Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

116 Mores his Selfe-denied, mer dealings with our lelves, when all fehreof Gods mercies faile, th ,t Gad fr.ernes to be as an enemy, Faith will fetch Life from his former mercies, as if rhe'.: were now prefe.n,t; as we ice iri David, Frt, 77, 5,6. dhavecor fitredthe dayesv f o°d, th eyeere , ofancieflt time.: Icall reremembrancemyfang in the nighe , &c. And verf. io. Iraid, this ismy infirmity, but I trill remember theyeeres of right handof the well High. He checks himlelf for doubtingof Godsmercies, becaufe of i' is former mercies, and he recovers hiifelfeby bringing to tninde the for - n cr dealings cf God with them: So Ffal. 143.45. Davids fpirit was eveno- verwhelmed within Lirn, and his heart was defolate, yet he recovers himfelfe, by remcmbring the dayes ofeld, and by Meditating upon Godsforty er workcs. Now in c ofFFaith this orke what a.- bu"darce of fi rength doth it bring in from all the merciesofGod to our fore- fathers ; from all the pronIfes made ro any godlymer, th -Augh never fo long ince i f rosi all Go s for:r;er dealingsw his goods dJe, and makes all there as pteient to r s ? ti;ìs mutt needs wonder _2 fully

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