a98 The SouóeaIet ualLcafiirzg toChrift. winds, and driven to a hard let with the tern- pelf, heelabours to betake himfelfe to a fheltcr, and to land at force Haven. This is the nature ofbeleeving in theHebrew phrafe,a 0.2 5.4, Thou haft beene aßre;rgth to the poor and needy in trouble.,a replye againft the tempeß, & a ¡hadow, againji: the heat6-';. Nowwhcn apoor firmer is weather-beaten, and can fee no com- fort, and findeno evidence for the pardonof his firmes the Lord is pleafed co make knowne the goodn: flèe ofChrift through the promife r then the foule throwds it felfe under that fh:dow and that goodnef e thus offered and revealed: Pfat. I t 8.1 t.D.ividr foule had gotten away fromGod, andhe began to quarrel! withGods providence; Paying, !faid is myhafte, all meinare liars fee what an haffy fpirit is, lee hoyfed up faue upon the twineOcean, and he had imaginations and con - clufions of feare anddefpaire : At tall hegot the Haven againe, and faid, where arc thou,Oh my foule ? thouhaft gone fromGod, and fromhis promife; Re:urne to thy reß, Omyfauk, let us goe to the promife, andkeepe us there to fee land, and makehalte to it, and labour tohold the heart clofe to the Lord Jefus Christ : now the foule is come toChrift. The next A er of refting is this, it layes fait bold upon Chrift, andwhen theLord faith, Come my Love, my Dove, and come away ; behold , I come ( faiththe) and when the is come, the faft- nethupon Chrift and faith, my Beloved ismine,and am his : When the is come toChrist, thee will not
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