all liberally fupplied out of Gods forementioned Treafury, as it is in Pfalm the two and Prat. z-_. 4; S.. twentieth, Our fathers trufied in thee; They trufled and thou did fl deliver them; They cried unto thee and were delivered; they trufled in thee andwere not confound ed. This fhouldbe no difheartning to us as ifhis Treafury were exhaufted, but encourage us rather, as Pauls exam- / M . T. =6. ple did fucceeding beleevers. For this caufe Iobtained mercie (faid he) that inme fîrfl Jefws Chrifl mightfhelv forth all long fu f ring,
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