The Preface. that Day, and that Hour, in whiciJ h~ firfl did me~t wi'h Grace ; for he found it [upported hzm. Wh.en G~d b!'d · broughtthe Cbildren of lfrael out of the R~d-Se_a, j.1~ tn– to the TFildernefs; yet they muft turn 'q_J)tte aboz~t tbtther agaiN,. to remember the 4rowninf? ~f rhei~ J!.n.em_ies there, Numo. 14. 2)· for thougiJ theyf ..mg h_ts Praife bejore,. yet they foon forgot his l-Vorks, Pfal. 106. 1 I,c 12. In this ·Difcour{e of mine, .rou may fee much; much, I faJ, . of the Grace ~f God towards me: I tbank God,! can count it much; for it was above my Sins, and Satan's Temptations 100. I can remembe~ mJ Fears, and Dou~ts,., ami fad Months, with Comfort ; they are as the ,Head ~f Goli<rh in mJ E-land: Tbere was nothing to David like . Goliah's Sword, even that Sword that Jbauld have hee't .,, Jbeathed in his ·Bowels ; for tbe very fight and remem· !' '. brance of that did preach forth God's Deliverance Ul him. Oh, the P~rp.embrance of my great Sins, of my 1 ' great Temptati~s, f~ld ~f rttj grea~ Fears of Peri.fhing fqr_ , evc:r ! They brmg .rrejh m~o my N1md the R.._emembrance of _ mJ great Help, my great Suppor' from Heaven, and the great. Grace that 'God extend~d to jiu·h awretch as~· . . . My dear Cbildren, call to mind the former Days and rears of ancient Times: ~member alfo your Songs in th6t Nigpt, and eommune withypur owp. Hearn, Pfa-l. 73. ~ ~ 6, 7, 8, 9, 1 o, 1 1, . 12. rea, lopk diligem!J, and leave no Corner therein unfearcb'd ; for that is 1reafure hid, even tbe Tr.eafure of ~our firjf and fecond Exn perience of the Grace of· God towards you. Re– m~mber, I fay, the word that firft laid hold upon you: Rememb~ryour Terrors of Confl:ience, and Fear of ,Delfth and Hell: Remember a/1 your Tears and Ptay~rs to God;. rea, howyou fighed under every Hedge of Merq. Ha-ve r?lf ·never an Hi~Mizar to ~m(mber ? Have you forgot... t~e Clofl:, an·dMzlk·houfe, and Stable, thfl Barn, and. tJ;e ltke, ~'here God did vifi~JOur Souls ?,R...emcmber alf~ the ord, the Word,_I ]ay, upon which the Lord h4th caufed ·ou to E-Iope : If JDU harpe fini1ed again//- Lif!,ht, ifyou a 1 c .. to Blafpheme, ifJou are down in Defp.;.ir, ifyo w, Go!. fights ag~infiyou, or ~~Beaven .is bid from your , remember, u was thus wttbyour Father; but out o~ all the Lord delivetethme... A 3 1 &oUld.
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