With meat and drink indeed I'm blestir, Strange is the place of my abode, I dwell at home, I dwell abroad u. xxvi. 8. 9. Yea in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our fouls is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night, yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early. r John vi. 55. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Job xxix. 2, 3, 4. Oh that I were as months past, as in in the days when God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness: as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle. Pfalm lxxvii. 10, 11, 12. I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High, I will remember the works of the Lord: furely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. Song v. 8. I charge you, O daughdaughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my Beloved, that ye tell him that I am fick of love. Chap. viii, 1. O that thou wert as my brother, that fucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee, yea, I should not be despised. s Matth. v. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 1 2 Cor. v. 2. For in this we groan earnestly, defiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. Phil. i. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. &c. Song ii. 3, 4, 5. I fat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flaggons, comfort me with apples; for I am fick of love. u Job iv. 19. How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? Pfal. xc. 1. Lord thou hast been our dwellin 1 I am not where all men may fee, I'm full of hell w, yet full of heav'n x; place in all generations. And xci. 1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 1 John iv. 16. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. v Isa. xxxiii. 16. He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munition of rocks. Eph. ii. 6. And hath raised us up together, and made us fit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. w Eccl. ix. 3. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. * Eph. iii. 19. And to know the love of Christ, which paffeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. y Pfalm xviii. 23. I was also upright before him: and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ezek. xviii. 25. Hear now, O house of Ifrael, are not your ways unequal. a Rev. iii. 2. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. b1 Cor. ii. 6. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, &c. c Pfalm xl. 17. But I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me. d Pfalm xxiii. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. And xxxiv. 10. The young lions do lack, and fuffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. e Exod. xxxiii. 20. And he said, Thou canst not fee my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. f John vi. 40. And this is the will of him that fent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may I live best when I see most bright g; For, having nothing, I have all o. have everlasting lief. Chap. xx. 20. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. g 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Chap. iv 6. For God who commanded the light to thine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. b Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ: Nevertheless I live: yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 2 Cor. v. 7. For we walk by faith, not by fight. i Pfalm xxvii. ar. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. k Zeph. iii. 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an af>flicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. / Ifa. Ixi. ro. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my foul shall be joyful in my God, for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. m Ezek. xvi. 7. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breafts are fashioned and thine hair is grown, whereas thou was naked and bare. Rev. iii. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Rom. viii. 28. And we know that all things work toge. ther for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. P I'm finfulp, yet I have no fin q; The're of the dev'l, who sin amain t, I'm without guile, an Isra'lite x, 02 Cor. vi. 10.-as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. p Rom. vii. 14. For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, fold under fin. ข. 24 .Ο wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 9 Numb. xxiii. 21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Ifrael. 1 John iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God, doth not commit fin; for his feed remaineth in him: and he cannot fin, because he is born of God. r Pfalm xiv. 3. They are all gone afide, they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doth good, no not one. Song iv. 7. Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee. s Song i. 5. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerufalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. v. 15. Behold thou art fair, my love; behold thou art fair, thou hast doves eyes. t John iii. 8. He that committeth fin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. u 1 John i. 8. If we say that we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. v Rom. vii. 23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members. w Pfalm lxv. 3. Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Rom. vi. 14. For fin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. * John i. 47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and faith Maintaining truth in th' inward part z, And Jesus is my Lord alone d. of him, Behold an Ifraelite indeed, in whom is no guile. Pfal. xxxii. 2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. y Pfalm xix. 1.2. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from fecret faults. z Pfalm li. 6. Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. a Matth. xv. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witness, blafphemies. 6 Matth. vi. 21. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. c Hof. x. r. Ifrael is an empty vine, he bringth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land, they have made goodly images. Matth xvi. 24. Then said Jefus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -d Ifa. xxvi. 13. O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. John xx. 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Lord, and my God. e Jam. iv.. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may confume it upon your lufts. Jer. xlv. 2, 5. Thus faith the Lord the God of Ifrael unto thee, O Baruch, And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, faith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey, in all places whither thou goest. f Matth. xvi. 24. See letter c. |