3s3 T H E RIGHTEOUS MANS Reif¡ng-place O R A Fence againíl Vnneceílâiy Fears: SERMON XXVII. Gen. rs. I. After thefe things, the st ordoftheLordcameto Abraham, frying: Pear not Abraham, 1 amthy /hield, andthyexceedinggreat remärd: l-3e tender mercy of God is fern in nothing more , than in filifìing his own people , for he proportions his chaliife- ments, not to our delerts, but to our firength: and you fhall ordinarily obfcrve, where Almighty G0 D layes a heavy affil: Pion, he gives an extraordinary affifiance ; when he leads any of his people through a hot fire, he is with. them in an extraordinary manner. e I This holy Saint (Abrabam) as he was the Father of the Faithful; fo he was á pattern to all the faithful inboth thefe, both in his tryals, and in Gods afíif}ance. There was never any man called to more trials than he: to leave his Country, andhisKindred, andhis Fathers hotife ; and after to facrifice his own Son.- And there was never anyman more aflilied from God ; as we fee hi thofe many apparitions that God itouchfafed him : Comfortinghim,fometimc in Dreams and Vifions. Sometimes he appeared to him in an admirable and .moft friendly' manner, talkingwith him, asa man Bothwith hisFriend. One of themare in this Chapter ;, The Lordappeared to Abrahams, anal comforted him in themidi}of his tryals and troubles. S f Where 1
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