i.n the Soul of Man. 59 Shall be not fie of the travel of his foul*? Certainly it is impoflible that this great contrlvance of heaven ihould prove abor– tive, that fuch a n1ighty undertaking :fhould faV and mifcarry. It bath already been effeCtual for the falvation of many thoufands, who were once as far fron1 the kingdom of heaven a~ w'e can fuppofe our– felves to be; and our I-Iigh Priefl contin– ueth for ever, and is able to ja11e them to the uttermofl that cotne unto God by him 1-. He is tender and compailionate; he know– eth our infirn1ities, and had experience of our ten1ptations: A bruifed reed will he not break, and Jinoaking flax 7JJill he 110t quench, til~ he find forth ·jttqg;eme!!t untrJ 'vi8ory =J=. He bath fent out his I-Ioly Spi– rit, whofe fweet, but powerful breath– ings are ftill n1oving up and down in the \vorld, to quicken and revive the fouls of n1en, and awaken them unto the fenfe and feeling of tbofe divine things for which they were n1ade; and is ready to affifi fuch weak and languifhing creatures as we are in our effays towards holinefs and felicity; when once it hath taken hold ot a foul, and k~ndled in it the fi11al– lefl: fpark of divine love, it ·will be furc to preferve and cheri.ih, and bring it forth . into ~If. I'" t H b .. . • m. II. · e • vu. 24, 25. + 1\,I .. ~ ;.v at. xu. 20.
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