through Natura 11 impogibilities. 187 ple ofGod ; bath not the Lord walked towards your Souks in an extraordinary way ? Hath notthe Lord faid concern- ing (Thrift , Hi* name fhall becalled wonderfull ? As you are known by your name , Richard, or Thomas, or yohn ; fo Chrift fhall be known by this name among his people, Wonderfull: working wonders. Hath not theLord faid, His way U in the deepe ? 'Beloved, Pfa 77.19 the Lords tvay is in the deepe , towards his people , and to- wards thewicked : towards his people, his way is in the deep when he walks towards them. Behold(faith he by the pro- phet leremy, , fpeakingconcerning the times of the Gofpel ) a new thing will Iworke Iwill do anew thing , a woman(hall comp,* a man; you reade it ;but as ('alv in reads it, AWo- man(hall lay Siege to a man. That is , the weaker (hall take thefironger. And, fayes the Lord, never tell me 'tis a new thing, and fuch a thing as was never done before , I'le never ftand upon that , I le doe things never done before, Liedoe a new thing ( faith the Lord ) I will lead you in a way that was never went , never troden before ; I'le doe a new thing. And when the Lord walkes in an extraordinaryway towards you, now his way is in the deepe . His way is in the whirle- Wind( fayes the Prophet ) Oh ! beloved, fhall we tye God to meanes then ? True, God bath commandedyou to ufe the meanes when you have them : But where hath God forbid- ' den you to truft inhim when you have no meanes ? Thus A- ; braham did, he confiderednot his own bodybeing dead, nor Sarah, wombe being dead; for this his faith is commended; So (hall you be. Oh I that our faith were right : Oh ! that we could learn to liveby faith , at a higher rate then ever yet we have done.. Time yet may come, for ought we k,noW, that you mayfindmore ufeof thispoint. But you will fay unto me , I am afraid I (hall prefume : truft inGod when all meanes faile , meanes for my foule, and meanes for my body, and meanes for my family truft inGod now I I am afraid I flail prefume : prefumption is a great finne. Marke. I (hall onely tell youwhat 'tis toprefume, (inan- I e./infre. A a 3 fwer Ira, 9.64 ler. 31.22,
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