'- g .~Uttttiau ~tttr~ 99 a{h~si:·.~~tl · the_ Cent~~io~ }_u~~e~ hirhfelf n?t w~~thy that Clinit fi10uld come under hts_roof. Thus then a· .. baf~ th~f~lt. ,· Ldrd? · t ~fu hdt ~o~t~yto enjdy any' cbini mdfi.mer~y, ~Ot fit to .ltft tip mme~y~s td t?ee, lefs tho.n - lealftlf t\iy merct,es: behold, 1/arn vtle, I arrt not otUf;tleftithtedf merits, but full df demerits·. · Hell is riiy tqefere~. I'cah chall~ng~ · dothing as n1ine but fin, ahd · tlie frUits thereof; Lord,-I conderrihmyfelf,do not thou cbii'8~fh~ m~, and · ~aft ·rrre from th~~.- \. ' ., ''lh,' He,i~ · affecled w~th>Gods f~ithfulnefs in the per– form~_nte qf his promites; ackn·owledging the ~ruth of G&d ihewed to his fervad~. The,re is mercy in Gods~a~ king aptbhiite ra ~4~ra:/1am,Mic.7.2o . truth in maki~g ··. it gbod t9 ,:JacalJ. well then, with Jacob, thus plead: I Lo·rd; ·'ds I(tte, .tfiere was nothing of defert in tne ro ·l ~tigligf\ili~~, -~it~~r... t,o~a~eor kee_p t~y gracious pr(). mH~: But f~re·, tn.eword-ts gone from. thee, .yea anti notwit~ftaridingAllmtrreacheryatid ·unfaithfulnefs thou h~ft:-kepri-~ to ·this day : · Ohkeep it Hill, ·- it depends wh~ll y•on rhee ; _let·rtQt (nv vanity al,rer tne courfe of thy · mercy, but pardbn-and accept as tbQu haft done fr,brh -_my v£gypt untill bOW~ - . . .; ~ . ,. 7· · ~Jac1J~ further recounts his forrher meanhefs, his towconditidn : Wiih iny ftaff1p:affidovel- ihu Jtirdan, I came hither ,in a poor ·contemptible ~anner, a fbrry pilg·riin; : Thus db you pleacl, TjQtlt·itis, Lord; thy grace is abfolutel y_ f~ee:, . thert! , was\ iteirher wit not weaith to move thee to do what thou haA: done ; I can remeh1b~r the tiine,when I was as .forry ahd.filly a crea· ture,·as·.·was inall theE:buhhey; there was no 'eapadin rrie to do thee any retrtaHtable fervice, tfidu didft ndt let thy love upon me for any natunl ~r moral. ac– conipl~Ruijehts, even,fo Fttll~r b~caufe it ple~fe~ .t\ie~ _: and wtlt ~hon· now forfake me ? Thoumi-ghtel\ have dene tha~ at ~after rates. ' , • . . I "8. Here'sJkcob's ~tone·ofmemoria~ for·by-pall: and
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