when we be exercifd iv th man & lttsgaffltators, kindncfewilll have mercy on thee, faith the Lord, thy Redeemer. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be alwayes zeroth ;fer the f 'ritfhould fade before me , andthefoules whichI have made. Who is a god like un- to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and pafeth by the tranf- gre;aon ofthe remnant of his heritage ? He retaineth not hie angerfor ever, becaasfehe delighteth in mercy. a Whom the Lord loveth, bee correl7eth, evenas a Father the Sonne, inwl.ornhedelighteth, As many as I love, I rebuke and chaften. b In all their affliElionhe was aliEled, andthe An- soilof hisrrefencelaved them : in his love and in his pitie he redeemed them, and he bare theta, and carried them all the dayes ofold. Like its aFatherpitieth his children ;JO the Lord pitieth them thatfeare him. For hee knowerh our frame : hee remembreth that we are duff. How /halll give thee up Ephraim ? Haw fhallI deliver thee Ifraell ? How (hall Imake thee as Admah ? How JballI/et thee as Zebo- im ? c ine heart is turned within me, my repenrings are kindled together. Iwill not execute the fierceneffe ofmine an- ger, Iwill not returne todtroyEphraim,for I am god and not c,ilfan, the holy onein the mil of thee. c Thou fyidlt re- member all the way, which the Lord thy God led thee thefe fortyyeares in thewilderneffe, tohumble thee, and to prove thee, to knowwhat was in thino heart . For"thou 0 God, haft provedue : thouhaft triedus asfilver is tried. And I will turnemy handupon thee, and purelypurge aw,y thy drop, andtake away all thy tinne. By this therefore ¡ball the ini- quityof Jacob bepurged, and this is all the fruit, to take away his finite. Andfume of them of undcrftanding (hall fall, to trie themand to purge, andtomake them white. And Iwill bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them asfalver is refined, andwill try them AS gold is tryed and they /hall call on my 7 acme, andIwill heare them. Now for afeafon(iftaeede be )yye ere in hcavinef e throughmanifold temptations "7hat the triad ofyour faith, being notch Mere pfretíout thengold thatpereJiieth; tbough it be triadWit ì`fire, might befounduntopratfe,estrdhenoasr i $fáry" atitthe appea- ring 313 Ef.,y 57.16. Mich. 7,18. in love ani Pro" a./ z. Heb,a a. 5,6. Reve1.3, c 9. b Tenderne e Eloy 63. 9. Pfal. bo3,, 3. Vcrfe r4.. tiofea i i.8,9, To prove Dz,, .8.1. P(a1.66.1 o. Purge Efay'i. z3. &t 4 4. Pat 1,6,
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