' . It is the -voice ofmyBelot"rJed felfe,as ids,C~of.3.16. Let thewnrdo[Goddwell plentifo!ly in yoN.Andlet Cbrij dwell in, your hearts by faith,Ephef.3.I7· Comparethofeplaces, let the word dwel plenteoufly in you by wifedome, and let Chrift dwell in your heartsby faith: For then cloth Chdfi: dwell in the heart, when the truthdwels inus; therefore what entertainment we give to his truth, we give tohi~felfe. Now what meanes of knocking hath hee not ufed among us a loHgtime~For workes of all forts; he bath drawneus by thecords Df 11 man, by all kinde l' offavours. ForMercies.Howmany deliverances ' have we had(No Natioci the like,we are amira~· deof the Chrifiian world)fi-ornforraigne inva· fton,and domefiicall con{piracies at home~How many mercies doe w~ enjoyt?A~undance together 'with long pe~tce ttndplenty. Befides, if this would not doe, God hath added corred:ions with aJl thefe,in every Element, in every manner,infeffi . . on in the aire, I udgements in iQundations ; We ·have had rumors of warres, &c. threatenings, fl;lakings ofthe rodonely,btit fuch as might have . awaked us : And then he hath knocked at our hearts by the example of other Nati0ns. By what he hath done tothem, he har h fhewed us what he might juflly have done to us., weare no better then they . ~s for his Minifteri~tll knecking, above three– fcore yeares we have lived under theMioitlery ohhe Gofpell, rhis La-nd hath been Gofom, a– Land of light, when m:my other places are in darkndfe, efptcially we that live inthisGojhm, this1
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