through "Natural! 1 171 My Lord , andMy God; it came out of doubting. ATree that flands after fhaking , flands the molt firmly : Affurance after doubting is the ftrongeft Affurance, fureft Affurance. As 'cis the greateft Mercy ; fo I fay, it (hall be the fureft Mercy, if ever the Mercy rife. And then againe , Laftly : As the fureft , fo it {hall be the 3. fweeteft Mercy. The children of /froze/ , they had whole fome meat, and water , and drinke : but the fweeteft water was that , which they had afterno water : water out of a rocke, that was like hony : And a Mercy that comes out of a rocke , that comes from out of the fentence of death , from under death ; it fhall be the fweeteft Mercy. You know what the Father of the Prodigal( fayes , when his fon was come home : he cals his friends together : Come ( fayes he) Luk andmake, merry With me ; for this my fon 731,45 dead , and is now z. alive : Cals his friends together, and fpeaks thus unto them. So (hall it be with the Soule, when the Mercy loft, is found, when the Mercy dead is raifed : then the Soule (hall call in his friends ; Come , 0my friends ; Come , i le tell youwhat the Lord hath done for my Soule : here, here is a Mercy dead, and 'Cis now alive : Come , make merry with me, 0 my friends; this my Affurance it was even dead, and 'tis now alive : Oh 1 this Veiling , this Bleffing it was dead; but 'tis now alive : Come and make merry with me , 0 my 'friends ; forthis Mercy was dead, and 'cis now alive. Thus I fay : if this Mercy rife that hath the fentence of death upon it ; it (hall be the greareft Mercy ; it {hall be thefureft; and it {hall be the fweeteft Mercy , that ever you had in all your dayes. And therefore, who would not wasteupon the Lord ? who would not waits upon the Lord , when the fen- tence of death is put upon the Mercy, and upon all the meanes that do lead unto it? Oh 1 my beloved in the Lord; that youwould but poffeffe your hearts of this one Truth ,1 this Mercy : how quiet would your Soules be under all the diftempers , and the troubles of the time ; Natimall diftem- pets, Terfonall diftempers. When you look upon the troubles that are abroad ; yet your hearts would be quiet, and you Y 3 would.;
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