I'm healed even when my plagues abound, b For all my fins my heart is fad, you, ¿ Rom. vii. 24, 26, O wretched man that I am, who fhall deliver me from the body of this death! I thank God, through Jesus Chrift our Lord. e viz. with mercy, Job xlii. 5, 6, I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye feeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myfelf, and repent in duft and afhes. Ezek. xvi. 63, That thou mayeft remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy fhame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou haft done, faith the Lord God. 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 shall not come into condemnation; but is paffed 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 believeth on him, may have everJafting 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 cat of this bread he fhall live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. fPfalm 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. b Ifa. xli. 24, Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: Shout 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 Ifrael. Eph. i. 6, To the praife of the glory of his grace. v. 12, That we should be to the praife of his glory. My fins are ever in his eye,i Yet he beholds no fin in me; k His mind that keeps them all in store, i Rev. iii. 1, I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thour liveft, and art dead. ther cold nor hot. v. 15, I know thy works, that thou art nei ★ Numb. xxiii. 21, He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he feen perverfenefs in Ifrael. Song iv. 7, Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee. Ezek. xvi. 14, And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my comeliness which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. / Ifa. xliii. 25, I, even I am he that blotteth out thy tranfgref fons for mine own fake, and will not remember thy fins. Jer. xxxi. 34, I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their fins no more. Heb. viii. 12, I will be merciful to their unrightcoufnefs, 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 trefpafs, feeing 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? wouldft not thou be angry with us till thou hadst confumed us, fo that there fhould be no remnant efcaping? Pfa. xxxviii. 2, O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chaften me in thy hot displeasure. Pfalm xxv. 11, For thy name's fake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. Jer. xiv. 7, O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's fake; for our backflidings are many, we have finned against thee. . 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 ourselves, that we should not truft in ourselves, but in God which raifeth the dead. p Phil. ii. 12, Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have slways obeyed, not as in my prefence only, but now much more in my ab fence; work out your own falvation with fear and trembling. 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, Pardons difpel my griefs and fears, q And yet diffolves my heart in tears.r SECT. IV. Myfteries in Faith's extractions, way and walk, prayers and anfwers, heights and depths, fear and love. WITH wafps and bees, my busy bill And pride afpiring lays me low.b Matth. ix. 2, Jefus faid unto the fick of the pally, 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 filthinefs, and from all your idols will I cleanfe you. A new heart alfo will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the ftony heart out of your flefh, and I will give you an heart of flefly. v. 31, Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and fhall lothe yourfelves in your own fight for your own iniquities, and for your abominations. Chap. xvi. 63, That thou mayeft remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy fhame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou haft 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 fhall we that are dead to fin live any longer therein ? . 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 together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Phil. i. 12, But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me, have fallen out unto the furtherance of the gofpel. Pfalm cxix. 71, It is good for me that. I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy ftatutes. b 2 Cor. xii. 7, And left L fhould be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the meffenger of Satan to buffet me, left I fhould 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,) fo that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. My ftanding does my fall procure, < Pfalm xxx. 6, 7, And in my prosperity I faid, I fhall never be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou haft made my mountain to ftand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. ✔ Prov. xxiv. 16, For a juft man falleth seven times, and rifeth up again. Pfalm xxxvii. 24, Though he fall, he fhall not be utterly cast 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 3 thorn in the flesh, the meffenger of Satan to buffet me, left I fhould 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 fhooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; he stayeth his rough wind in the day of his caft 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 Chrift'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. b Matth. ix. 12, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are fick. Ifa. lvii. 17, 18, For the iniquity of his covetoufhefs 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 seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him, and to his mourners. i Ifa, lxiii. 17, O Lord, why haft thou made us err from thy ways? and hardened our hearts 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 fhould not trust in ourselves, but in God, which raiseth 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 hu My best things oft have evil brood, m Breed me much hurt, yet little harm.o They make me long for Canaan's banks, s mility; for God refisteth 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 said, 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 Bafhan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. But Jefhurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatnefs: then he forfook the God which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his falvation. Pfalm cvi. 7, Our fathers understood not the wonders in Egypt, they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies, but provoked him at the fea, even at the Red sea. n Pfalm xx. 11, Thou haft turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladnefs. Rom. viii. 28, See letter a. Jer. x. 19. Wo is me for my hurt, my wound is grievous; but 1 faid, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 1 Pet. iii. 13, And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? *vix. in themselves, but much evil. 1 Pet. ii. 11, Dearly beloved, I beseech you as ftrangers and pilgrims, abftain from fleshly lufts, which war against the soul. James i. 14, 15, But every man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own luft, and enticed. Then when luft hath conceived, it bringeth forth fin; and fin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Pfalm cxliii. 9, Deliver me O Lord, from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide me. rock; 9 Rom. viii. 13, If ye live after the flesh, ye fhall die. r Pfalm xviii. 46, 47, The Lord liveth, and bleffed be my and let the God of my falvation be exalted. It is God that avengeth me, and fubdueth the people under me. ♪ Pfalm lv. 6, And I faid, Ō that I had wings like a dove! for |