( Su~je'El~/or boly tbougJ,ts~· i~! .-a-nd fpend no rhoug~ts upon i't, til they be .. : · pa.fl ,hopes.or reme~te: the ftroklof death · , Wl} fuddenhe detetmlnethebunnefs,· oh,look to it before that blow be.given;' lefi it ,be too . lace. , · , , , . · . I 10. When thou ha.fi cleared thy fiate,then 'I th.ihk with comfort ; oh the rich priviledges' .of believers l here th<?ll J.tlaifi: have afpacious field of -contemplation, ·God allows thee to ' folace thy foul in fuch thoughts as thefe, oh the 'ineftimabl~, .inc?mJla,rable , .invaluable-· advanrages of the Saints! what fatfr thou,oh _i'lyguilty weary foul', is it nothing to have fin pardoned, thy debts paid, the_Bond can– celled ? certainlie ro a foul heavie laden un– der the fenfe .of guilt 1 the fenfe of pardon i~ tl:le. n1ofi: joyful tidings in the World : and 'fbal .my filthy naked foul be cloathed with rhis blelled robe of Chrifis perfeCl: righteouf... . nefs? ·oh the riches of free grace? fbal fucb a bafe and ban.k·rupc . hleggar become the beautiful ·fpoufe of the King of Heaven i it was infinJtJ: inerey that kept me thus long our of Hel; ·but wir the L~rd alfo make this ·finful foul an heir ' ef Heaven? fbal Jefus Cbrifi. be m·y elder_Brother, the lpirit my I, Comforter, add God himfelf my father r oh boundlefs and bottomlefs riches of free ~_ grace 1- moreover, oh my foul~_ th~u -ha£1 in•. tereft in .- all the promifes, the affiltance of t:he .fpirit .in prayer, -and free. . accefs t-0 the Throne ·of (;race :; the ~ providences of' God ' are worltjvg fot' thy\good,,-the prote&tron of Heaven fhal be on thy pedQn~. and thehle(-. . ~ fing ' I
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