Mofes his Se1fe-deniall. 137 In thischapáer we have many excel- lent fruits offrith i b enabling the wer- chies of theLord to doe great things; but fcarceany fo great as this, toenable to that f lfe-delyal! that here is recorded ofMofes. It wayfaith thatcarried Abra- hamand all the P<.triarkes through their troubles. Davidin all his troubles ex- ercifes hisfaith, and findes hrlpe by it; hence we havea molt retnarl(able place in the 18 Pf4. v. 2. wherehe bleffcth'' God fordeliverance from all his ene- mies:he fhcwes whet it was carried him through al the troubles hehadby them, namelyhisfaitbpitched uponGod : for in that one verfe he bath nine feverall exprtf ons,to PhewGod to be the full Qbjet of his flit=-', in the times ofall his d ftreífes;as, Firfthe is ehovah.Second- ly,\he is my recke. Thirdly,he ismyfor- 'trefe. Fourthly, he ismy deliverer. Fifth - ly,hc is my God.Sixfhly,heis myfirength. Seventhly, he is my Buckler. Ei'_:htly,he is che borneafmyplvation. Lally, heis my highrawer. And as he hath truiled in him, fo in the fame verfe, he refolves totrug Xn himftif: for fo he faith, my God, m f revgth, inwhom Iwilling', The , C
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