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not ; and when thou art converted, strengtlien thy brethren. Job xiii. 15. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him ; but I will maintain mine own ways before him. Psal. Ixxiii. 1 5. If I say, I will speak thus : bejiold, I should offend against the gene- ration of thy children. Psal. li. 8, 12. [SlC letter l"" iinmeJlately be- fore.'] Isa. 1. 10. [See letter ^immc- d'tately fi^rcgoing.]
"" Micah vii. 7. Therefore I will look unto the Lord : I will wait for the God of my salvation ; my God will hear me. Ver. 8. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : ■when I fall, I shall arise ; when 1 sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. Ver. 9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned agaifist him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall be- hold his righteousness. Jer. xxxii.40. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good ; but I will put my fear In their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Isa. liv. 7. For a small moment have 1 for- saken thee ; but with great mercies will \ gather thee : Ver. 8. In a
little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; but with everlast- ing kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, Ver. 9. For this is as the waters cf Noah unto me : for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Ver. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kind- ness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. Psal. xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? \y\\y art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring ? [Psal. Ixxxviii. throughoid?]