28 'TheSaints MHfcut onMat. · ·I 1 · Let us crim our lamps in the meane th1ae ,-sz.. • fi · · I ' .tr.te.our ptntual efl:ates-; and the rather becaufe · ;there are fo many foolifh virgins. F:·~~fiJfJ'I!tiN of ;t 2 Let us get familiaritie withGod before hand. .f:ath.pag.J·o;. • L k "l. , • f1. b .R.oUt~·c.on 1oh.p. · I 3 etus nowmohcertamlyagamut at time, . ~74· that judgement is given unto Chrifl:. ' ·, -~~~;::? hf~e I 4 Be much in·mediation-of heavenly joyesand . things ~~~cer- our everlafii~g abode there• . mf'ng thejoyes I 5Set thy felfe feriouOy& induflriouOy toattain 0 heaven fi 11 ffi A r:L. ' fi • h 1 h .. tr. • u a urance. mot:Jgll 10 mt e ps t erunto preue that place often upon thyconfcierice)Heb.6.I7)18. Thus much for the firfl: thing obtervablefrom the firfr paifage ofthis frorie. . · We come to a fecond, ofwhich more briefly. \ ?:>ea. 2. Mans extremity isGods opportunity. The Lord Go,fwill bee / will'be feene in the mount. Or thus, : feene in the h r; • mount. In·t e height and heat ofcruellefr per,ecutton , MH[c.inzuh. in the depth, and, as it were, the defreration of · pag·H7· greatefi danger, God is wont to improve his mer– cifull almightineffe for the deliverance of his chil– dren. Jfa. 33. 9, IQ. Thee~rth moarnetb andfainteth; Lebt~nrm is afhamed, .andhewen downe, Sharon is like 11 Jlildernejfe; and Bafhan is fhaken and Carmel. N1.w ~i!JI arifofaith the Lord, now wiUI be exalteJ,nowwt/J !lift up my felfo. Confider befides this remarkable Qorie, verf. r 2. The Ifraeli~es at the red fea, inAn... tiochsuhis time,&c. 88.Thepowder-plot. For privatemen, .Abrahamin the mount. Samp– fo~,ludg,.t).t2, 19. David, 1 Sam. 30. 6. . Forfpirituallfiraits, confider David, P[al. 17• Jo{,, Er.ekiM,&c. and now the Churches inGermttnJ. TheglorieofGods mercieand power is there- . . . by
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