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I Do not doubt but the same God who has made Communion with himself sweet to you, will ga∣ther you under his Wings, and perfect in you the good pleasure of his Will. What a Majestick Pri∣vilege is this, that the omnipent God should volun∣tarily be in the nearest Covenant with a poor Sin∣ner? That Christ, God-man, should be our Priest, our Advocate, and every hour of the day and night alive to make Intercession for all those who come to God through him? What though great and new Temptations come, and sore Tempests arise; he did, doth, and can still say to the Storms, Be ye al∣layed, and they all must obey him. Strong is our Re∣deemer, and therefore the Floods cannot drown a weather-beaten Vessel; yea, he is both Ship and Pilot, and therefore the Venture cannot miscarry. Who is it that keeps the small Grain, the little spark of Faith alive, but he who made Jonah in the Deep to say, Yet I will look again towards thy holy Temple? Our whole care and burthen lies upon his hands, who bears up the Pillars of the Earth: he lives to give and nourish Faith, and in believing to give Peace. There∣fore Sin shall not have utter Dominion, nor Con∣demnation find room to enter. He is bringing us through many Waters, to a safe Shoar. The Vi∣ctory determined and promised will break forth, be∣cause our Head is exalted above all Authority and Power. We may look all manner of Deaths and Damps, all manner of Disappointments, Discoun∣tenances, and Difficulties here below in the face, without an apaled heart, and amazing terror; be∣cause the Prince of Life and Deliverance has enga∣ged