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121

Go

fpel

Re?n

fsion.

to your

own

hearts

again

and

again,

to

get

it

fure,

that

you

love

Chrift,

and

that

Chrift

loves

you.

3.

Thirdly,

Let

me

fpe4

to

fuch

as

fin

after

pardon

,

it

may

jafily

provoke God

to

deal with you,

though

he

do

not

take

away

his

everlafting

love

;

yet

to

deal with

you as

a

Slave

rather

than a

Child

;I

mean,in following

you

withfore and

hea-

vy

cha,

flifements,though

he

may fave

your

fouls at

laft, yet it

may

caufe

God

to

meet

you with

fuch

fore

and

evil

things

in

this

world,

that

for

that

(loath and fluggifhnefs

of your hearts

you may pay

dear

for

it,

before you

die

;

truly

fo

may be

the

dealings

of

God with

his

own

Children

whom

he

par-

dons, Ter.

2.

14.

God

is

fpeaking there to

his

own people

:

Is

Ifrael

a fervant

?

Is

he

a

home

-born

(lave

?

and

at verf. 18.

What

haft

thou

to

do

in

the

way

of

Egypt

?

fo

thou whom

God

bath

heretofore

received to

mercy

and

pardon

;

but

thou

haft

walk'd

fo,

that Gods

ways

to

thee

feem

to

be fuck

as

it

may

be

laid,

Is

this man or

woman

a

fervant

?

Is

he

a

home

-

born

flave

?

God

fpeaks

it

with

pity,

Ifrael

is

my

dear

Son

;

How

comes

it

to

pafs

that

he is

as

a

home

-born flave

?

What,

is he

a

fervant, and brought into

fuch

a

condition

as a

fer-

vant

or

a

llave

?

What

is

the matter

?

Why

?

he

is

in

the way

of

Egypt

;

fo

it may

be

Paid

to thee

who

walkeft

in

the fenfu-

al

drowffinefs

of

thy fpirit

;

Haft thou

not

been in

the

way

of

Egypt?

Are

thy

ways fuch, that Gods dealings with thee are

as

if

thou wert

a

fervant,

and

a

home

-born

flave

?

Where

is

that

filial

ingenuous

fpirit

of

thine, that

God

is

fain

to deal

with

thee

as

now

he Both

?

4.

Again,thou

that

finneft

after

pardon,

thou

comeft

to

ag-

gravate

thyfins

more

than

the

fins

of

the wicked,

in

fame

regards;

thofe

that

are

wicked,

and

go

on in

their

vile ways

againft

God,

you

cry

out

of them

as

wretched creatures, bate, filthy

,

drunkards, (wearers, lyars,

falle

men and

women

in

their

dealings,

fuch

as

are

not

to

be

dealt

withal

in

the world

,

you

think

thefe

are

wicked

;

but

you that

fin

after mercy

,

your

fins

have

an

aggravation

upon them beyond theirs for

they

never

knew what

Gods

Tweet

pardoning

mercy meant

;

they

never heard

God

fpeak peace

to

their

fouls ,

as

thou

haft to thine

;

they

never had

the

ferret

Vifitations

of Gods

Spirit,