-.· Jo~le-e--;(aitfi/ihuiiiiliation-:-~~ - I - founded aBdcrufued for ever ; as all thofe that ~ri- \ · umphed over and trampledupon the Lord l>f hfe .. 1 Oh ;thrice bleffed then:> and incomparably hap- i Vfe 3. ·py is rheireftate, wh<::> havipg renou!Kedthe arme . ' offleth, the wedge of gold, the fadmg fplendour ofthe moft imperiall crownes, ~11 the rotten pillars ofhumane felicities, clotingdependance~ upon the . worlds minions ; in aword, the whole power and. poff1bili'tie ofman,whofeglory isbur fOame, whole frrength is but rotrenneffe, whofe bravery is bnt dull: ; I fay, whohavingdifdaimed thefe broken tl:avesofreed,are repofed with afweec-la·Hrong and ev.erlaiHng fafetie, under therocke ofeternicic. If -thou bee!uch; bee more than infinitely confident, rhou fhalt fhorrly bee more than~onquerour, and triumphantly trample upon the face and furie ·of I the proudetl: deviU, whether incarnate or in his owne fhape. And in the meMte time afihre thy felfe, . ·eodwill bea Godnigh ath~tnd -unro thee, to take an oppormnitie to glorifie himfeife in all thy ex- , 'tremicies and difficulrks. · · . Theexerci(eandotdinanceoffafting, is a very . DoEI. 3· excellent meanes, andGngularly p9werJull to -pre- , Th:,power q( ·vaile with God extraordin_arily. It is a fp~ciall \ fa!hng• . meanes tomoveGod to dehverus.ouroffuch mexnicable frrmts, and·exrremefl:- .dangers. · See how pow.crfull thisordinancehath beene. 1 F.or obtainingfome fpeciaU good, N ehe~. I. 4· n. Ezr. 8. 21. E_flh. 4· ·I~. 48. q. 3· and 14.13. 1 Forremovingevilloffin, A,fi.9·9· II· 1 Sam, 7• 6. Ezr. 9· 3· 6. and to.. 6./J#d. 2 o. 2 6. Nehe. -;. 12. 3 Forremovingevillofpunifhment. . ' I Imminent
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