lól T R Y A L SINCERITY, O K T H E DESIRE FAITHFUL. SERMON XV. Ifaiah 26. 8, 9. Tea, in the wayof thy fudgements, O Lord, havewe waited for thee : the defire ofcurfoul is to thy Name, andto theremembrance ofthee. With my /ul have Idefired thee in the night : yea, With myfpiritwithin me, pill Ifeek theeearly: for whenthyjudgements are in the earth, the inha- bitants oftheworld, will learn righteone/i. HisChapter is a fweet Songof theProphtc,(ifI miltake not) concerning the reftauration of the fees. And the wordsof the Text, are the fweet Swan-like Song ofour decesfcd Si- fter, which the defredmight be her Funeral Song, her Fu- neral Text, at this time ; and defaced it long ago, before a- ny thing, this is now fallen out, come toinfs.. And I have accordingly pitched upon it not only to fatisfiè her define in a jolt thing : but efpecially,becaufe Iapprove her choice of a fit Text ; there being not in the whole Scripture, a portion that will afford afitter Charafter (in my apprehenfion) for her perfon: as you thall understand in the dole, to which therefore ILIA defer the (peaking to the prefent oecaion. The
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