CM 1::i Care Of 14fbarch. . _ ............... ....................... OKAwith fuch complaints andacknowledgements 44 thek ; Lord; when I examine my caufe bymine owne confcience and judgement ofit, I cannot but give it over asutterly defperate, and: beyor4 cure, my bones-are chied, my hope isleut off,I am utterly loft, my fins, and my forrowes are fo heavie that they have broken my fpirit all to peeces, and there is no foundpart in me : But Lord, I beleevethat thou know& a way tomake dead bones live,that thy thoughtsand wales areabove mine, that thou knowea thine owne thoughts of peace and mercy, though I cannotcomprehend them, that thy ri- ches are unfearchable, that thy love is above humane know ledge,that thy peaceTaireth all created underflan- dings, that though I at the greate0-of all finners, and feele enough in myfelfe, k9 hakeme A.5 low as Isdou into hell, yet thou haft not left me without patternes ofall long-fuffering, of thympg power in enduring, and in forgiving finnes. And now Lord, though thou afford MC nolight,though thoubefet, me with terronra,though thou makeme topoffeffe the fumesof myyouth, yet I Itill defire to feare thy name, towalke in thy way, to wait upon thy eounfell, I, know there isnot in men or Angelsfo muchwifdoinc,, compagion, or fidelity as in, thee, and therefortif I tunapePiAli) T. wi4Petitheat thy feet, I will flarve under thy iable,,1 wig be turnedaway and rejeetedbythee, who haft proinifed to call away none that comeunto theeI I have tried,. all wages, and I hererefolveto telt, and tobakenofurther, ;bon that haftkeptfueh a finnerasi atnoutofhelkthuslongcana by thefame power keepmeout forever ; upon thy, wif, dome and coinpaffion (whocalla tn91iP4r:icd bones to fiourich like an herbe,andbroken bqm to reioYceand fing) I, caft the WhOle weight ofinyguilty fpirit,, into thy bofome I emptie all the feares, cares and ref:pegs of my difirat5tedand finking foule : I fay,vvhen, a ma cars thus powre out hirnfelfe UM° Chrift, he cfteemeth the R a price 74; VERSE 2. Ezek.37.3. I T. Ephef.3 839,, x Tim.' a6. Efay 66,14. Pfa1.11.8. Pec.5'.7.
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