362 Verfe 5, and6.Opened. Pfa. z30, I. In the words themfelves that he ufes, according as we opened them before. 2. In the Erphatical reduplication, yea triplication of his expreflion of it ; I wait for God, myfoul waiteth for God, my foul for the Lord. 3. In the Comparifon inflituted between his difcharge of his duty, and others performances of a corporal watch, with the greateft care and diligence ;. more than they that watch for the morning, So that we have, i. The duty he performed ; earnen Waiting and Expe {a- tion. 2. The 05jetl of his waiting ; ebovab himfelf. 3. His Support ment in that duty, the Word ofpromife. 4. The Manner of his performance of it. r. With Earneflnef?and diligence. Z. With Perfeverance. Let us then now Confider the Words, as they contain th'e frame and working of a fin entangledfoul. Having been railed out of his depths by the difcovery offor- giveneflin God, as was before declared, yet not being immedi- ately made partaker of that forgivenels, as to a comforting fenfe of it, he gathers up his foul from wandring from God, and fupports it from finking under his prefént condition. It is, faith he, Jehovah alone with whom is forgivenefßthat can relieve and do me good; his . favour, hic loving kindneß, his com- munication of mercy and Grace from thence, is that which Iffand in needof; on him therefore do Iwith all heedfulnefl attend; on him do I wait, my foul is filled with expe£tation from him ; furely be will come to me, he will come and refrelh me; though he feem in yet tobeafar of, and to leave me in thefe depths, yet I have his word of promife to fripport andflay my foul, on which I will lean untill I obtain the enjoyment of him, and his 1,indneß which is better than life. And this` is the frame of a fin entangled Soul, who bath re- ally by faith difcovered forgivenéfs in God , but is not yet made partaker of a comforting ,refrefhing fenfe of it. And we may reprefent it in the enfuing Obferva= tions. Obf. i. The
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