Mofeshù Sefe-deniall, for the preferir, the foule apprehendsas ifitwerealready there:many in the hor- roar oftheir fpirits havecryed out that they were in help. Francis Spira in the defpaire of his foule cryedout, verily defperation is hel4 it felf. Soonthecon- tl ary,faith bringsheas/en into the foule puts it asir were into heaven, fo that, many of Gods people upon their lick beds, when theyhave beenput inminde of heaven, theyhave joyfully ar&wer- ed, thatthey were in heaven already. Faith l,kewife makes ufe of thins paff, as if theywereprefent as the anci- ent P,ercies of God fhewed to o .r fo e- , fathers, and Gods former dealings with our (elves. As HO ¡2. 4themercyof r God to Iacob, when he wreffled with himandprevailed, the`hurch makes ufe ofir, as if it were a prefent mercy to themfelves, for fo faith the text, he had power over the "noel, and prevailed ; he wept andmade fiiepylieation unto hive; he fondhim inBethel,and thereheefpake with lrs: no onlywith /A b, but with uI whatfoever mercy God fl'iewed 70 him, wemake itoïcri, as it God were fpeaking *at us, and Pfal. 66, 6. fePaned the ta into
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