.. .. .. . - , ~ \ :P.• I ' . I tln• eft in trepida mihi re Medicina Jehov~; CDr Patri~m, os verax, om11ipoten[~ ·mllnm : H.ence it was that holyD11vid difcl~ims all the ~orId , and faith, he hath none in Hea'tlen, or earthbeftdes God, Pfalm7J· 2.c;, 2.6. and when all was gone he had ftil a fufficient portion in the abfence or oppofition of all the world; lienee it is that the Saints have been like m~unt · Zi(};,, and remained impregnable in themidfl: . of waves, being fetled upon the Rock ot 4· ges: 0 Sirs, could youaccount God your ex· ceeding Joy , how fweetly and chearfullie would you go to his Alr~r upon all occafivn!, Pfa(m 4S ·4· And if you layupyour comfor~ inGod,you may know where to finde ic vyhen you have loft it, and nonecan take your joy, be~aute .. they can,not rake your God away fromyou : ThAt's the firtt : , · .z~ Lay the firefsof your Comfort on fre~ G.riice in juftiftc~tion : here only is the fpring - of all 'your comf.Jrr, Rom. c;.I. heing jnftifiet/, 6j ,f~itli ·we ha71e puece with Go4-Yea, peace - w-ithin, :in our own confciences' for we glorJ in tribHlatirms, ver.3. Gratuitous jufHficacion is thegteund of ciH Con!olation : ~hrifrs 'righ- ,te.Oufneffe imputed' is the fweeteO: word iLl. ~l~ the ,Scriprures, which is ten times repeated in ~o!».t .4• thoughPapifis make a mock of it; · let' Prore!l:at1ts make muchof it, it is the fwee:– tefi Flower in our '(;~rden,the JAchz:n andBo~~ ot our Gofpel·Temple , the·Ladaer w~ere~ . opon foules afcend to Heaven, our onlycom· · - ·. - · fort · .)
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