-i34 - -j·_- . . .., -----· -~ -~----Tl?~Sdi~ts ,- i · 1 ~!#'ning-the fLa-iu::r ofdeath irttiJ tl:e m6,..ning: ancl the j 1 mfufing of heavenly light into our foules ' . and j theret,1pon well chinke the ltcond .as eaf1e ~s rhc: l firfi ; and fo have made acomfortable .conclnllon for thepoffibilkie. Pre[e.for thi~ purpofe, Amos 5' .8. . We might have hid thefetw~ to?ether; To /Jring honey 9ut ofthe rod:e, and o~le out of the flinty rocke, Deut.' 3z• 1 3.and the turningofourflony he1trtJ into hearts ofjle(h·, Ert.el!~ 36. z 6 andhaveacknowledged that they both ar~-equally eafie to the fame almigh.. ty arme. Weemight well have confidered, that it is a far greater worke to make h,eaven and earth, than to l put fpirituall life intoem.eofour foules. And hee . upon whomwee depend, madeheavenandearth. . Preffe here, Pfd. 146. 6. · In fuch an extremitie of helplefn:effe and hor-e~ · lefnelfe; in that tre!J)bling c;nd terror ofour hearts) we m·ght ha:ve called to mind to our comfort; that ,hewhich(}Jlttbttfhed a!ltheendJoftbet<Irtb, Prav. 30. 4· and h.1th hunl tbat mij.hty andmaf!Y hody upn11 m;– thinf_., fl)b z.6.7. can mofl: earily fray and eO:ablifh the mofiforl · audforukenfoule, evenfinkinginto the month of defpaire. Hee that {aid at firfi to theearrh., Stllnd fli!luponnothi>t.~, :md it never fiir– red fince the crearion,can npho1d and recover thine : heart in the depth of any-fpirituaii miferie ; even · when-,in the bicterne!feofthy fpirit, thou crieftour, My_r1rength andmyh8pe 1.5 peri{bedfrom theLo1d,Lam. _-3• I 8. · 4 His juftice. You know full well,·what con- · ceir
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