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( 27 ) in trouble, I will deliver him, and honour him.” Many ſuch ſweet words of grace he ſpeaks : O then, take his word and plead, LORD, do as thou haſt ſaid.

But is there any word to one that is loſt in the wilderneſs, and knows not where he is, ſo as to think it impoſſible that miniſters can find him out ? I think I am loſt in a thicket, and it is impoſſible to find out my caſe, a nameleſs caſe. Why, may be, that word concerns you, Ifai. lxii. 11. “ Behold thy ſalvation cometh ; and thou ſhalt be called, Sought out, not forſaken.” And Hof. ii. 14. " I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderneſs, and there will I ſpeak comfortably to her," or, as the word is in the margin, ſpeak to her HEART. O comfortable, when God ſpeaks not only to the ear, but to the heart. Well hath he ſaid it ? O then, take his word and plead, Do as thou haſt ſaid.

But is there any word to one that hath been incorrigible under correcting, providences, and hath his corruptions irritated by the croſs, and rebellion rather increaſed by rods, inſtead of being reclaimed