III. For remember, my Soul, for thy encouragement,

1 Cor XV 58 that, ifthou abound in the Work of the Lord, thy Labour (hall not be in vain in the Lord. He is no lefs mighty to fave than to deftroy ; With Him no word is impoffible; and, if he will, he can even yet raife this feeble Body, and reftore it to perfed: Health and Soundnefs. Nay, he will certainly do ir, if that be beft for me; and if it be not, he will do yec rpore. For there will come a day, in which this vile earthlyPart fhall be enlivened again ,- and, if it crumble into Dull, and fcatter in the mean while ; tho' it pafs thro' infmire different Forms, yet will he purfue this Body through all its Changes, colled its di- T Cor. XV. fppj f ^.^ Particles, command the little Heaps of Duft to awake, and tranflate it into a Glorious and a Spiritual Body. A Body fit for aState oflncorruption, and the Inheritance of that Kingdom, where this Flefli and Blood, which we now fetfofalfe, fo extravagant a value upon, is not worthy to enter. I will therefore confirm my felf in the Power and Promifes of my God :
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and^with holy Job ; tho* he flay me^yetvnll Itruft in him. For even then I will lay ^^^xiii. 15. me down in hope of a Refurrecftion to Eternal Life; and commit my Body like Seed, to the Ground; not to be loft, but improved, by corrupting there. For ThoUj O God, art unchangeable, and thy Promifes without Repentance ; and promifed thou haft, that our vile Body, fliall be fafhioned like un- to Chrift's glorious Body, according to ^^'^- »»• 21- the mighty working, whereby thou art able to fubdufi all things to thy felf.
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IN thee therefore ^ OLord^ ivill I fut my truft: pfal Ixxi.. let me never he put to Confufiony hut deli- *ver me in thyRighteoufnefs ^ and fave me.
Be thou my Strong' bold whtreunto I may alvfay refort : thou hall promifedtohelpme, for thounrt my Houfe of Defence^ and my Caflle.
Deliver mefi my Gody from the Adverfary^s Hand : preferve me from the Hunter of Souls ^
He layeth Snares y and is mighty to deflroy: hut jet theLordyWho dwelleth on high is mightier,
7hoUy O Lord Gody art theThing that I long for: Thou haft heen myHopeeven from my Touth,
Through thee have I heen holden up everflnce I was horn : Thou art he that took rne out of my Mothers Womb ; my Traife fljall he always of thee.
O cafl me not away ln.theT17ne.of myDiflrefs: forfake me noty when my Strength faileth me.
Let them he conformed and perijlj y that are againft mySoul: let the wicked Spirits he cover. d Ti^ith jha^e and diJJjonourythatfeek to do me evlL
As for mcy I will patiently tarry the Lord's pf^j ^^^,{1 Leifure: andwillput myTruJi in the Lord, 16.
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Joh XIX. 2j. For Iknovj that myRedeewtrli^feth: and that
he fljallfiand at the Laft Day upon the Earth;
2^- y^nd tho* after my Skin Worms deproythis
Body : yet in my Flejh fliall I fee God : ^7. JFhom 1 fljall fee for my^felf: and mine
Eyes JJ)alI behold, and not another, ^ohn xi. 25. Fqy Ijf^ li fJjQ RejurreBion and the Life:
and u-hojoezfer helicveth in him^ tho* he die, yet jliall he live again.
Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the Beginnings &c.
Prayer.
OMofi glorious Lord God, Terrible in thy judgment s^ and Wonderful in all thy Dealings towards the Chil- dren of Men 5* Vofj'efs my Soul, 1 hefeech thee, with awful and becoming Apfrehenfions of thyMajefty, Give me a fe- rious Senfe and Sorrow, for ever having hardened my Heart from thy fear^ and provoked that Vengeance, which ca7t con- fume me in a moment. Lord, convince me whom I ought to dread', and let me never, for the gratifying any finful Incli- nation, forget a 7jy more the Lord my Maker ; and incur the Dijfleafure of Him, who is able to cafi both Body and Soul into Hell. And, as I implore thy Grace, that this Confide* ration of thy Voiver may be an effeBual Check to all my un^ ruly Appetites -^fo, I befeech thee, let it be my Stay and Con- fidence in all Dangers and Difirej]es. That, forfaking the broken Reeds of all worldly Succours, I may put my whoU Truji in thy Mercy \ and, evermore fervingThee inHolinefs and Purenefs of Living, may even in Death it f elf be more than Conqueror, Even ;?; that Joyful Day, when all Ene^ mies [Ijall be deftroyed *, when thy Children JhallrCome forth from the dark Rrifoits of the Grave '^ and fiiine like Suns in the Kingdom of Thee their Father, Grant this, thou Rock of my Soul, for thy dear Son Jefus Cbrifi's Sahs,^, .^ts\^n.
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■ ■■''' »j '' " , Med. III.
Of the Jujlice of God : And the Fenitential Sorrow refulting from it.