Horo warners fhould order their mourning. them in the ballance when this principle is laid at the bottom; So that good man in the $9 Pfa : from the S v. to the end, there we have a fad fiory,yet he begins with the mercy Of >od, and exalts the mercy of ..od in the firít place ; And having. raifed Faith to the very heavens in the exaltation of God, then he expatiates himfelfe. in his forrowes , and in the for- rowes of the Church : when the heart is ftabliihed in Gods love, in the Covenant,and in the. mercy of God, then we May expatiate our forrowes ; but before ever thou letteff out thy heart into forrow, be fure thou vieweft the love ofGod in th, firíi place : and in the close of he Pfalme, after that fad do- ry them reckoned up, he ,concludes, Blef f ed be God for eper- mere, and he puts two Aifeverations to Armen, and Amen As if fo bt he would have it taken notice of,ggod is good hither' beginning ; and though there be a bitter piece in the middle,. yet he concludes, BleJJéd be the Lords and would have it.-taken notice of by this Aileveradon, Amen, and Amen. So Iet Us reafon thus; My condition is very fad, and I knosy not alnmofI what to thinke of my felfe, but God forbid that' h ou hal1'. thinke hard thoughts of God ; No, ,Ile fay, yet is righteouí:perhaps you have feene the Saints fdffer hard things, for God and his caufe, and your faints begin to'rife perhaps,, and you begin to .Queftion the Faithfulneffe of God , and the Love of God towards his people ; ô God `forbid that this fhould be in any of you Remember there Scriptures, and let it be the conclufion of your hearts in the faddeft flare you canbe in, Bleffed be the Lord_ far ever, Amen, anrd.1lmen. Secondly, Be Pure to take notice of all the mercy thou haft from God in the afPiarons thou a t in Let not any of fliótion drowne tha mercy thou hail ; Ir is very fad many times to fee how one or two afrti &ions hinders the fight of many mercies that the Saints doe enjoy : A little thing will hinder the fight- of the eve; a penny, laid u,on the eve will keepe it trom beholding the Sim, or the Element, ?hove ; fo a' little af$iaion it darkens and hinders the foule, from seeing a multitude of mercies ; every little trouble da -kens God's mercies: live thould take heed of this, be fure to bring in "our mercies 117
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