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THen shall the Righteous stand in great boldness, before the Face of such as afflicted him, and made no account of his Labours.
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible Fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his Salvation, so far be∣yond all that they look'd for.
And they repenting and groaning for Anguish, shall say within themselves, this was he whom we had some time in derisi∣on, and a Proverb of Reproach;
We Fools counted his Life Madness, and his End to be without Honour,
How is he number'd among the Chil∣dren of God, and his Lot is among the Saints?
Therefore have we err'd from the way of Truth, and the light of Righteousness hath not shin'd upon us, and the Sun of Righteousness hath not rose upon us.
We wearied our selves in the ways of Wickedness and Destruction; yea, we have gone through Desarts, where there lay no way; but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
What hath Pride profited us? or what good have Riches, with our vaunting, brought us?
All those things are passed away like a Shadow, and even as a Post that hasted by;
Or as a Bird hath flown through the Sky, and there is no token of her way to be found; but the light Air being beaten with the stroke of her Wings, and parted with the violent Motion of them is pas∣sed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found:
Even so we, in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our End, and had no sign of Vertue to shew, but were consum'd in our own Wickedness.
For the hope of the Ungodly is like Dust that is blown away with the Wind, like a thin Froth that is driven away with a Storm.
But the Just shall live for evermore, their Reward also is with the Lord, and the Care of them is with the most High.
Therefore shall they receive a glorious Kingdom, and a beautiful Crown from the Lord's Hand; for with his right-hand shall he cover them, and with his Arm he shall protect them.
R. Deliver us, O Lord, from the sad deplorable End which thy Justice has prepar'd for the Wicked; deliver us from those vain deceitful ways, that lead us to that end.
O make us always fear thy Judgments, that we may never feel them; and al∣ways hope in thy Mercies, that we never forfeit them.
Bless us, O Lord, with a happy Death; that our Souls may depart in Peace, and go up to dwell among thy Saints and An∣gels. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c.