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CAP.Vi. 4:29,30.
he hath
allured
into the Wilderneffe, and
there
f'poken
comfortably
to them;
151
being
called
and
pardoned
he leadeth them!
to
Tweet
and pleafant
paftures,
treafures
of
Grace and Mercies
,
which he
bath
laid up for them in
Jefis
Chrift.
He giveth
them
of
the
far
fl
fruits
of
Heaven,
which,
is
a
doore
of
hope
unto the
full poffeffion.
Rom.
8.23.
3.
To
the
songs,
and
Rejoycings,which
the
Church had ,
when they fung
.
one
to another,
upon
the
definition
of
the
Ægyptians,at
their
delivery otit
of
the
bondage
of
Egypt.
As
then they
fung for
joy,
Exod.
15,
upon the
fence
ofthat
great
and wonderfull deliverance, whichGod
had wrought
for
them,
fo thall their hearts
be. affe&ed
with Gofpell Mercies ,
pardoning
healing,
purging,
and
comforting Grace,
which
in
Jefus Chrift he will give
in
unto
them. Thefe
then are
thethree
things , which
arepromifed to
them
that
come
out
of
the
Wilderneffe. r. Gofpell refrefhment
,
in
powring out
of
the
Spirit
upon them.
2.
The
firft
fruits
of
Heaven,
a
doore
of
Hope.
3,
Spirituali
joy,
in
the
deftru
&ion
and conqueft
of
finne.
This then
is
the
fumme,ofthis fecond
part
of
that
defcription,
which wee
ß.
29;
have
ofthofe
perlons,
to
whom
the
Promife
under
confideration
is
given;
They
are
fuch
as
being.called, and
Pardoned,
are
admitted to that portion
in
the
wonderful) marvelous provifion
of
Gofpell Mercies, and
Grace
,
which
in
jefus Chrift he
hath provided
for
them,
with
that
joy and Confolation
which
thereon doth
enfue. In
the
following verles you have
a
fuller defcription
of
thefe Perfons,upon
a
twofold account.
1. By
their delivery
from
Idolatry and
falfe.worfhip,
v:
16,
17.
which
is
particularly and peculiarly
infitted
on,
becaufe
that
eminently
was
the
finne,
for
which,thofe
mentioned
in
the
beginning
of
theChapter,
were
utterly re-
je&ed:
God
will
preferve thefe,
as
from
the
finne
of
Idolatry,
fo
from any
o-
ther,that
thould procure their
utter
Reje&ion and defolation,
as
that
of
Ido-
latry
had formerlydone,
in
refpe&
of
the
only carnali Jewes.
2.
By
their prote
&ion
againft
their
enemies,
v:18.
and thefe are
the
Per
-
fens
to
whom this Promife
is
made; converted, juftified,
fanetified,
and puri-
fied
Perfons.
2'Y
We
may
take
a
little
view
of
the Nature
of
the
Promife
it
felfe,
I
will
4.
30'
(faiththe Lord)
betroth
thee
unto
me
for
ever;
There
is
in
this
Promife
a
two-
fold
oppofition
to that
RejeCtion,
that
God had before denounced
unto the
carnali and
rebellious
yews.
i.
In
the
Nature
of
the thing it felfe,unto
the
divoree,that
God
gave
them
v.2.
Sheeis
not
my
Wife, neither
am
1
her Husband:
but
to
thefe
(faith
God)
/will
betroth them
unto
my
felfe, they
(hall
become
a
Wife
to
mee,
and
I
will
be
a Husband
unto
them
:
and
this
alto manifefteth
that
they are
not the
fame
perlons,
to
wbom
that
threatning
was
given,
that
are principallyintended
in
this
Promife ; For
if
God did
only
take
them
a-
gaine,
whom
he had once
put
away,
there
would have been no need
of
any
betrothing
of
them
anew;
New
sponfaliá
are
not
required
for fuck
an
A
&ion.
2.
In
the
continuance
of
the Reje
&ion
of
the
firft,
and
theeftablifhment
of
the Reception
of
the latter,
at
leaft
in
fefpeCt
of
his
abiding with
thefe,
and
thofe; with thofe for
a feafon:
but unto
thefe
(he faith)
i
will
Betroth
them
unto
me
FOR
EVE
R.
Gods
betrothing
of
Believers
is
his
a&uall
taking
them into
a
Marriage
covenant
with
himfelfe,
to.deale with them
in
the
ten-
derneffe, faíthfulneffe, and
proteCtion
of
a
Husband.
So
is
he often pleafed
to
call himfelfe in
reference
to
his
Church;
I (hall
not
goe forth
to the
conû
--
deration
of
this Relation,that God
is
pleafed
to
take the
foules
of
Saints
into
with
himfelfe.
The
eminent and
precious ufefulneffe
and confolation,that
floweth from
it,
is
ready
to
draw me out
thereunto, but
I
mutt attend
that
which