S Msrkix. 44. B PC xfL ix. f L«kfi xv. s&



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that come uoto htm.* Yea, doubtlefs, I count
^tl things but lafs^ that I may he found in him^f
At true ARK9 uie only refuge, which God
has provided for perilbisg iumers.'

Such a man, indeed, is the Chrijiiafh but
the Chriftian, after all, is but a Man. In a
ftate like this, he needs to be contiaaally
ireminded of his own principles. Even the
nxyife Virgin llumbers though the Bridegroom
is at hand. But a cry is often made in the
family, before that which will zt milnight
awaken the world: one like that in the
houfe of Pharaoh for his firftbom ; or tKaft
fo lately heard vol yours. A cry, which,,
wh3e it roufes the Sleeper, fiUs Jiis eyes with
tears and his heart with pangs ; often pco«
duces fttch views of God, of the preiRsntt
and of the eternal ftate, as all o^er monif
tors woi|ld have attempted in vain.
Here then, my afflidled, but, I hope, in-
ftrufted^ friend, let us fludy the heavenly
fcience of gaining by lofes^ and rifing by de-
fttjfions. Leaving the wildernefs, like Mo*-

, • Joba vv 3 7. t Philip, iii. 8, 9.
