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As low as death when living high d,
Nor fhall I live, yet cannot die e.
For all my fins my heart is fad,
Since God's difhonour'd f; yet I'm glad,
Though once I was a flave to fin,g,
Since God does thereby honour win b..
My fins are ever in his eye i,
Yet he beholds no fin in me k;

d 2 Cor. vi. 9.-as dying, and behold, we live.

e Heb. ix. 27. It is appointed unto men once to die. John v. 24. Verily, verily, I fay unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that fent me, hath everlasting life, and fhall not come unto condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Chap. vi. 40. And this is the will of him that fent me, that every one which feeth the Son, and believ eth on him, may have everlafting life. v. 50, 51. This is the bread, which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world..

ƒ Psalm li. 4.. Against thee, thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight.

g Rom. vi. 17. But God be thanked, that ye were the fervants of fin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you.

hlfa. xli. 24. Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: fhout ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into finging, ye mountains, O forefts, and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Eph. i. 6. To the praife of the glory of his grace. That we should be to the praife of his glory.

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i Rev. iii. 1. 1 know thy works, that thou haft a name that thou liveft, and art dead. v. 15. I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot.

iniquity in Jacob, Song iv. 7. Thou Ezek. xvi. 14.

k Numb. xxiii. 21. He hath not beheld neither hath he seen perverseness in Ifrael. art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee. And thy renown went forth among the Heathen for thy bea

His mind that keeps them all in ftore,
Will yet remember them no more l.
Because my fins are great, I feel,
Great fears of heavy wrath m; yet ftill
For mercy feek, for pardon wait,
Becaufe my fins are very great n.
I hope when plung'd into despair 0,
I tremble when I have no fear p

ty for it was perfect through my cômeliness which I had put upon thee, faith the Lord God.

/ Ifa. xliii. 25. 1, even I am he that blotteth out thy trans greffions for mine own fake, and will not remember thy fins. Jer. xxxi. 34. I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remem ber their fin no more. Heb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their fins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

m Ezra ix. 13, 14. And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trefpass, seeing that thou our God haft punished us less than our iniquities deferve, and haft given us fuch deliverance as this, fhould we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of thefe abominations? wouldst not thou be angry with us till thou hadft confumed us, fo that there should be no remnant nor escaping? Pfalm xxxviii. 1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chaiten me in thy hot difpleafure.

n Pfalm xxv. 1. For thy name's fake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. Jer. xiv. 7. O Lord, though our iniquities teftify against us, do thou it for thy name's fake: for our backflidings are many, we have finned against thee.

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• Rom. iv. 18. Who [Abraham] against hope believed in hope. 2 Cor. i. 8, 9. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Afia, that we were preffed out of measure, above strength, infomuch that we defpaired even of life: but we had the fentence of death in ourfelves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raifeth the dead.

p Phil. ii. 12. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my prefence only, but now much more in

Pardons difpels my griefs and fears q,
And yet diffolve my heart in tears r.

SECT. IV.

Mysteries in Faith's extractions, way and walk, prayers and anfwers, heighths and depths, fear

and love.

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ITH wafps and bees my busy bill
Sucks ill from good, and good from
(ill a:

Humil'ty makes my pride to grow,
And pride afpiring lays me low b.

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my absence: work out your own falvation with fear and trem. bling. Luke i. 74. That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear.

9 Matth. ix. 2. Jefus faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son, be of good cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee.

r Ezek. xxxvi. 25, 26. Then will I fprinkle clean water upon you, and ye fhall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new fpirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. v. 31. Then fhall ye remember your .own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loath yourselves in your own fight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Chap. xvi. 63. That thou mayest remem ber and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy fhame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, faith the Lord God.

a Rom. ii. 4. Or defpifeft thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long.fuffering: not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? Chap. vi. 1, 2. What shall we fay then? fhall we continue in fin that grace may abound? God forbid: how shall we that are dead to fin live any longer therein ? v. 15. What then? fhall we fin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Chap. viii. 28. And we know that all things work to. gether for good, to them that love God, to them who are the

My ftanding does my fall procure c,
My falling makes me ftand more fure d.
My poifon does my phyfic prove e,
My enmity provokes my lovef.

My poverty infers my wealth g,
My fickness iffues in my health b:

called according to his purpose. Phil. i. 12. But I would ye fhould understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me. have fallen out unto the furtherance of the gospel, Pfalm cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy flatutes.

b 2 Cor. xii. 1. And left I should be exalted above mea fure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was giv en to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, left should be exalted above measure. Prov. xxix. 23. A man's pride fhall bring him low: but honour fhall uphold the humble in fpirit.-2 Chron. xxxii. 26. Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, (both he and the inhabitants of Jerufalem), so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

c Pfalm xxx. 6, 7. And in my prosperity I faid, I shall ne ver be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou haft made moun my tain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

d Prov. xxiv. 16. For a juft man falleth feven times, and rifeth up again. Pfalm xxxvii. 24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly caft down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

e 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8. And left I fhould be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorni n the flefli, the meffenger of Satan to buffet me, left I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I befought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Ifa. xxvii. 8. 9. In measure when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; he stayeth his rough wind in the day of his east wind. By this therefore fhall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit to take away his fin.

f Gal. v. 27. The flesh lufteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. v. 24. And they that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lufts.

g Rev. ii. 9. I know thy poverty, but thou art rich. 2 Cor. vi. 10. as having nothing, and yet poffeffing all things.

My hardness tends to make me soft i,
And killing things do cure me oft k.
While high attainments caft me down,
My deep abafements raife me foon 7:
My beft things oft have evil brood m,
My worst things work my greatest good n.

h Matth. ix. 12. They that be whole need not a phylician, but they that are fick. Ifa. lvii. 17, 18. For the iniquity of his covetousnefs was I wroth and fmote him: I hid me and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. I have feen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him, and to his mourners.

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i Ifa. Ixiii. 17. O Lord, why haft thou made us to err from thy ways? and hardened oar heart from thy fear? Return for thy fervant's fake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

k 2 Cor. i. 9. But we had the fentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, which raifeth the dead. Hof. v. 15. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and feek my face in their affliction they will feek me early. Chap. vi. 1. Come and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath fmitten, and he will bind us up.

/ 1 Pet. v. 6. Be fubject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God refifteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Pfalm cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped me.

m Pfalm xxx. 6, 7. And in my profperity I faid, I shall never be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou haft made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. Deut. xxxii. 14, 15. Butter of kine, and milk of fheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didit drink pure blood of the grape. But Jefhurun waxed fat, and kicked; thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art coyered with fatnefs: then he forfook the God which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his falvation. Plaim cvi. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, they re

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