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11OVV

THt

CHRISTIAN

/AVIS.

liver

us.

Thou

hasc

been

my

helper;

in the shadow

of

thy

wings

will

I

trust.

IV.

By

the

comfortable

words

of

friendsand acquaint-

ance relating their

own

experiences

of

the goodness

of

God,

and encouraging and supporting

us

under trouble.

2

Cor.

i. 3,

4.

Blessed

be

the

God of

all comfort,

which

comforteth

us in

all

our tribulations, that

we

may

be

able

to

comfort

them which are

in

any

trouble

by

the

comfort wherewith

we

ourselves

are comforted of God.

Comfort

the feeble- minded,

support

the

weak,

be

pa-

tient

toward

all men.

11.

Thess.

v. 14.

Comfort

one

ano-

ther

with

these words, chap:

iv.

ult.

Prov.

xxvii.

9.

Ointment

and perfume rejoice the

heart:

so

doth

the

sweetness

of

a

man's friend

by

hearty

counsel.

Telling

them

I

was in

these circumstances,

and

the Lord

bath

delivered

,me, &c.

aìid these were

my

supports,

and

these

my

methods

to obtain peace and relief.

V.

By

teaching

us to live

more upon

invisible things,

and making

all

present troubles

seem very

light,

and

by

raising our hearts

to things

eternal and

heavenly.

By

daily converse

with

God

and heavenly things, and

living

above

the world.

2

Cor.

iv. 17, 18.

For

our

light af-

fliction, which

is

but for a

moment,

worketh

for

us

a far

more exceeding and eternal

weight

of

glory, while we

look

not

at

the things

which

are

seen,

but

at

the things

that

are

not

seen

;

for the

things which

are

seen

are temporal,

but

the things

that

are not

seen

are eternal. Thus

we

have

been dying,

and behold

we

live.

Bless

the Lord,

O

my soul

!

.Amen.

Hallelujah, praise

ye

the Lord

!

7fiirdly,

We

seem

to be dying

in

regard

to

our

spiri-

tual

life,

the

life

of holiness ancr

peace begun

in

us.

When

we

feel

our corruptions

working and rising

at

every

turn,

we

are afraid

we

shall be

overpowered

by

them, and quite

led

captive

to sin

and death

:

Pride,

sinful appetite, intemperance,

furious

anger, resentment,

uneasiness, and repining

at

Providence,

&c.

When

we

feel

the

temptations

of

the world

surround-

ing

us

and pressing

hard upon

us,

either

the

soft

entice-

ments

of

the

world, and the allurements

of

flesh,

luxury,

and

vanity,

or

the oppositions and

frowns,

and

reproaches,

and ,terrors

of the

world,

between one and the

other we

are

ready to

cry

out,

We

shall sink

and die

!

and espe-

cially

if God

delays to

hear our

prayers and hide

him-

self

from

us

;

and

if

the

tempter,

the accuser,

be

suf-