OF SPIRITUAL MINDEDNESS. 333 than when he escaped out of the cave at Adullam, and went thence unto Mizpeh of Moab, to get shelter for his parents, 1 Sam. xxii. 13. Then was he in the land of the Hermonites, the hill Hermon being the bouhdary eastward of the Israelites' possession, next to Moab, Dent. iii. 8, 9. There, no doubt, David had a blessed, exercise of his faith, and of all his affections towards God, wherein his soul found great refreshment. Being now in great distress and disconsolation of spirit, among other things, under a sense that God had for- gotten him, ver. 9, he calls to mind the blessed experi- ence he had of communion with God in the land of the Hermonites, whereinhe now found support andrefresh- ment. So at other times he called to remembrance the days of old, and in them his song in the night, or the sweet refreshment he had in spiritual converse with God in former times, I have known one in the depth of distress and darkness of mind, who, going through temptation to destroy himself, was relieved and deliv- ered in the instant of ruin, by a sudden remembrance that at such a time, and in such a place, he had prayed fervently with the engagement of all his affections to God. Wherefore, you that are sensible of these decays or ought so to be, take the advice of our Saviour, remem- ber whence you are fallen; call to mind the former days; consider if it were not better with you than now : when, in your lying down and your rising up, you had many thoughtsof God, and of the things of God, and they were sweet and precious to your souls ; when you rejoiced atthe remembrance of his holiness; whenyou had zeal for his glory, delight inhis worship, and were glad when they said, ' Let us go to the house of God together;' when you poured forth your souls
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