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a/src/0043.pm b/src/0043.pm index 203c2e4..6dfccf7 100644 --- a/src/0043.pm +++ b/src/0043.pm @@ -1,70 +1,68 @@ #lang pollenWe have a great weight of sin which hingsworks fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken off? weWe can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it off again. We have a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that they sleep so long as we are here, yet they shall be wakened at that great day,) of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thythine own people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! forFor at the end of each sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our own hearts, and to labour,labor, before the day of our visitation be at an end, to find ourselves to be within the compass of thy favourfavor and love, and within the skirts of thy kindness, and that we are in the estate of grace; and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou entersenterest in the estate of grace, when thou callscallest upon them out of this life, thou possessespossessest them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we shall never see glory. Shall we presume upon that which we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And as many of us as have received any note of this, or hashave given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were as diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things which we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and spendsspend all our time upon things accessory thereto, therefore it is that we get none of them; but if so be that we would set our hearts upon these things that are above, then we would not only get these, but we would get rest and peace to our souls; and then we would not wish nor desire any more but what thou isart pleased to met and measure out to us. And therefore give us grace to walk in thy ways; albeit that men would mist the way to us and make it dark, yet it is clear to thythine own what is thy will. Lord, set us into it, and keep us, we beseech thee, from the by-paths of errour.error. Lord, thy word presents the way to us, but except thou illightenenlightenest our eyes, we will not see it; and when we are in the way, then we are ready to turn to the right hand or to the left, unless we have thy Spirit to hold us in, and to say, "This is the way, walk in it:" yea, rather, or we go out of the way, Lord, hedge us in it with thorns. And because we be now come to receive instruction from thee how to walk in thy ways, Lord, give us grace humbly to submit ourselves to the receiving thereof; and give us believing and obedient hearts. And above all, Lord, because there is no good to be gotten without faith, (for faithless and graceless,) thou, Lord, who hashast infused it in the hearts of thythine own, infuse it in us also. Albeit we have but narrowmouthednarrow-mouthed hearts, yet we have ado with thee, the Lord, who knowsknowest our shape and our mould, and how we are but dust; and thou cancanst enlarge the heart. Few drops of the oil of grace, it will help us very much, it will make our faces shine before men, and the face of our souls before thee; it will make us qulck,quick, ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will be to thee in making the means effectual; and the more unworthy that we be, the more mercy will be seen in showing good to us. Lord, give us that, and set us fordwardforward in that which may enable us to serve thee: and Lord, oppose thyself against all hindrances and impediments, both without us and within us; especially set our hearts right, for if so be that we had a right heart, then Satan nor his tentationstemptations would not prevail over us. But it is a pitiful thing that he has darts, and shoots them at poor souls, and we are ready to receive them, and then we cannot get them out again; and therefore we beseech thee to arm us with the breastplate of righteousness, that so we may stand out against all the fiery darts of the devil. Let us not think it strange that we are assaulted; but, Lord, give us a testimony that we are thy children, in not suffering us to be overcome; and make us to be content to go on from day to day in fichtingfighting against thythine enemies and ours. And make us to remember that there is no day wherein our care ought to be so great as this day; that so in thy strength we may do thythine own work, and the enemies may be overcome; that thus thou, the Lord, maymayest receive honourhonor by us, and we may receive comfort to our souls, in and through the merits of thy Son, in whose, etc.
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We have a great weight of sin whilkwhich hings fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken off? we can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it off again. We have a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when thou calls upon them out of this life, thou possesses them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we shall never see glory. Shall we presume upon that whilkwhich we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And as many of us as have received any note @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were as diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things whilkwhich we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and spends all our time upon things accessory thereto, therefore it is that we get none of them; but if so be that we would set our hearts upon these things that @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will be to thee in making the means effectual; and the more unworthy that we be, the more mercy will be seen in showing good to us. Lord, give us that, and set us fordward in that whilkwhich may enable us to serve thee: and Lord, oppose thyself against all hindrances and impediments, both without us and within us; especially set our hearts right, for if so be that we had a right heart, then Satan nor his tentations would not prevail over us. But it is a pitiful thing
a/src/0043.pm b/src/0043.pm index bad893d..6940206 100644 --- a/src/0043.pm +++ b/src/0043.pm @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ We have a great weight of sin whilk hings fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken off? we can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it off again. We have a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that they sleep so long as we are here, yet they shall be wakened at that great day,) of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thy own people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! for at the end of each sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our own hearts, and to labour, before the day of our visitation be @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when thou calls upon them out of this life, thou possesses them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we shall never see glory. Shall we presume upon that whilk we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And as many of us as have received any note of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were as diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven,
a/src/0043.pm b/src/0043.pm index 5f77490..bad893d 100644 --- a/src/0043.pm +++ b/src/0043.pm @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that they sleep so long as we are here, yet they shall be wakened at that great day,) of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thy own people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! for at the end of ◊scottish{ilk#each|every}each sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our own hearts, and to labour, before the day of our visitation be at ◊scottish{ane#an|one}an end, to find ourselves to be within the compass of thy favour and love, and within the skirts of thy kindness, and that we are in the estate of grace; and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we shall never see glory. Shall we presume upon that whilk we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And ◊scottish{als#as|also}as many of us as hashave received any note of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were ◊scottish{als#as|also}as diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things whilk we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ be gotten without faith, (for faithless and graceless,) thou, Lord, who has infused it in the hearts of thy own, infuse it in us also. Albeit we have but narrowmouthed hearts, yet we have ado with thee, the Lord, who knows our shape and our mould, and how we are but dust; and thou can enlarge the heart. Few drops of the oil of grace, it will help us very ◊scottish{mickle#large|much|great},much, it will make our faces shine before men, and the face of our souls before thee; it will make us qulck, ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will
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We have a great weight of sin whilk hings fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken aff?off? we can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it affoff again. We have a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that they sleep so long as we are here, yet they sallshall be wakened at that great day,) of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thy awinown people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! for at the end of ilk◊scottish{ilk#each|every} sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our awinown hearts, and to labour, before the day of our visitation be at ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} end, to find ourselves to be within the compass of thy favour and love, and within the skirts of thy kindness, and that we are in the estate of grace; and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when thou calls upon them out of this life, thou possesses them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we sallshall never see glory. SallShall we presume upon that whilk we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And als◊scottish{als#as|also} many of us as has received any note of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were als◊scottish{als#as|also} diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things whilk we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ are above, then we would not only get these, but we would get rest and peace to our souls; and then we would not wish nor desire any more but what thou is pleased to met and measure out to us. And therefore give us grace to walk in thy ways; albeit that men would mist the way to us and make it dark, yet it is clear to thy awinown what is thy will. Lord, set us into it, and keep us, we beseech thee, from the by-paths of errour. Lord, thy word presents the way to us, but except thou illighten our eyes, we will not see it; and when we are in the way, then we are ready to turn to the right hand or to the left, unless we @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ we be now come to receive instruction from thee how to walk in thy ways, Lord, give us grace humbly to submit ourselves to the receiving thereof; and give us believing and obedient hearts. And above all, Lord, because there is no good to be gotten without faith, (for faithless and graceless,) thou, Lord, who has infused it in the hearts of thy awin,own, infuse it in us also. Albeit we have but narrowmouthed hearts, yet we have ado with thee, the Lord, who knows our shape and our mould, and how we are but dust; and thou can enlarge the heart. Few drops of the oil of grace, it will help us very mickle,◊scottish{mickle#large|much|great}, it will make our faces shine before men, and the face of our souls before thee; it will make us qulck, ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will @@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ assaulted; but, Lord, give us a testimony that we are thy children, in not suffering us to be overcome; and make us to be content to go on from day to day in fichting against thy enemies and ours. And make us to remember that there is no day wherein our care ought to be so great as this day; that so in thy strength we may do thy awinown work, and the enemies may be overcome; that thus thou, the Lord, may receive honour by us, and we may receive comfort to our souls, in and through the merits of thy Son, in whose, etc.
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PRAYER. 203
so the Lord may delight to dwell among us, in his awin ordinances; whilk we crave in the name, and for the merits, etc.
PREFACE.
As the Lord, he is careful and powerful in the hearts of his awin children, when the time of tentation is, that they be not overcome by it, and enables them by his Spirit to put aff ane ill hour, so the enemy of God's honour and of man's salvation, upon the other part, he is als busy to withdraw the heart by tentations, and to put by a good hour, and when we come to serve and worship God, then to draw our hearts away; and als ready as he is to draw them away, als ready are our hearts to go with him. And therefore let us now pray to the Lord, that he would go between us and that enemy of his honour and our salvation, and that he would teach us from above, from himself, and give us a further sight of the truth, and a love to it, for his honour and our comfort, through Jesus Christ.
PR AYY-E R
We have a great weight of sin whilk hings fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken aff? we can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it aff again. We have @@ -37,132 +9,62 @@ of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thy awin people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! for at the end of ilk sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged- [ ] Completed?
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214 PRAYER. upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our awin hearts, and to labour, before the day of our visitation be at ane end, to find ourselves to be within the compass of thy favour and love, and within the skirts of thy kindness, and that we are in the estate of grace; and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when thou calls upon them out of this life, thou possesses them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we sall never see glory. Sall we presume upon that whilk we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And als many of us as has received any note of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were als diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things whilk we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and spends all our time upon things accessory thereto, therefore it is that we get none of them; but if so be that we would set our hearts upon these things that are above, then we would not only get these, but we would get rest and peace to our souls; and then we would not wish nor desire any more but what thou is pleased to met and measure out to us. And therefore give us grace to walk in thy ways; albeit that men would mist the way to us and make it dark, yet it is clear to thy awin what is thy will. Lord, set us into it, and keep us, we beseech thee, from the by-paths of errour. Lord, thy word presents the way to us, but except thou illighten our eyes, we will not see it; and when we are in the way, then we are ready to turn to the right hand or to the left, unless we have thy Spirit to hold us in, and to say, "This is the way, walk in it:" yea, rather, or we- [ ] Completed?
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PRAYER. 215 go out of the way, Lord, hedge us in it with thorns. And because we be now come to receive instruction from thee how to walk in thy ways, Lord, give us grace humbly to submit ourselves to the receiving thereof; and give us believing and obedient hearts. And above all, Lord, because there is no good to be gotten without faith, (for faithless and graceless,) thou, Lord, who has infused it in the hearts of thy awin, infuse it in us also. Albeit we have but narrowmouthed hearts, yet we have ado with thee, the Lord, who knows our shape and our mould, and how we are but dust; and thou can enlarge the heart. Few drops of the oil of grace, it will help us very mickle, it will make our faces shine before men, and the face of our souls before thee; it will make us qulck, ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will be to thee in making the means effectual; and the more unworthy that we be, the more mercy will be seen in showing good to us. Lord, give us that, and set us fordward in that whilk may enable us to serve thee: and Lord, oppose thyself against all hindrances and impediments, both without us and within us; especially set our hearts right, for if so be that we had a right heart, then Satan nor his tentations would not prevail over us. But it is a pitiful thing that he has darts, and shoots them at poor souls, and we are ready to receive them, and then we cannot get them out again; and therefore we beseech thee to arm us with the breastplate of righteousness, that so we may stand out against all the fiery darts of the devil. Let us not think it strange that we are assaulted; but, Lord, give us a testimony that we are thy children, in not suffering us to be overcome; and make us to be content to go on from day to day in fichting against thy enemies and ours. And make us to remember that there is no day wherein our care ought to be so great as this day; that so in thy strength we may do thy awin work, and the enemies may be overcome; that thus thou, the Lord, may receive honour by us, and we may receive comfort to our souls, in and through the merits of thy Son, in whose, etc.- [ ] Completed?
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216 SERMON.
SERMON. HEB. XI. g I.*
This is the last example of the third class or order of that cloud or company of witnesses, that are brought in here by the Spirit of God to prove this necessar conclusion, that there was never any since the beginning of the world, either man or woman, that was justified in the sight of God, or did enter into heaven, or had any estimation with God, or were in favour with him, but only they who had faith and believed; and that the kirk of God here upon the face of the earth is nothing else but a company of penitent and believing souls. F¥or he begins at the very beginning of the world, and descends in order to Abel, from Abel to Enoch, from Enoch to Noah, these were before the flood; and then after the flood he comes to Abraham, to Sarah a woman, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Joseph, and then he comes to Moses, and then to the people of Israel; and then last in that third rank, he comes to that woman, Rahab the harlot. And afterwards he brings in examples of believers in the time of the Judges and Kings of Israel. In this third rank or order of this cloud of witnesses, beside the example of Moses himself, there was also the example of the whole people of God, who through faith forsook Egypt, came through the Red Sea, overcame those kings, Og and Bashan (Sihon?), and as ye heard, made the walls of Jericho to fall; and used no means to ding them down (overthrow them), but compassed them about seven days, as God had prescribed to them, and as he had directed Joshua, who was their vicegerent, but Jesus Christ was the captain of the host. This example, it is also added here, and we have not the like of it among them all; for Abraham, or Isaac, or Jacob, etc., these noble and famous patriarchs, they might be marked for some notable and famous quality that was in them, that
* « By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace."
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PRAYER. 203
so the Lord may delight to dwell among us, in his awin ordinances; whilk we crave in the name, and for the merits, etc.
PREFACE.
As the Lord, he is careful and powerful in the hearts of his awin children, when the time of tentation is, that they be not overcome by it, and enables them by his Spirit to put aff ane ill hour, so the enemy of God's honour and of man's salvation, upon the other part, he is als busy to withdraw the heart by tentations, and to put by a good hour, and when we come to serve and worship God, then to draw our hearts away; and als ready as he is to draw them away, als ready are our hearts to go with him. And therefore let us now pray to the Lord, that he would go between us and that enemy of his honour and our salvation, and that he would teach us from above, from himself, and give us a further sight of the truth, and a love to it, for his honour and our comfort, through Jesus Christ.
PR AYY-E R
We have a great weight of sin whilk hings fast upon us, and bears down our souls, and such a weight that we of ourselves are not able to get it shaken aff? we can take on the burden of sin, but we cannot put it aff again. We have a conscience, (if so be that our consciences were wakened, and although that they sleep so long as we are here, yet they sall be wakened at that great day,) of the guiltiness of many sins since the beginning of our life; and when thou art pleased to set the sins of thy awin people in order before them, O but they make a terrible spectacle! for at the end of ilk sin, they see a chain that ties them hard and fast to that unquenchable flame. And, Lord, when thou pleasest thou canst set our sins in order in thy sight, and be avenged
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214 PRAYER.
upon us for them. And therefore it were very meet and expedient for us in time to take order with our awin hearts, and to labour, before the day of our visitation be at ane end, to find ourselves to be within the compass of thy favour and love, and within the skirts of thy kindness, and that we are in the estate of grace; and we being assured of that, then call upon us when thou wilt, thou cannot call upon us wrong. For these whom thou enters in the estate of grace, when thou calls upon them out of this life, thou possesses them in glory; but if so be that we live all our days in nature, and die in nature also, that is sure we sall never see glory. Sall we presume upon that whilk we never heard of any who had the proof of it? There was never one who was immediately translated from nature to glory, but all come there by that way of grace; and therefore enter us in that happy estate here. And als many of us as has received any note of this, or has given testimony of it before the world, Lord, increase it. We would fain have the world, and we are like to break our heart when we thrive not in the things thereof; but, Lord, if we were als diligent to grow in spiritual things, Lord, could we do this, and seek first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, then the things whilk we seek so fast after would be added to us. But because we are careless of the principal thing, and spends all our time upon things accessory thereto, therefore it is that we get none of them; but if so be that we would set our hearts upon these things that are above, then we would not only get these, but we would get rest and peace to our souls; and then we would not wish nor desire any more but what thou is pleased to met and measure out to us. And therefore give us grace to walk in thy ways; albeit that men would mist the way to us and make it dark, yet it is clear to thy awin what is thy will. Lord, set us into it, and keep us, we beseech thee, from the by-paths of errour. Lord, thy word presents the way to us, but except thou illighten our eyes, we will not see it; and when we are in the way, then we are ready to turn to the right hand or to the left, unless we have thy Spirit to hold us in, and to say, "This is the way, walk in it:" yea, rather, or we
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PRAYER. 215
go out of the way, Lord, hedge us in it with thorns. And because we be now come to receive instruction from thee how to walk in thy ways, Lord, give us grace humbly to submit ourselves to the receiving thereof; and give us believing and obedient hearts. And above all, Lord, because there is no good to be gotten without faith, (for faithless and graceless,) thou, Lord, who has infused it in the hearts of thy awin, infuse it in us also. Albeit we have but narrowmouthed hearts, yet we have ado with thee, the Lord, who knows our shape and our mould, and how we are but dust; and thou can enlarge the heart. Few drops of the oil of grace, it will help us very mickle, it will make our faces shine before men, and the face of our souls before thee; it will make us qulck, ready, and nimble, to walk in thy ways. Lord, accompany both speaker and hearers now by thy Spirit: the more unworthy that we are, the more glory will be to thee in making the means effectual; and the more unworthy that we be, the more mercy will be seen in showing good to us. Lord, give us that, and set us fordward in that whilk may enable us to serve thee: and Lord, oppose thyself against all hindrances and impediments, both without us and within us; especially set our hearts right, for if so be that we had a right heart, then Satan nor his tentations would not prevail over us. But it is a pitiful thing that he has darts, and shoots them at poor souls, and we are ready to receive them, and then we cannot get them out again; and therefore we beseech thee to arm us with the breastplate of righteousness, that so we may stand out against all the fiery darts of the devil. Let us not think it strange that we are assaulted; but, Lord, give us a testimony that we are thy children, in not suffering us to be overcome; and make us to be content to go on from day to day in fichting against thy enemies and ours. And make us to remember that there is no day wherein our care ought to be so great as this day; that so in thy strength we may do thy awin work, and the enemies may be overcome; that thus thou, the Lord, may receive honour by us, and we may receive comfort to our souls, in and through the merits of thy Son, in whose, etc.
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216 SERMON.
SERMON. HEB. XI. g I.*
This is the last example of the third class or order of that cloud or company of witnesses, that are brought in here by the Spirit of God to prove this necessar conclusion, that there was never any since the beginning of the world, either man or woman, that was justified in the sight of God, or did enter into heaven, or had any estimation with God, or were in favour with him, but only they who had faith and believed; and that the kirk of God here upon the face of the earth is nothing else but a company of penitent and believing souls. F¥or he begins at the very beginning of the world, and descends in order to Abel, from Abel to Enoch, from Enoch to Noah, these were before the flood; and then after the flood he comes to Abraham, to Sarah a woman, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Joseph, and then he comes to Moses, and then to the people of Israel; and then last in that third rank, he comes to that woman, Rahab the harlot. And afterwards he brings in examples of believers in the time of the Judges and Kings of Israel. In this third rank or order of this cloud of witnesses, beside the example of Moses himself, there was also the example of the whole people of God, who through faith forsook Egypt, came through the Red Sea, overcame those kings, Og and Bashan (Sihon?), and as ye heard, made the walls of Jericho to fall; and used no means to ding them down (overthrow them), but compassed them about seven days, as God had prescribed to them, and as he had directed Joshua, who was their vicegerent, but Jesus Christ was the captain of the host. This example, it is also added here, and we have not the like of it among them all; for Abraham, or Isaac, or Jacob, etc., these noble and famous patriarchs, they might be marked for some notable and famous quality that was in them, that
* « By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace."
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