Verf. 9. AnExpofition ofthe 27. Pfalme. St, Paul did foencourage himfelf again(} troubles , 2 Ì'ins. 4. 16, 17, 18. At myfirft anfrer no manflood withme;bur all menforfook. me notWithfianding the Lord floodWith me, and flreagthenedme andI Was delivered out of the mouth ofthe lion. And the Lord 'hall deliver mefrom every evillWork, Now no true childe of God can want expe- rienceofformer help , when he may lfrongly reafon for his comfort, from the greater to the leffe, as Daviddid. Plat, 56. 13. Thou haft deliveredmy foulfrom death : wilt thou not deliver my feet from falling ? So may the true childe of God fai', thou, by thy holy calling to the faith, haft delive- redme from the power of darkneffe, in thebondage offin and Satan, as Col. i . i 3 . and wilt thounot deliver me from this or that carnali evil! ? If God fpared not his own fonne, but gave him for us, howChaff henot with himhim give us all things ? Rom. 8.3 2. Indeed the fignes ofGods favour may be hid fometimes fromGods dearea fervants, as Pfal. 77.7, 8, 9. Will the Lordcall offfor ever,&c. But we muff then confider the caule , which is either correction for fin, or triall of grace, in which the way to comfort , is to re- pent offinne, and to labour for patience, remembring that GodBoth help, not onely when he gives deliverance out of evil!, but even when he gives.trengthofgrace tobear it : , as 2, Car. I 2.8,9. Heb.5.7. The third thing propounded by David, to move et Lord, not tohide his face from him , nor forfake him , is ai t ì ib r 7t t._ G David: title to the bleffing of falvationfromGod, byver- 1"7:r.24..) era tue ofthe covenant,wherein heHoodwith God, evenfor C t ;'à this bleffing , which he thusexpreffeth. O Godof my falvoà tioo : where by falvation he meaneth the great falvation which is eternal! life by Jefus Chriit , . Ie&. 2..3. and with it temporali prefervation in this world , therefore do not /tde . .0°`' thyface, donotforfake me. In, this reafonwe have two things to4nott. Firit., the 'The t" thing profeffed by David: fecondly.,íthei nd-ftiewhichhe Ob(erraá)Í 'y.. mentioneth ir. For the first, the thintprofi11 d`by David is his particular andperfonall daim, unto falvation from, NI 2 Gods g s
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