v Spiritual Perfeaion. 1g5 cites his Power för their prefervation. The .Zeal of the Lordof Hofls ¡ball do this. His Love inclines him, and his Promife- ingages him never to leave nor forfake- them : When they are ready to defpair, -- he is ready to deliver.- Now the firm belief of the univerfal Providence of God, and his fpecial Care for his People, is like a Rudder to a Ship , without which 'tis conffrained to yield- to every Storm ; but guided by it, fails with eve- ry Wind to its defign'd Port. When God enter'd into a Covenant with Abra- ham, he affures him, I am the aingighty Cact,, i7. God, walk before me and be per,felt. Eve- ry defleEion from our Duty, proceeds either from the hope of obtaining fome temporal Good, or the fear of incurring fome temporal Evil : There Paffions are very forcible in Mens Breafis. We fee how powerful they are in fenfitiveCrea-- tures ; even in a Grey-hounds coarfing a Hare, Hope adds Wings to the Feet of the one, and Fear adds Wings to the Feet of the other. Men without Faith in God, will break through his Laws, when Temptations work on their Hope or Fear ; for they are under the domini- on of Senfe ; But the belief of God's All-fufficiency, that he is a Sun to fapply us with all truly defirable good things, a Shield to feture us from all deffru6uive 0 2 Evils, ÁS
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