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Rh a sore afflietionaffliction [sic], and the teazing humour of her rival, she prayed to the Lord, and wept sore; and when she had left her sorrows at the mercy-seat, she went away, and did eat, and her eountenaneecountenance [sic] was no more sad, ver. 18. So saith the Christian, “I commit my sorrows to my God, he is my best friend, and I go away, and am no more sad; I have poured out my cares into his ear, and east my burdens upon him, and I leave thein there in peace”

2. The saint knows God will understand him right, and will judge right concerning his case and his meaning. Though the expression (it may be) are very imperfect, below the common language of men, and propriety of speech, yet God knows the meaning of the soul, and he knows the mind of his Spirit, Rom. viii. The friends of Job perverted his sense; therefore he turns aside to God, for he knows God would understand him. It is a very great advantage, when we spread our coneernsconcerns [sic] before another person, to be well assured that person will take us right, will take in our meaning fully, and judge aright concerning our eausecause [sic]. Now we may be assured of this when we speak to our God; he knows our thoughts afar, off, and all our circumstances, better infinitely than we can tell him. These our poor imperfect expressions of our wants, shall be no hinderance to his full