9 / 186
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 a
wretch
as~·
.
.
.
My
dear
C
bildren, call to mind the former Days and
rears
of
ancient Times:
~member
alfo your Songs in th6t
Nigpt,
and
eommune
with
ypur owp.
Hearn,
Pfa-l. 7
3.
~ ~
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~r
your Terrors
of
Confl:ience,
and
Fear of
,Delfth
and
Hell:
Remember
a/1
your Tears
and
Ptay~rs
to God;.
rea,
how
you
fighed
under
every
Hedge of
Merq.
Ha-ve
r?lf
·never
an
Hi~
Mizar
to
~m(mber
?
Have
you
forgot...
t~e
Clofl:,
an·d
Mzlk·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,
if
you
a
1
c
..
to Blafpheme,
if
Jou are
down in Defp.;.ir,
if
yo
w,
Go!. fights
ag~infi
you, or
~~
Beaven .is bid from your
,
remember,
u
was thus
wttbyour
Father;
but
out
o~
all the
Lord delivetethme...
A 3
1 &oUld.