Feb. 16. My Soul being dejected because after long w••iting upon God, for the fulfil∣ling of his Covenant in giving his Spirit, and carrying on the work of Faith, and Sanctification with power, it had found no sensible in-comes; when I was reading the Scripture according to my usual Custom, the Lord did rebuke the despondency of my Spi∣rit from those words of the Prophet Isa. 40. 27. Why sayest thou O Jacob, and speakest O Israel my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God. And did encourage my Soul still to hope in God, and wait for his strength from the following words. v. 28▪ 29. 31. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard? (if thou hast not known it by experience having found his ever∣lasting Arms under thee for thy support, yet hast thou not at least heard it) that the ever∣lasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends
Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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- Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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"Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39777.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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of the Earth fainteth not, neither is weary. He giveth power to the faint, &c. Continue thou therefore O my Soul, to wait upon the Lord.
Lord! what an accursed hard heart have I! that sin which grieves thee Gen. 6. 6. thy Son. Mar. 3. 5. thy Spirit, Eph. 4. 30. should not grieve me! that sin which wearieth thee Isa. 43. 24. should not be a burden to me! that I should not be troubled for want of thy Presence, when as the hiding of thy face made our Saviour cry out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? That Eternity and Judgment to come should make no impression upon me, that I can hear, yea speak of thy Word, thy wrath, &c. and yet not fear thee, not tremble at thy Word, nor at this my Condition.