I I I SuhjeEls for holy thoug'h,s: ijj .. .mifes, Threatnings, Examples. are fprinkled ', · up and ~own in this bldfed B9ok ! Op t~c; . Antiquity, AuthoritY, Excellency. ·~nd Effi,~ · cacy, _Pq.wer and Puri·cy, Perte6l:ionan'd fuf- '• · ·liciency, verity and per_petuityof the facrc:d .Bible ! Methinks when 1tak~ up ·this holie Book, I take wonders intomy bands , ·and when I lookwJtbin it I meet wich · Myfteries~ that the ·wHdome :of the greatefi CJarks can' ~ever reacb, ·. and yet the 'meanefl: cipacity by_· · . ~he help of that Spirit which .indited them) · maywade 'this deep toard of divine fecrets·: how plainly held forch fherein areneceffary truths and du'ties that lead the foul to God r 'and e~ernal happinefs ! How famili~rly an~ - · affe6honately dotb God converfe Wtth man therein-? how pat andproper tomy ft~cearc ~he precious Promifes in ~hefe .bleffed page~ ? every word··bath its .,we1ght ·, · and comes ·· as, · pertinently as if the Lord ·had· named m_e; mechinks, there's ao{uch v·erq.te or 'favour id any o.ther w rit~rigs , 'what reviving doch · i~ · ~nog Ulto my h~art ! 0 · bleUed be God for · thehplyScriptures. · . , ·· . · _ I· ~. s. Let 'out thoughts·be eQtployed about: · - ~~e glorious works of Providence·: oh how. fweet are they ? who {o is wife will confider them :' pau(e after chis manner, 0 my fouJ,· take a view ofcbis beaudful Checker-work of ,, '·' ~ivine Pr~vidence ; confider the d3;ys of old~ and'the year~ of ~roany- generation~, r~\l~6t what th~ ~~rlpture teco~dsl of dryu~~ up t~e ~t~~~ d~~'flzl!g b11ck.. ..'ford;~, 1 the fliindmg· fbll, ' t I " ~n_d gfl_lllfl' 611c~of tht Sun;, th1 PirinAfll'"'' re• \ _ ·- · -- A · - - U 4 - · fie£t ,, ·. \ ; < / . ' \ ' ..
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