_ ~ <ltlJ~·ttiatl ~tttr.' , Io) againll: us . .wicked 11nen fin io fecret, let us 1nourn in fecret ; yea they fin 'openly, I.et ~s . ~ lameQt privately. The truth ts, fe2 Kmg:J 17· 9· ,Cret fins may undo aNation,except the cry of the Saints fecrer pr.ayers be louder than thecry of wicked1nens fe– cret!ins: Oh fall to it. Arif"e 1 cry out in the ni:.rht, in J' . c':> the beginning of the watches pottr ott_tfthine heart li~ lva~ :ter before th·eface ofthe Lo~d-Lam. 2. I 9· / 7·Would you not have your own fecret fins f~t in the .light of God:s cou.ntenance? Pfal. 90. 8. then repenc andpray alone, humbleyour fouls in fecretJor your fe .. cret fir1s. ·Are you not conici'ous tq your ·fei ves of rnuch fecret guilt? Anddoth not God expect"that y-ou fhould 1 fet your felve.sto,mourn over then1, and cry 'to God for . pardoning grace in Jecr~t ? Do you . not know that .God will bring ~very Eccl. 1 2 • 1 3· ~ecre~t thing to light in the great day of'accounts? Nay, God ma)' punifh you openly, ·as he . . . dfd D"z'Vid for his fecret fin. \Vell ' 2 Sam. 12 • l 2 • ' . . then, ~nticipate that fad fevere judgment., by judging yo~r felves, and deprecatinghis righteous judgrnent: I tnay fay to thee,Soul.,as Solomon befpeaks Shimei.,Thou · ktioweft all the wickednefs which thy heart is pr~vy to: and where are thy prayers., and tears, and gron.nings in fecret ? Oh., firs., if others fins draw you nor to fecret Prayer-;let yo,ur own,which may afford matter of abun~ dant grief in your Clofets and retiren1ent. · 8. Would you not prevent and ci'rcurpvent wicked mens fecret plots? Be iurc then, ·you undermine them by fecr:et Prayer. Wicked men lje in rvait fecretly as a Lyon in his den, to catch the poor and pr 'I 6 d h . , I 8 ~a . 4· r, ~' 4, 5. mur er t e znnocent, Pia . 10. , 9· • . .And now what courfe· is to be taken for ptevenrmg thefe horriddefigns? Alas, we have no other reniedy, but the ancient Chrifrians weapons.,Prayers and Tears; ; theie may break their nets, and·blunt their \Veapons; :- H 3 / t>ooJ I' *· ,/' . • ....,
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