derthe very fame Covenant with them ·? Are hot pro.: tnifes the fame? Is there not ·the.fame Mediator? Lor4, I ·come to thee in aCovehant-t:elation for a Covenant· mercy, and wilt thou deny me? , I 3. He pleads tt warrant for his undertaking, 'appeal– ing to God that he was in hi( way, faying, The Lord '--' which faidft unto me, Return into thy Country: Oh with wnat incourag~merif may th~foul plead for ,_atliil:ance and protection, tfiat is in_Gods y:ay and·work.; accord– ing to his own appointment ? Thus then plead, Lord, haft l!Ot thou fer me ·about this work_?Hafi: thounot gi– ven me a charge ro 'do what I do? Have I not aplain pofitive Scripture-warrant to bind my confcience _? I dare not do other\viie: I may fay,If I be d~ceived,thou haft deceiTed me, but I am fur~, plain Texts are no cheats,I.cannot otherwife underfl:and fuch aC9inman~: . and oh my God,firice thou ha~ thus ingaged t11e in .thy work,wiltthou fuffer me to ·m~fcarry therein.? . -4· He pleadsapariicular promife, f will deal well 'ivith thee: Surely a corriprehenGve word, ,containing in it all that 1aco~ wanted. Thus muft a Chriftian fearcli · the Scriptures; get hold of a prorriife, fpread it oefore' I the Lord, whether for fpiritual grace,inward <:omforr, or _ ou~ward fupply, flS th~s: lord, I find a pro~if~ ia fuch a place, __to a perfon tn my very cafe, pat and per– tinent to my very condition,as ifit had been calculated ,purpofely for me in this juncture; now Lord, mak.e it good to my Soul,and Seed.; thou haft made it good to' others in my fi:ate, and whynot to me ? Am not lan heir of promife? And muft not l have a fhare I therein? · - . ) 0 1 acQb layshimfelf under th~ fenfe of liisown ~n~ ... worthinefs, I am not worthy.,_ faith he, of the leAft ofall ' thy mercii~. This is the property and .excellency Qf a Saint, to rtullifie himfelf, and omnifieGod, as I may fo fay: thas .Abr11ham ~n his pleading callshimfelfduft and
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