~-------......,.,___--._-~__,_,...-..........,._----=·. ·"·~--;:;,.·~-·...:.:.:-:··-"·~ rart.1.Chap.3· eAjfiiEfed {on[cience1. '37" ~~--------------------~~~~~~- ~e harlot with many lovers; yet returne againe to. mee, faith the Lord. Jer.3.1• Oh that my ptopleht# heark£ncdunto mee,andljrael httdWa!k£d in my w~·e.r.? J \Vou!d [oone ha•7,•e fobdue a their enemies, and turned my hand againff their adverfaries. The hilters of~he Lord jhould have fubmitted themfolves unto him : but their tiffpe fo·ould have endured for ever ; Hee· fhould have fid th"t:m a!fo with the .fir•eft of the wheatc :. and with horJe) out of the rock! foould I have fatisfied fhee, P fa/.8 I. 0 that thot-t _badff heark_tned to my comman~ dcments, then had thy peace beene M a River, nnd thy r~ghteoufnef[e M the waues of the Sea Thy feed alfo been M the fand ,ana the offf}ring of thy bowels lik! the !!avell thereof: hu name· foould not have beene cut off, nor deffroyed ftom 6efore mee,Jja.48.18. · · _ .· 8.His merciful! almightindfe, in putting life and 8. The Infiniteneffe . lightfomendfe into the mofi: dead and darkefi: be art~ of hls P0:"cr tha~ can Seek§ him,faith the Prophet, that maksth the [even hcale ;~ll mfirmltle~. Starres and Orion,and tur.neth the jbadow of death into fhemorning,Amos.5 .8. · Suppofe thou fet~efi: thy felfe to feeke God~ face and favour ; and art prefently fet upon with this temptation:But alas ? My foule is fg blacke with finne, and darke witl1 forrow, that it is to no purpofe for me to proceed,&c. But. now iti this cafe,coniider, 'vho He is that thou feekefi:; it is Hee, that made ofnothing thofe.beautifull, i11i~ ning glorious confiellations; Orion and the PleiadeJ (and nothing in the world is darker then nothing.) Eee is Bee, that turneth the darkefi: midnight into the bright-ell mornu!g.&c. . 9· Chrifrs fweetel\:,dearefi:, moll melting invita~ 9; Chtifis Cvveetinvi:.._ tions of all truly troubled foules for finne, unto the tat!cm. . Well oflife, and their owne everlafiing wellfare. Come unto mee all yee that labour, andtlrtheavy laden; and I wifl.f,ive yo;.t re.ft ,tJ'v[at. II. 2 8. 0 Jeru(alem,I e.- ru_(alem, thou that kjlleff the Prophets,and flont~.ft them which ar.e fent unto theelflow qften wo~tld I have gathe~ · red ·
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