COiiNSELLOI1. 573 made his Friends, and adopted to be his Children, fhall they be Partakers of his unfpeakable Bounty ? How fweetly might that Man depend upon the Fulfillment of all his Saviour's Promifes, who hath found the Pro-, mile of his gracious Spirit fulfilled within his Heart ? How fecurely, yet far from carnal Slightnefs ; how hap- pily, yet not with idle Mirth ; may that Man pafs through Time, who hath GOD for his Friend, Chrift for his Counfellor, and Heaven for his Home ? How bleffed the Chriftian, who unrefervedly commits his Way unto the LORD, and who fiducially depends upon Him- to bring it to pafs? Howrich is this Promife of jefus to filch an one ? I will injiruft thee, and teach theein 1äe Way which thou(halt go ; Iwill guide thee withmine Eye ; or (as in the Margin), /will iounfel thee, mine Eye (hall be upon thee.-{- Yes, Lord (might he fay), I believe thy Promife ; O help my Unbelief ! I believe, that thou wilt guide and direct me ; I am perfuaded, by thy gracious Power working in me, that thou wilt lead me on from Strength to Strength, and from one Degree of Grace to another ; I am affured of thy Favor, and I am happy in thy Love. Thou wilt never, never leave, nor forfake:me ; but wilt guide me, from Day toDay, by thy Counfel, and afterward, when thy De- figns of Providence refpefting me in this World are ac- complifhed, wilt receive me to thy Glory. There fhall I fee THEE, whom my Soul loveth, Face to Face; there (hall I behold the Glories of theDeity in the Exaltation of thy wonderful Humanity ; and there (O ineffable Joy !) (hall I be for ever like unto, as well as ever with Thee. Then íhá11 I perceive (what now I cannot fully perceive through the Veil of my mortal Body) the Wifdom of all thy Counfels, the Juftice of all thy Decrees, the Fitnefs of all thy Providences, and the Glory of all thy Works. Then (hall I join the univerfal Chorus of Heaven, and fang (as Mortals cannot fing) without one difcordant Note, John xiv. 17. fi Pfalm xxxii, Q. or
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