Chap. 7. As Expofttion span the nook of , OB. Verf 216 693 from thee, Iam iockt up within iron--gate; and bare, what wnuldeg'. thou have me do unto thee? Thou mayefl put what condirìcna tb,u pleafefl upon me , I muf}. ¡ubtnit. Such language we have, ( Lam. 3. 5, 3, ) which may illufirate this, He bath budded again jl me, and campaffed me with gall and (ravel , he hat hedged me about that I cannot get eue , he barb made my chain heavy. Y he (peaksof God (as we may (peak with reverence ) as of the Mailer of a Prifon , who faith to his under-officers, there is Euch a one , look to him well , make his chain heavy, ghat he may not get away, put him in a place, where there is a .prong wall , leali he break prifon. The fence of the word makes Pb (peaking like Jeremy, He bath bonded againfl me, he bath compajfed me about, be bath made my chain heavy upon me. But the fecond fence,according to the letter of our Trat fl tti- on,is more clear and apt, O thou preferver ofmen! Thou,who keep- ell man, leali he take hurt or fall into danger ; As if yob had 6e. fpoke God, thus, Thou arc the Saviour and Prote&ur of men , thou haft not only given man a being, but thou providefl for his wel l-being: thou art a preferver of our outward elates, and a pre. (crver of our fpiritual eftattssa God,in whomwe live, move , and haveour being,as well,aswe receive being, life, and motion from thee ; and therefore feeing Inch is thy nature, and this thy office, to be a preferver of men, what wouldfl thou have me to do unto thee ? Why doll thou thus deflroy me,and break me in pieces ? Why doff thou follow me withafiii Lion upon affíiEiion, till E amutterly ruin'd and undone Thus Jacob (Gen. 28. 15. If thou wilt keep me in the way that I goall go, he makes a vow to God , and indents or articles with God to be kept and preferved by him, The word there is Thonier, but that and this are ufed promifcu- oufly, as Pfal. 121.4. The keeper of lfrael , I the word of the text, and Pfal. 31.2 3. The Lord preferveth the faithful ; he pre- ferveth them, from the reach of dangersand troubles incompaf- fing themon every fide. -So then in this title,we have thework and office of God held forts, the fecond aft of his plwer. The fitti is the aft of creation, the fecond is thisa(l of prefervation or.providence. Prefervation or trovidenceis a continuedCreation. Obferve frotn-this title; Fitfi. .Manwants a prof/mgr. If God having made man, and fet Tt t t 2 him la t. ti. 9
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