ever bcfals it, as P./W. t t g. Mine eyes failedfir loo- king up forty word , Oh when wilt thou comfort me his heart and all failedhim,and yet he would ¡coke towards heaven. ob, faith he, vhen willthis fìnful foule behumbled, and this diftreffed cenfcience pacifiedz hee would looke towards heaven till hec had no heart ; and therefore excellent is that palláge, Genef. 3 a. 36. when the Lord and Iacob werewrefiing, and the Lord wouldhave beene gone, Jacob faid, 1 will not let thee goe, uattill thou haft bleffedmee ; fo the faithful! foule laves hold upon the Lord for mercy, pardon, power, and grace,and though the Lord feeme to give himup to the torment of finne and corruption ; yet the foule faith, thoughmy foule goe downe tohell, yet I will holdhere for mercy, till the Lord com- fort and pardon, and fubdue gracìoufly thefecur- fed corruptions, which I am not able to mailer my felfe. As it is with a fun - diall, the nature of the dire uion is this, the needle is ever moving, and a man may jog it another way, yet it will ne- ver hand !fill, till it come to the north -point : fo when the Lord leaves ofF a beleevingheart with frownes, andwith the expreflìon of difpleafure, yet the fouleturnes to the Lord Chriff, and will never leave, till it goe God-ward, and Chrift- ward,and grace- ward ;and faith, let the Lord doe. what he pleafe, I will goe no further, till hee bee pleafed to Thewmercy : then the iflûe is this, faith goes out toChriff,ic layes hold uponChrift, and layes the weight of all upon Chriff, and drawes vertue fromChrih,and it leaves the foule with
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