1730. MR THOMAS BOSTON. 393 beingmuch in the like cafe as before the communion ; confider- ing I had the fame God to go to, and the fame Mediator ftill ; I renewed the . petitions in her behalf : s'and ere long a fier, I heard the Lord had pitiedher. And Providence now appearing to be in motion, according to the words contained in Pfal. lxxi. I was hopeful, my wife's turn therein, would come about at length. That afternoon I received the ten guineas above men- tioned, by the hand of thebearer who the day before had brought me the letter. Together with the faid letter T received another, from my Lord Grange, direéted to Mr Hogg, defiring him to acquaint me, concerning a hook, intitled, Biblia Hebraica accentaata ; five, Çodicis Hebrmi, accentuum rediis collufìrati, ultra bis mille fpecimina, &c. : opera et curis M. Georgii Chrifloph. Päfhfëltü, Lip/iice 1729 ; where and how I might get it, if I defired it; and chewing, that if, after feeing of it, I defired to communicate thoughts with the author, perhaps a way might be fallen on for that effe&. Hereby it Teemed to me, that Providence was at this time at work to diffufe that light, making it to arife from very diftant quarters ; the more to be regarded, that there were never perhapsfo formidableattacks madeagainft revealed religion in Chriftian countries, as at this day. What fpare time I had that week, was entirely fpent on letters. What part of Tuefday I was able fo to employ, was fp t in ferolliug a letter to Sir Richard Ellys ; and yet I was notable fo to of ea it : my God thus humbling me, and teaching me my dependence, and what a niece nothing I am without him. Howbeit, taking a diet of catechifing on the morrow, I wrote my letter to Sir Richard on the Thurfday, Dec. 31. a copy whereof is in retentis (fee the appendix) ; and alfo begun a very long letter to Mr G. On Friday, Jan. 1. 1731, I entered, in purfuance of my for- mer fubject, on a new text, 1 Pet. v. 6. " Humble yourfelves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time." And I was let into the meaningof being " under the mighty hand of God," new to me namely, that it mainly points at that inferiority to, and dependence on others, which God bath appointed for mens trial, now in this world ; the which is to be wholly taken away at the end of time''`. When I had almoft ended my ftudies, there arrived from Selkirk an exprefs with letters from Edinburgh and London. One of thefe was from Sir Richard Ellys, dated Dec. 16. 1730. See the appendix. Thefe letters did, leifurely, as before, fill me with comfort and thanlifulnefs. The friendlinefs, opennefs, and favourinefs of Sir Richard's, were really furprifing, notwithstanding all the favour he had {hewn me before : and I could not mifs to admire Ar See the Sermons on the crook is the lot,,edit. 1737, p. 76. 3C2
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