( I4) pldce~, &c. we will remem!Jer the memoraGle w~rds cf Dav1d, I Sam. 2-6.18; 19. andlttthe/u-ffirer·simitatehim in the f~bmiffive part, [Wherefore cloth my Lord purfue after hrs fervant ~ for what luve I done -: or whac evil is in my hand~ Now thete tore I pray thee let my Lord the Ktng hear the words of his fervanc: If the Lord have fiirr~d .thee op ag~i·nfi mer, let him accept an offering : but 1f It be che chddren of men, curfed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day-from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, faying,. Go fervc: other Gods j ( Bygoing where they Are fer'lled. ) H Avingful!y fluwedyou [ VVhat Godlinef~ is ] I now - lufcech thee, Re;zder, to enquire , Whether this defcribed cafe be thine -: Art thgu Devoted to GPd without reftrve, a1 being not thine ownbut hiJ l And b.Ijl thou de– voted all thou h4J to him'with thy {elf, to be ufed accordi>Jg to hu Will ? c..Art thou m~rc fubjelled to hu Autbortty, – ttnd obfervant of hu LAws and Government, then of mans ? ·a11d can his word do more with thee, t ;en the word of any mortal man, dr then the violence of thy lujls and pafiom ! Art thou heartily engaged to him 1t1 thy felicity, and doft thoagiveupthy[elf to him in fili.ti Leve,dependance and eb{ervance, M to thy deareftfriendandFathtr ? Doft than highlyej1'eft.eem him, andrefolvedly cboofe him, tmd fin– cerely [eek him, preferring nothing in thy Eftimation, Choice, Refolmion, or Endeavour before him ? Tr7 hy thefe and the other particulars in the Dejcriptim, whether you are Godly or fingodly; and do it faithful/~ ; for the day u at hand, when the un_godly fba[l not fland tt3 ]ttdgement-, nor jinnen in- the Affembly of thej11_fl~ PfaJ. _r. 5•. • : t..And b {ides the maris expreffed m the defcrtptzon, let me offer1ou'[ome from theplain w~rds ef .the Textt, that :jOtJ II'JAJ
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