2 60 whiit it is to li veby Faith concerning Verfe 18. not forfake them. I will open rivers in the high places, andfountaines in the midit of the valley::: Iwill make the wilderneffe a pole of water, and the dry landfprings ofwater Secondly, It petitioneth inllantly for fuccour. For it feeth in God whatfoever it needeth ordefireth, and will never ceafe to feeke relicfe. The moreconfident it is to obtain:, the more importunate it will be in fuing. Oile put to the fire caufeth the flame toafcend : and the promi- fes ofhelpe and fuccour, received by faith, put life and PfaI.37,7,8. vigour intothe petitions offaith. Heare, O Lord, when Verfe 9, I cry with my voice : have mercy alto upon mee, and an- [were mee, Hidenot thy face farre frommee, put not thy fervant away inanger : than ha.fl Beene my helps, leaveme not, neither forfake mee, O God ofmy falvation. Vats. Palo. S. I.:. theewill I cry, O Lard, myrocke, be notfilent to me, left if than be filent to me, I become like them thatgoe dawn: into thepit. Heere the voiceofm,fupplications, when I cry unto thee: whenIlift up my hands towards thy holy Oracle. With-hold not thou thy tender mercies from me, OLord ; let thy loving kindnefe, and thy truth continuallypreferve wee. Thirdly, It receiveth earthly bleffings as gifts ofthe covenant and part ofhis childes portion. God vouchfa- feth outward things to wicked men ofcommon bountie; but to his children the blef ings of this life be tokens of his love and fpcciall good -will, arad fo receivedand em- bracedby faith. For fubflance the gift is one, both to the Juft and unjufl : but in refpeet of the caafe, poffeíhon and ufe, there is great difference which is difccr- ned by faith, though it cannot be feene with the eye. Mof 2.sa,at, Iwill even betroth thee unto me infaithfulneffe, and thou as. Jalr know the Lord. PsAnd it (hall come to paffe in that day, Iwill heare, faith the Lord, Iwill heare the Heaven and they (hall heare the Earth, and the earth ¡hall ¡scare' the Corne, andtheWine, and the Oile, andthey fhall heare Iezreel. Fourthly, Pfa1.4o.ta.
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