1726. MR THOMAS BOSTON'. 36)3 to fini(h that work which I had good reafon forne time to fear I might never feen the end of. M, April 25. Monday. From that 125th of March aforefaid, I have been endeavouring to know whàt I (hail donext, and, -to lay that matter before the Lord. And this morning, being in Etkdalemoor, where I preached yefterday, in the laigh room in the manfe there, having had the matter aforefaid much at heart before the Lord in fecret, it fell in order, as being abroad, that I read Pfal. lxxi.in the Hebrew original : and it pleafed the Lord fo to thine upon the latter part of it particularly, that from verf. 14. to the end; it was made molt fweet to me, and encouraging, towards the matter of writing the effay on the accentuation in Latin, and the low circumftances I was then brought into in re- fpe&of bodily weaknefs. [Nota, I have now (Sept. 12. 1727.) got much of that féripture made out to me, I' verily expe& to get more ; particularly that.word of it, verf. 21. V.'ruissonsí T'xAHH' MAN I : Thou (halt wheel roundabout, [and]comfort me, has 'tuck much with-me ever lince that time.] So on the mor- row, taking fome time in fccret at home, upon that matter, I came to this refùlution, viz. That I could neither enter on re- viling and writing over my notes on the covenant Of grace, which I would fain do ; nor yet go on in the effay on Genef s ; but venture on putting into Latin the effay on the accentuation : fence it appears, that while this is not done, that want is a graveftone upon what I have done already both upon the accents and the text ; and that this will be the molt diffufrvely ufeful. From whence I gathered, that the Lord calls me to effay that. now : and I am not without hopes of his pity, and hisaffording me ftrength for this new and unexpe&ed work. Accordingly on the Wednefday April. 27. I began to wr e the effay forefaid in Latin. And as I went on, I read for .thing of Cicero, in my leifure-hours, for the language, and noted in a book force terms and phrafes, taken from him, and others ; particularly out of Calepin's di&ionary, Which Providence had in the year 1724 laid to my hand, when I knew not for what ufe it was defigned. And to this colle&ion I had frequent re- courfe, while I wrote that book ; and found it tobe of good ufe to me. I had formerly, upon occafion of appearing in print, done the fame as to the Englifh tongue ; by which means my ftyle, that I had been c relefs of before, was now fbmewhat refined.. But, this year, the courfe of admini{)ering the facranient of our Lord's f'upper was interrupted, through a.difórder in the eldership, and my wife's heavy cafe, meeting together. Mean while, after clofing of the former fubje&, I entered on Chritt's titles, If. ix. 6. " For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given, ,and the government {hall be upon his Ihoulder : and his name fha11 he called Wonderful, Counfellor, The mighty God,
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