56 General(direaioni for a Waitefor him. Moil bleffd , deare , and fweetell San flu., ary ! If the'Chrillian dye in that waiting !late, he fhali be certainely faved. For the holy Ghoft pronounceth him blued. In the deepe, andalmofl defpairing apprehenfions ofthine extremevileneffe, and, as it were, nothingnefle in grace, by apprehending that moil merciful' promife from Gods owne mouth, Ifai. 4;. 25. In thy perplexed and troubled thought-gbout retorne af- terbackiliding; by thofe comfortable encouragements, ¡ere. 3.i1,í2,13,14,22. Hof 14. 1,2,4. Indoubts of loving the love of God, and life of Grace; by confideration of thofe paflàges in Gods Booke, where it appeares, that the loveof God untohis child, in refpeft of tendernefle, and conflancy, is infinitelydearer then that of a moltloving mother to herlittle one, Ifaiab 4.9.15. tlronger then the ftonyMountaines, and Rockesof firm, Ifni. 54.1®; as conflant asthe courfes of the Sunne, andof the lvioone and of the Starres, and of the day, and of the night, ¡ere. ;r. 36. and 33. 29, nay,as f4re,as Godhimfelfe, Pfahs 33, 34, 35. In theHaile-formes of flanderous arrowes, and empoy: foneddartsof difgrace , by cleaving to molt glorious pro- mifes, I Pet.4.14. Matth.5.x t, In thevalleyof the fhaddowof death; by an afluranceof Gods mercifull omnipotent prefence, Ppd. 23.4. In the extremity and depth of fach defperate diftreffes, and perplexities; wltrein,in thy prefent feeling, thou canit fee, and findeno poffibilityof helpe from Heaven or Earth, God or Man; but art both helpelefhe and hopeleíle, as the Churchcomplaines, Lam. 3. IS. by fucll likeplaces as thole, Ifaiah33, 9,1o. 2 Chron.2o.12. gen. 22.14. Exod. 14.._13. Ppd. 7s, 65. In every thing; or any thing that fall, or can pofrbly; befall thee; profperity, or povertie; crofle, or comfort; calmneffeofcònfcience, or tempefls of terrour; lifeor death, 4cei By extrafting abundance ofunconquelablepatience,and
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