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this ye have
the
foundation
that
the Lord
layes
for the refrefhment
of
their
39
fpirits
in
this condition,
and reducing
of
them
into
an
eftablifhed
Afurance
of
the
continuance
of
his
love ;
and
that
is
his
free gratious
Ele5ion,
and
choofing
of
them;
thou
art
yacob whom
i
have
chofen,
(verf:
z.
*run
whom
i
have
chofen:
even
from Eternity,
when
he
appointed the
antient
people
, and the
things
that
are comming
and
'ball,
come,
v.
7,
When
he purpofed mercy
for
the
Fathers
of
old,
whom long
fince
hehad
brought
upon
that
account
unto
himfelfe:
This
is
the
foundation
of
doing
themgood,
which
ftandethfure
,
as
the
Apoffle
makes
ufe
of
it to the
fame
purpofe:
2
Tina: 2.
19.
This
Founda-
tion
being laid v.3. he gives
them
a twofoldpromife,
fuited
to
the double
Bate wherein they
were: (Firft) for the removall
of
their
drought
and barren-
neffe:
he
will
give
them
waters,
and floods,
for the taking
ofit
away: which
in
the
following
words, he interpreteth
of
the spirit,
as
likewife
doth the
Apo-
stle iohn 7. 39.
He
is
the great
Soule
Refrefher,
in him
are
all
our
fprings.
Saith
theLord then,
feare
not you Poore thirfty
Smiles,
you
shall
have him
as a
Flood,
in
great abundance untill
all
his
Fruits
be brought forth
in
you.
(secondly)
For the
removall
of
the other evill, or
Feares
of
defertion and
ca-
fling off,he minds
them
of
his Covenant,
or thebiding
of
their
of
fpring ,
of
Gena7.';
them and their
feed, according
to
his
prornife, when he
undertook
to
be
their
God;
and then
(
Fourthly,)
there
is
a
two
fold'
Iffue
of
Gods thus dealing
with
them.
Firít,
Of
reall
Fruitfulneffe,
v.4.
They
'hall
be asgraffe
under perpetu-
all
íhowres, which
cannot
pofiibly wither and decay
,
or drie
away, and
as
trees
planted
by
the
rivers
of
water,
that
bring
forth
fruit
in
their
feafon, whole
2n1.1.3,4.
leafe does
not wither.
Secondly,
Of
Zealous Profeffion,
and owning
of
God,
with the ingagement
of
theirhearts and
hands
unto
him,
which
you have
in
v.
5.
Every one for
himfelfe fhall
give up himfelfe
to the Lord
,
in
the
moll:
folemne ingagement
,
and
profeffed
fubjedion
that
is
pofíible;
They
(hall
fay,
and
fubfcribe, and
Surname
themfelves,
by
names and termes
of
Faithand
obedience ,
to
follow
the Lord
in
the
Faith
of
Jacob
or
Ifraell in
the inhe-
ritance
of
the
promifes which were made
to
him.
But
nowwhat
Aff
urance is
there,
that
thishappy beginning
(hall
be carried on
to
perfection
,
that this
kindneffe
ofGod
to
them,
(hall abide
to
the
End,
and
that
there
shall
not be
a feparation
between
him
and
his
chofen
Ifrael. In
the
Faith
hereof the Lord
confirmes
them,
by
that
Revelation
which
he makes
of
himfelfe and
his
Pro,
perties,
verfes
6,7,$. Firft, In
his
soveraignty,
he
is
the
King.
What
(hall
ob-
ftrud
him,
bath not he power
to
difpofe
of
all things
?
He
is
the Lord and
King,
he
will
work, and
who
(hall
let
him
?
tut
hath he kindneffe and
ten-
derneffe
to
carry him
out hereunto
?therefore
2'r, He
is
their
Redeemer:&
doe
but
confider,
what he doth for the
glory
of
that Title,
and what the
Work
of
Redemption flood him in, and yee
will
not
feare,
as
to
this, nor
be afraid;
And all
this hee
(Thirdly)
Clofeth with
his
Eternity, and
Vnchangeablenefe3
he is
the
Firfl
and the Left
,
and
betides
him
there is none other
:
the
Fir's
that
chofe
them from Eternity, and
the
Lafl
that
will
preferve
them
to
the
End;
and
Rill
the
fame
,
he
altereth not.
I
(hall
not adde more
inftances in
this
kind,
that
the Lord
often eftablifheth,
his
Saints in
the
Affurance
of
the
Lin-
changeableneffe
ofhis
Lovetowards them,
from
the
Immutability
of
his
own
nature,
is
very
evident; Thence
comparing
himfelfe
and
his
Love
with
a
ten-
derMother, and her love, he
affirmes,
that
hers may be
altered,
buthis
(hall
admit
of
no
variableneffe norfhadow
of
turning, Ifai: 49. v.14.1 5,16.
To
wind
up
this
Difcourfe,
the
fum
of
this firft
part,
of
out
firft
Scriptural)
4.13.
demonftration
of
the
Truth
under
Debate,
amounts
to
this Argument;
That
which God
affirmes
, (hall be certainely and infallibly
fulfilled upon
the ac-
count
of
the Immutability
of
his
own
nature,
and incourageth men
to
expel
it