ABSTRACT
Forabourfihac rime the Miniiter of chip Parifli intending to give the Sacrament preached z prejparatory Sermon from i O r . ii* 27 ,28 , ijpivi " Shewing tlie fweet nacujre of that blelled ordipancevtl^e. danger of uaV worthy receive is and how a'Chnihan ougiic t6 be qualified berore partaking thereof a t t k f hearing of which I was a^j.Kcned asd rf£c Lord was pleafed n o come in wich JV/eec • comfort and x'rcfrelhwiencs conflicring t&d feicffed provifi^n God had.jjraiioufly made for ihofe that prepared ro meecbim [herein* but I was troubled when i c6rilT(5ered . thqz very few or none o'* his Communicant? were foqualliSed co appearance which W4> my greac burden/ for I longed much co per* t ^ e of that ordinance buc dared not ro. do h in thac manner and wiui fuch perfons
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*ruk*r buc tlhofe who I feared would *ny trouble greaterbut ibou O ' God who arc ever reaUv to help in rifhc ofncecdthoji the wife cojnfellor wilt not be far from the 5<>u] chat craiy feeks thee, then I called up^ on the Lord who was grari3Uflr pleafed to ^ rant art eir t6 my rcqueft, and rhrough the tielp of mv friend to biing to remembrance, 'x t iM D z5, 17. by which * 1 was much csj-tbhfb i y b it more wlen l fawthc number
, his Communicants whom be had examined ‘and accepced fuch as \vas very bjind , i g ^ rant/form aicrcatures rheri‘1 c»me to. a scfe* iufiori through the b’effng of Go3 to wait
. WitIrpatience fill he (houW fee good' to open ' aw iy therein 1 m'ght in joy fucfr ordinances
^frpow ^and purity and fo as l fnight.exp.ca ;*Gods prefenr'c and blellinp, which at 1a(i fitf
> "in s gr'atic\ufl presafed cb do making that ih / -‘friend an mitrrirriem thereof.- 0 \ Oh let my heart be mbre -carried out to ‘God with prajfes,and put a* new Song into m y mouth, make it my work to glory th^c ■thy'great namejlihcp th^ii art thus pleafed to own^ne in thy d«*r Sen. '* r
Of
My Soutthou haft foord by Iweee
U experience* how good a thing it i* to wait upon the Lord let not the gracious taft of hi> love flip out of thy re-' tnembrancc but whilll he hath; given thce life improve thefe mercies and the talent h« hath lent cheej to his own glory, and lee the gracioiis workings Qt the Lord a> he it fed to feonowr thee-witlt incomes of hi*> {©ve* *n<i the Iweet breathing! ot bis holy fpirit,re count them here in order as the Lord fhall give thee leave that they may be rtcord ttgatxfi an evil dajt a d») «f tmptatiem, for how many pretlourevidences haft (1*08 loft, i©r wane of rtmtmhing them , but now O Lord help rae to deal taichfuily with my
' cirsvO caufemetofee tht growth of mj S**/* io Grace and in 4hsk * 9 of EWJgtatipusS God> chac my nouI may only aim actbe Glo ry of ipy ^redeemer _ . , . .
