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times. The first time it was up to my ancles; the second time it came to my knees; the next time to my loins; and I believe I have been brought through it the fourth time this laft week; and I found it to be a river without bottom or fhare. And this water is come into my foul; and I am fure that I fhall never fink here; for the Lord has given me the hands of faith, that I may fpread them forth and swim. I feel all thofe wonderful operations that the prodigal felt when his father faid to the fervant, "Bring hither the best robe, and put it on him; put a ring on his hand, and fhoes on his feet." Feel it I do; but it is past all defcription. Coftly it was, and that the Redeemer knew when he gave his foul an offering for my fins, and fhed his precious blood to fatisfy divine juftice in my behalf. O it melts me, and breaks my heart! O, my dear brother, help me to praife him! I cannot, I cannot praise him as I would. But I fhall do it when this mortal fhall have put on immortality. "I fhall be Tatisfied when I awake with his likenefs." I believe the Lord will not keep me long here. Well, I know that" neither height nor depth, life nor death, things prefent, nor things to come, fhall ever feparate me from his love." It rejoices my heart to fee the Lord is carrying on his work on the hearts of many poor finners under the orations of his Majefty's herald in this dark corner

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of the globe. He is "a burning and a shining light." He stands in the roftrum as a flaming fire for God. Surely he is the greatest bleffing that ever God bestowed on fuch worthlefs finners as we are. Sifter Moorhen's wounds get deeper and deeper. I believe the will, in the Lord's time, be brought to that ftrait where all human ftrength expires, and where there is none fhut up or left. There is another poor foul alfo who is tumbling all to pieces. This is the beft news I can fend you. O that Zion's cords may be lengthened, and her. ftakes firengthened! Give my kind love to your travelling friends; and accept my thanks for your foul-ftrengthening letter. It was "as cold water to a thirsty foul, or good news from a far country; as apples of gold in pictures of filver." And I know that my God will reward you. He fays that a cup of cold water given to a difciple, in the name of a difciple, fhall in no wife lofe its reward. And those that water others thall be watered themselves. Was it not fo, I think the favours he heaps on me would make me miferable. I am happy to find you are better. I hope it will not be long before I fee you in the Dale. I hope you will favour me with a letter foon. In the mean time, let me have an intereft in your prayers, that I may be kept humble, watchful, and near to the Lord. May the Lord blefs you in body and foul, in your basket and

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ftore, in your goings out and in your comings in,

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"THUS faith the Lord God, I will

take of the higheft branch of the high cedar, and will fet it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on an high mountain and eminent. In the mountain of the height of Ifrael will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar; and under it fhall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the fhadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell." Ezek. xvii. 22. From the royal house of David was this young twig cropped, and on mount Zion it is planted, where

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the fulness of the ever-bleffed Godhead, which dwells in Jeffe's Branch, difplays his omnipre fence and omnipotence in the fouls of thoufands of poor finners, and unites them (as boughs in the cedar) to himself; in which almighty power, love, and goodness, manifefted and put forth in the heart of the finner, the foul refts fatisfied and contented, and finds and feels his fhadow a fweet fcreen from Satan's fiery darts, and from the piercing fentences of a fiery law. In the fhadowing branches of this goodly cedar fhall the birds of paradife dwell. Sing care away, Philomela; for our beloved " giveth fongs in the night." Sing of his right hand and ftretched-out arm, which got himself the victory over thy heart, and over all thy foes. Sing of mercy and of judgment; of judgment past, and of mercy come. Sing of thy well beloved touching his vineyard, and of union with the living vine. Sing of his glorious triumph, of his dying love, and of his redeeming blood; and fing glory to the righteous. "Joy and gladness fhall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody; for as well the fingers as the players on inftruments fhall be there; all my fprings are in thee."

He that receives his teftimony into his heart, namely, that we must be born again (John iii. 11), and that he that believes in him fhall be faved (John iii. 32), and he that follows him fhall have the light of life (John xxi. 24), is fealed; the testimony

teftimony is come home to his foul with power, in the Holy Ghoft, and in much affurance; which affurance is the fealing, confirming, and establishing, the foul in the certainty and enjoyment of the testimony received; and of a part and lot in all the bleffings and benefits promised and testified of. He fets his hand to the feal that God is true; he fubfcribes the evidence, and the book of the purchase. "One fhall fay, I am the Lord's,' for he hath taken me as a prey from the mighty; " and another fhall call himself by the name of Jacob," faying, I have got both the birthright and the bleffing; " and another fhall fubfcribe with his hand unto the Lord, and furname himfelf by the name of Ifrael," crying aloud, I have prevailed in prayer; I have looked at my beloved till I have overcome him; and I fhall be more than conqueror (over heaven and earth) through him that hath loved me; " for as a prince have I power with God and with man, and have prevailed,"

These are golden days, Philomela! Make the moft of them now, while the evil days come 'not; now, while Wisdom leads thy foul through all her mystic gates, wards, and doors, and exhibits her glorious and vifionary fcenes before thee. "She ftands on the top of high places," Prov. viii; on Calvary, on mount Zion, and on every little hill thereof; on the munition of rocks, and on all the ancient mountains, and on the everlasting

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