Scougal - BR75 S3 1759

41S A 'Sermon·· at ' the Funeral n1ade one of then1, the hutnility and -ado-– ration of his foul ·did appear in his out- . ·ward behaviour; and he thought it one fuitable expr,effion of it, to bow the knee bcfor€ that.Majetly, .before whom the an· gels tren1ble. In the celebration and re– ceiving the holy comn1union, h:s. fc~l feem– ed to be wholly fwallowed up in the con– templation of Jeftts Chrifl; and his dev:o- · tions was the admiration ofall that faw hin~. He had been confrant in ·his private prayers-– to God from .his childhood; and that great · fecret of deV-OtiOn \Vhich· ne reCOIDUlends · in his book, was his frequent pratl:ice; and !. l1e fent up fon1eti1nes fuch afpirationsof love with fuch ardent fighs, and groanings, and neavings of his fpirit; as ·perhaps uncl~g~d,· 'I . llis fpirit and 111ade his foul take its flight · fo foon .. fn:>m this earthly tabernacle. · And, fure a foul fo much infla;ned with': tl1e love ofGod, could not be \Vanting in . a fuitable charity towards n1en. And in– deed to this his verynatural ten1per feemed to .incline him. There was nothing of har.fhnefs_in ·the difpofition of .his fpirit, . but it ·wasfull offweetnefsand love; \-vhich ., appeared in his very air and ·countenance,– and was apt to attract mens hearts at the .firfi fight j and this happy difpofition was hallowed t I

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