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Tim

SOUL

DRAWING NEAR

.TO

GOD.

[SEAM.

V.

Then

shall

our

flesh

and

our spiritjoin

sweetly

together,

and each

of

them

fulfil

and enjoy

their

part,

in the busi-

ness

and

blessedness

provided for

them in regions

of

unknown

pleasure.

Amen.

HYMN

FOR

SERMON

IV.

FLESH AND

SPIRIT;

OR,

THE PRINCIPLES

OF

SIN AND HOLINESS.

WHAT

vain,desires, and passions vain, My spirit holds perpetual war,

Attend

this mortal clay

!

"And wrestles and complains,

Oft

have they

pierc'd

my soul

with

pain,

And views

the happy

moment

near,

Clod

drawn my heart

astray.

That

shall dissolve its chains.

How

have

I

wandet'd

from

my -God,

And following

sin

and shame,

In

this vile world of

flesh

and

blood

Defil'd

my

nobler frame

!

For ever

blessed be

thy

grace

That form'd

my

spirit new,

And made it

of

an heaven -born race,

Thy glory to

pursue.

Cheerful;in death

I

close my

eyes,

To

part

with

every

lust;

And charge

my flesh

whene'er

it

rise,

To

leave

them

in

the

dust.

How would my

purer

spirit

fear'

To

put

this

body on,

If

its old

tempting

powers were

there,

-

Nor

lusts, nor passions gone

!

SERMON

V.

THE

SOUL

DRAWING NEAR TO GOD

IN

PRAYER.

.ton xxiii. 3,

4.

O

that

I knew where

I

might

find

him!

that I

might

come even

to

his-

seat;

I

would

order my

cause before

him,

and

fill

my mouth

with arguments.

THE

FIRST

PART.

THIS

book

of

Job

might,

perhaps,

be

the

first

and

earliest

part

of

all

the written word

of

God;

for learned

.

men,

upon good

ground,

suppose

that

this

history

was

elder

than

the

days

of

Moses,

and yet

it

hath

many a sweet lesson

of

experimental

religion

in

it,

to

teach the

disciples

of

Christ;

we

may

learn

many

duties and comforts

from

it

in

our

day,

upon

whom the

ends

of

the world

are

come.

The

style

-of

it

in

some

parts

is

so

magnificent and

solemn,

in

others

so

tender

and affectionate,

that

we

must

feel

something

of

devout

passion when

we

read this

history,