Arrowsmith - Houston-Packer Collection BT70 .A776 1659

42 Aph. t. Q ii nOtefica efre cya- 1lJC frets condilo'!' ceGftvj hxrcdlas ej,.cs di, n.ursr cfé 'a Divi- P:orper de vie. con- tempfzt.li6.á. op.' 60 Pal. 146. s, AChain of Principles. their bleffednefs. Happy, thrice hap-, py you dearly beloved in the Lord, becaufe when thofe men of the world which have their portion in this life, as' Da- vid Beaks part with theirs (as they mull all do at death, if not before ) you are led to a fuller fruition ofyour portion. Theirs at thebell is but fome good blefsing ofGod,that will in time be taken from them; yours is the good God himfelf, ble{fedand blefsing you for ever. He is fo at prefent, and he will be fo to all eternity; A portion of which you can never be plundered. impoverifhed you may be, but not un- done ; difcouraged but not disinherited. Your fleíh perhaps,yea andyour hearts too may fail, but Godhill be thefirength o fyour hearts, andyour portionfor ever. Mall add no more, but onely reminde you of what is written in the hundred fourtyand fixth Pfalm, Happy is he that hat! the GodofJacobfor his help, whole hope is in the Lord his God. ExER.-

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