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BERTA.
VT.J
SINS AND SORROWS SPftR]iD"
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GÖIi.
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is
the noblest and highest
friendship; all
condescension
and
compassion on the one
side,
and
all
infirmity
and
dependence
on
the
other, and yet both
joined
in
mutual
satisfaction. Amazing grace
of
God
to
man! The
christian rejoices
in
this
admirable
divine indulgence,
and
delights
in
all
opportunities
to
employand
improve
it.
Besides,
this
is
the
way to
maintain
the
vigour
if
piety,
and keep
all the springs
of
divine love ever
opeii=
in;
and
flowing
in his own
heart
;
therefore
he
makes
many
a
visit to
the
mercy-seat, and takes
occasion from
every
troublesome occurrence
in
life,
to
betake himself
to
his
knees,
and improves every
sorrow he meets on
earth,
to
increase his acquaintance.
with
heaven.
He
delights
to
talk all
his
-grievances
over with
his
God.
Hannah,
the mother
of
Samuel,
is
a blessed
example
of
this
practice;
1
.San.
i.
10.
When
she was in
bitternes
of
soul;
by
reason
of
a sore
affliction,
and
the
teazing
humour
of
her
rival,
she
prayed
to
the
Lorrd,
and wept
sore
;
and
when she had
left
her sorrows
at the
mercy-
seat, she went
away,
and
did
eat,
and her countenance
was no
more
sad;
ver.
18.
So
saith the
Christian,
" I
commit
my
sorrows to
my
God;
he
is
my
best friend,
and
I
go
away,
and
and
no
more
sad
:
I
have
poured out
my
cares into
his
ear, and cast
my
burdens
upon
him,
and
leave
them
there
in
peace:"
2.
The
saint
knows
God
will
understand
him
right,
and
will
judge
right
concerning
his
case
and his meaning.
Though
the expressions,
it
may
be,
are
very imperfect,
below
the
common
"language
of
men,
and propriety of
speech,
yet
God
knows
the meaning
of
the
soul;
for
it
is
his own
spirit
that
breathes
in
that
soul,
and
he knows
the mind
of
his
Spirit;
Rom.
viii.
27,
The
fi'iend
-s
of
Job
perverted
his
sense
:
Therefore,
he
turns
aside
to
God,
for
he knows
God
would
understand
him:
;''It
is
"a
very
great
advantage,
when
we
spread our
concerns before
another
person,
to be
well
assured
that
person
will
take
us
right,
will
take
in our
meaning
fully,
and judge
aright concerning our
cause.
Wow we
may be
assured
of
this,
when
we
speak
to
our God
:
he knows
otír
thoughts afar
off,
and
all
cireirmstances,
better
infinitely
than
we
can
tell
him.
These our poor imperfect expres-
sions
of
our
wants, shall be
no
hinderances
tò
his
full
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