243 GODS ESTEEM O F THE DEATH O F H I S SAINTS. PREACHED At the Funeral of Mr. fohn Moulton, of Hargrave, at Bunbury in Che/btre. . By S.T. SERMON XX. Pfal. n6. is. Precious in thefight ofthe Lord, is the deathofhii Saints. He Pfalm was compofed by David, to be an acknowledge- ment of that favour and grace of God , which himfelPhad , experienceof at fome time orother; but when or what the particularoccafion of it was,we are uncertain. Some refer it to that efcape which he made when Saul and his Troops had compafedhim about, upon thedifcovery ofthe zphitet, s Sam. 23. z6,27,28. Others becaufe7erssj 1em is mentioned in the Pfalm, and lerufa/cm at that time of Saul was not built , as they cone ude well againit the time of the penning ofit ; fo they find alfo another oce firm, his efcape from e"Ibfolam, and that great plot, z Sans. 15. 14. Others include alfo his ípiritual ConfliEfs , his combatings with Gods wrath, andhis delpairs becaufe ofhis fins,together with force fiekneffes aid ftrong difeafes, accompanied with griefs, and anxieties ofmind ; In all which he found I i a God
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