Ver.i,2. Grounds ofEarneftraef., &c. 3 / are offrnlive to all but th tlnerlthan withhisrholy m dy to dye and perifh, r an thus ¡fir up therrifelves tomeet the Lord. I- man was alío like unto him, Pfal. S3 I I; 13. What fenfc he had of his depths, hede- clares, v. 3. My foul, faith he, ú full of troubles ,and my life drarv- eth nigh unto the grave. And what courle Both he fleet in this heavy, forrowfùl, and difconfolate condition ? Why © Lord God ofmyfalvation, I have cried day and night unto thee; let my prayer come before thee, encline thine ear unto my cry, v. I, 2. Day and night he cryes to the God of his falvation, and that with earnejtneft and importunity. This was his bufinefs, this was he exercifed about all his dayes. This is that which is aimed at ; ifa gracious foul brought into the depths before mentioned and defcribed, by reafon of fin, when the Lord is pleafed to lead him forth towards a re- covery, he cauteth him to bevigorous, and reftlrß in all the du- ties whereby he may make Application to him for deliverance. Nowwherein this intenfnrß and earneflnefrs of the foul in its. Applications unto God, Both principally confdi, 1 ¡hall briefly dLclare, when I have touched a little ul on fume confiderations and grounds that ftir it up thereunto. Fail, Thegreatneß of men: concernment: may well put thetn,ó rouuds on this earneftnefl Men donot ufe todeal with dull and(loth- neftnfs:,r fulfiirits about their greateft concerns. David tells us, that pp1cati- he was more concerned in the light of Gods countenance, than the ons un men of theworld could be in their Corn andWine, Pfal. 4. 6,7. to God. Suppofé a man of theworld, thould have his houle, wherein all his Bock and riches are laid up, let on.fire, and fo the whole be in danger Under his eye to be confumed ; would he be calm and quiet in theconfideration of it ? Would he not beflir him - fflf with all his might, and call in all the help he could ob- tain ? and that becaiafe his portion, his all, his great concernment lyes at flake. And (hall the foul be flothful, carelefs, dull, fe- cure, when fire is put to its eternal concernrnents ? when the light of Gods countenance,which is ofmore e.fteem unto him,thart the greateft increafe ofCorn and Wine, can be to the menof the world, is removed from him ? It was an argument of prodi- F 3 gtous
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