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( 25 ) to look to, Iſaiah lix. 21. " This is my covenant with them, faith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, ſhall not depart out of the mouth of thy feed, nor out of the mouth of thy feeds feed, faith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.” He hath ſaid, that children are his heritage, Pfal. cxxvii. 3. ; and that his righteouſneſs is unto childrens children, ciii. 17.; The promiſe is unto you and to your children, Acts ii. 39. O take him at his word, and cry, LORD, do as thou haſt ſaid.

But what do you ſay to one that finds himſelf deſerted of God, and that God anſwers neither by Urim nor Thummim. " I go forward, but he is not there ; backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot ſee him, Job xxii. 8, 9. The comfort that could relieve my ſoul is far removed," Lam. i. 16. God ſays, Ifai. liv. 7, 8, 10. “ For a ſmall moment have I forſaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee ; in a little wrath I bid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlaſting kindneſs will I have mercy on