promifesofearthly bleffings,&c. doubted token, thathe will denie usnothing thatmaybe for our good andcomfort. The Lord by covenant bath promifed to furnifh his people with all needful' blefngs pertaining to this life. Hee thatfcattereth Ifrael willgatherhim andkeep him as afheapheard doth his flocke. For the Lordpath re- deemed Jacob, and ranfomed him from the band ofhim that was fironger then bee. Therefore they /hall come and fing in the height of Zion, and fhallflow together to the goodneffe of the Lord, for wheat, andfor wine, andforoyle, aadfor theyoung of the flocke, andofthe herd : theirfiole /hall bee as a wateredgarden, and they (hall notfurrow any more at all. And I will fatiate the foule of the prteflt with fatneffe, and my people /hall bee fatisfied with good- refe, faith the Lord. I willmake with themacovenant of peace, andwill caufe the evill beafts to ceafeout oftbe Land: Andthey(hall dwellfafely in the wildernefoe and fleepe in the woods. efindIwill malle them, and theplaces roundabout my hill a blefng, andI will caufe the fhowre to come down inhisfeafon : there /ball bee fhowresofbiding. And the tree of thefield fhatlyeeld herfinite, and the earth/hall yeeld her increafe, and they fha/1 bee fafe in their land, and (hall know that Iam the Lord : I will .call for corne, andincreafe it, and lay nefamineuponyon. AndIwill mul- tiply thefruit ofthetree, andthe increafe.of tbefield; thatye "ball nomorereceive reproach offamine among the heathen. Twill even betroth thee unto me info:Woolnef fe, and thou /halt know the Lord. AnditfhaIl come to pafe,inthat day I will heare,faith the Lord, Iwillheare the heavens, and they /ball heare the earth, and the earth (hall heare the corne, and the wine, and the vile. Now feeing the Lord bath by promife andcovenant, againe andagaine repeated for our confirmation, a«ured us of all needfull bleffings, it isour duty byfaith to makethefe promifes our owne, and rePt quietly upon his word, to finde reliefeat fuch time, and in fuch meafure, as he knowes to be expedient, and may be for our good. Aa And 353 2. Ìet.;I. !co,: I, I 2. Vcrfe z 4: Ezek.;4.25, 26,27. Ezek.;4.29,30 & 34.29. Hof.2.242I. 22.
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