64. Mr. Jenkins's Prayer after Sermon. that apoor wormwas fpeaking to the ear; Blefs them in their Basket, and their Store:but efpecially in their Souls,let themgrow Heaven-ward; every one that bath Dreada Bill beforey,do thou read them,& be aprefent help according to their feveral wants and neceffities. 0 Godpardon all ourfns, bottle our tears, rebuke. the Tempter, reform our lives, and laveour fowls that by all there enjoyments we may be the more fittedfor an immediate un-interrupted enjoyment of thy felf in glory, whereas there ,(hall be no more tears in our eyes, neither (hall there be any more /7n in our fouls; thefe and whatever elfe thou in thy wifdomfees nectrary andgood for us,wemo, t hum- bly beg in the name, and for the fake of our dear andbit:fled RedeeMer Je- fus Chriii the Righteous, for whomweblefs thee, to him ,together with "thy felf, and God the holy, and ever- bidedSpirit the Comforter, we &lire to be enabled to render, as we acknowledge to be me due, all honour, praife, power, might, majefiy and dominion, from to, andall thine, now andfor evermore. Athen. +0.44444+444444444..40+:44444+4440+44-1444 Mr. s Afternoon S ERM0N. Exod. 3. 2, 3, 4, 5. And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the rnidit of a Bulb, and he looked, andbehold, the Buff') burned with fire, and the Bulb was not confumed. And Moles faid, Iwill now turn afide and fee this great fight, why the Bulb is' not burnt. And when the Lordfaw that he turnedafide to fee, -God called unto him out of the Inidit of the Bujh, and faid, Moles, Moles: Andhe faid, Here am I. And he faid, Draw not nigh hither : put offthy .fhoos from off thyfeet, for the place whereon thouflandej is holy ground. y ET us take a fhort viewof the foregoing Verfes:& that this may I be the more ufeful and profitable tous,we may take notice,That as in the former chapter, there is defcribed Mofes prefervation to his future employment : fo in this chapter, there is defcribed his preparation, and his fitting for that employment, i. e. by a Vifion, or rather alititable Apparition, in which God dilcovered unto Moles his care of his people, of whomMoles was to be a fpeedy deliverer : You haVe here in the words read unto you, the preparation afford- ed to Mofes, for the great work of being called to be Ifrael's deli- verer; and in this preparation, you may take notice of there three principal parts. I. An Apparition that is here prefoted to the view of Moles, A burning, though not a confunied Bulb. 2. Moles care to obferve it, Iwillturn afide and fee thisgreat fight, why the BO is not burned. And then, 3. Gods
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