, Part 11. ~11 S4int 1r 4 Bt"ute.,. ~8j Pfal. n 9. 97. [ 0 J;oW Jlove thy L~tW ! it umy meJ#at;on ~tll the day J v. I03. How fweet are thy 'Werds unto my tezft ? yut fweeter then the honey, a11Jd!he hony-cemb ] v. I 4· 16. 1 ha·ve re– joyced in the 'WIZ) of thy teftimonies tU inall riches. 1 -willdelight myfelf in thy ftatutes : I Will not for[,et thy W6rd] 24. [ ThJ teflimonies are my delight ~nd my ceJHnfeliors] 47· [I will de– light my felf in thy {ormnandments which 1 have lovtd, and 1 'tll7i!l meditate in thy ftatutes. J 72. [The L~w of thy mouth H better to me then thoufands of Gold and Silver.] 92. [ Vn!efs thy Law h~J been my delight , I had perijheJ in my ajflillion J 93· I wia never forget thy precepts for with. them the~ /;;~.ft quick,.Hedme. J I I I. [Thy teftiznonies have I tak.!n tU a1# heritage for ever : for they ttre the rejtJycing of m) h~art 1. I I 7. I love thy . commandments abo1:1e Gold , yea above fine Ge!J .: ] I 62. 1 rejoycnzt thy word tU one thAt ftndeth grePZt fPoile ] I 65. Grt~tt peace hA'f/e they that love thy L11w, and nothing /hall offend them.] · ' l fuould but weary you to recite one quarter of the expref– fions of holy men in Scripture concerning the fweetnefs and Pleafures which they found, in the Law of God . In a word~ it is thework and ·mark.! of the Rlef{ed man, that Hu delight u in the Law of ihe Lord, and in hu L;zw doth he meditate d..ey and night, Pfal. I, 1, 2. Do you thi'nk that an unpleafant tedipus life that dotb conftft in fuch employment~ 2. Another Holy Duty is Prayer,both fecter, and with others~ in familie, and publike Affemblies. And do you think it is a - grievous tedious work, for aneedy foul to beg 0f God, that is · ~0 ready to relie'?/e him~ For aguilty folill _to pray -to God that ts foready to [11rgivc .htm ?lfor a ftnful foul to return to God, ( and confefs his fins, and beg for mercy,) that is fo ready to ,n:teet him and entertain him ! for a Loving feu! to converfe With God, when there is a fl)Utual complacency•between them ? Is it grievous for a child to fpcak to his F~tther ? ? or ·are you wearyof the prefence of your d.eare,.R: £,riend· ? Wh.tt · ii there·in hol~ pmyer that fuould grieve or weary us ? fure it is not hu ccmpnny that we fpeak to: For it is hu prefem:e that makes Hea– ven ! ~nd fure it i~ not the employment. , For it is .bt!lt Asking, and askmg for thehefl and choiceft thing, and 'askjng in our ne– cefsit_ir~ for that which wemuft haveor we are undone for ever. And 1s 1t unpleaf~nt to pray to a bounteeus God, in our necefsity, 9 ~ ·?! · and
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