Ve R s.zi. · An .Expojition, 'With Notes tea[on ; and 'cis befi to reflect upon the conditional Promlfes tbat we may look after the qualifications expreffed in them ere w~ t:tke comfort. When DJZvid was under hatches, he labourech to main– tain faith,a-nd out-brave difcouragemencs,'P/a. 3.z.che enemies.faid, Now there is no help for him in his qod: He had fa1n fcandalouOy : and that Pralm was penned upon occafion of Abfa!oms Rebellion; which was ordered by way of correCtion of Davids fin, -and this made them vaunt, NowGod is his Enem;: NowDaviddoth not mention the fin, but awa neth his trufi, in the very f~ce of the temptation he maintaineth his confidence : But thou art my jhield, myg!ory,a11d the lifter up ofmy head,&c.Ver[e 3· And elfewhere he profdfeth that this was his general pratlicc, Pfi/.)6. 3. At what ·time I am afraid, I will put my truft in thee : In times of difcou– .ragement, and when terror was likely to grow upon his fpirir, .he would look after arguments and fupporrs of trufi and dependance. So on the contraryl when the heart groweth rufl:y and fecure, 'tis good to.ufe N a;;;;,ianz::.en's policy; when his h~art began to be co'r- "Nn'tian.Oiat. rupted with eafe and pleafure, *Tot~ .3-r~voH lfU'}'')It')lv.op.a.J, faith he, 1 3.circ-a Mcd 1 ufe to read the Lamentations of [ertm]; or to inure his mind to matter fad and lamentable. In alllpirimal cafes 'cis good to . deal prudently, left we put our felves into the hands ofour enemy , and further the-devices of Satan. 4· Your great care mufl: bet~ be humbl,y thank.!fPJ!; .than~-eful, 1 bc:cauie all is from God : 'Tis a vain fpirit that is proud ofwhat is borrowed,or glorieth becaufehe is more in debt then others; 1 Cor. 4· 7• Who motde thee differ l and What haft thou Which thou haft not received.? What ever we find upon a fearch, it mufi not be af- \ cribeCl to free-will, but to free-grace ; He givetb Will and deed accbrding to his p!eafure, Phil.2. 1 3· Free-w•ll fiablifueth merit, Free-Grace ch~cketh it' : The 'Sun is "not beholding, becaufe we borrow light from it ; or the Fountain, becaufe we draw water : \ We may all fay as 'David,Of thine own have We given thee; Lord, this js thy bounry : rhen humble we mufi be, becaufe as every good . wor~cometh from Gods Spirit, fo it paifeth through thyheart,and there •ris defiled; Partm fequitur ventrem; Our good works have more of tbe mother in them, then the father ; and fo .ou.,. \ rigbteoufnefes become dung, Phil+ 8. and filthy r.r.gs, Ifai.63.6• · Thus, leH pride taint the fpirit by the fight_of ourgraces, 'ds good to make difl:inct and aClual refleCtions on G(:)ds bouncy, 'and .our ownvilenefs. , · 3. From
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