DISC. X.1 THÈ F0I`ETASTE ©F HËAVBbí. 539 secures thee on every side. If thou hast the evidences of his children on thee, thou possessest an eternal se- curity of thy peace." 7. The sovereignty and dominion of the blessed God, is a further meditation and pleasure which becomes and adorns the inhabitants of the heavenly world. There. he reigns upon the throne,of his glory, and the greater part of the territories which are subject to him, are less in bur view than our scanty powers of nature or percep- tion caü now apprehend, and a proportionable degree of pleasure is found with the saints above in these contem- plations. But in our present state óf mortality our souls can only look through these lattices' of flesh and blood, and make a few scanty and imperfect inferences from what they always see, and hear, and feel ; and yet., the glorious sovereignty and dominion of the blessed ,God, may so penetrate the soul with a divine sense of it here on earth, a* to raise up a heaven of wonder and joy within. Adore him, O my soul, who surveys and rules all things which he has made with an absolute authority, and is for ever uncontroulable. How righteous a thing is it that he should give laws to all the beings which his hand bath formed, which his breath hath spoken into life, and especially that rank which his favour hath fur- nished with immortality ? How just that he should be obeyed by every creature without the least reluctance or reserve, without a moment's delay, and that to all the length of their existence. " Submit to his government with pleasure; O my nature, and be, all ye my powers of soul and body, in everlasting readiness to do whatsoever he ,requires, and to be whatsoever he appoints. Wilt thou have me, 'O -Lord, lie under sickness or pain, wilt thou have me languish under weakness and confinement? I am at thy foot, I am for ever at thy disposal. Wilt thou have me active and vigorous in thy service ? Lord; I am ready with the utmost chearfulness. Wilt thou confine me to painful idleness and long patience ?Lord, here I am, do with me what seemeth good unto thee. I am ready to serve thy purposes here, or thy orders in the unknown world of spirits, when thou shalt dissolve this mortal frame ; I lay down these limbs ¡n the dust
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