Secondly, You must meet him as redeemed captives do their deliverer, would you know how ⟨p. 181⟩this is? it is with palms of victory in your hands with garments of salvation; with songs of deliverance. These are the three things wherein this stands. you have all together, in Rev. 7, 9, 10. They were in white robes, the garments of Salvation: and palms of victory, and they had the songs of salvation too, ver. 10. Oh Brethren, if you have any sense of your spiritual bondage and captivity, to be the servants of sin, under the fear of death, under the King of terrors; then be glad in your redeemer meet him with songs of praise. O how should the high praises of God be heard in your mouths? you should meet him as the virgins did David at his return from his victory, 1 Sam. 18. 6. with singing and dancing — with joy, &c. Thus should you meet your deliverer, you should compass him with songs of praise. O my Brethren, you that are the redeemed of the Lord, look down into the horrible pit, and then look up and sing songs to the Lord. O it is a glorious salvation that Christ hath wrought for us. How welcome was he to good old Simeon? how sweetly doth he hug Christ in his arms? (and much more, you must think in his heart) now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. This we have seen, we have seen Christ coming to us in the Gospel. We have seen him like Sampson, pulling down the house about our enemies, and carrying away the posts, and setting them up as Trophies of his victory. It was he that was condemned, that you might be freed. O let your lips praise him, and the souls which he hath redeemed, let me call upon with ⟨p. 182⟩the Psalmist, Psalm 98. A psalm on purpose to Jews and Gentiles to sing to the Lord for their deliverance, vers• 3. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. And what use doth the Psalmist make of this? vers. 4. make a joyful noise unto the Lord all the earth, &c. He goes on calling upon all the Creatures to praise God for this. If the Sea must roar, and the floods clap their ends, how much more should you do it, that are the redeemed of the Lord.
Secondly, You must meet him as redeemed captives do their deliverer, would you know how ⟨p. 181⟩this is? it is with palms of victory in your hands with garments of salvation; with songs of deliverance. These are the three things wherein this stands. you have all together, in Rev. 7, 9, 10. They were in white robes, the garments of Salvation: and palms of victory, and they had the songs of salvation too, ver. 10. Oh Brethren, if you have any sence of your spiritual bondage and captivity, to be the servants of sin, under the fear of death, under the King of terrors; then be glad in your redeemer meet him with songs of praise. O how should the high praises of God be heard in your mouths? you should meet him as the virgins did David at his return from his victory, 1 Sam. 18. 6. with singing and dancing — with joy, &c. Thus should you meet your deliverer, you should compass him with songs of praise. O my Brethren, you that are the redeemed of the Lord, look down into the horrible pit, and then look up and sing songs to the Lord. O it is a glorious salvation that Christ hath wrought for us. How welcome was he to good old Simeon? how sweetly doth he hug Christ in his arms? (and much more, you must think in his heart) now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. This we have seen, we have seen Christ coming to us in the Gospel. We have seen him like Sampson, pulling down the house about our enemies, and carrying away the posts, and setting them up as Trophies of his victory. It was he that was condemned, that you might be freed. O let your lips praise him, and the souls which he hath redeemed, let me call upon with ⟨p. 182⟩the Psalmist, Psalm 98. A psalm on purpose to Jews and Gentiles to sing to the Lord for their deliverance, vers• 3. He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. And what use doth the Psalmist make of this? vers. 4. make a joyful noise unto the Lord all the earth, &c. He goes on calling upon all the Creatures to praise God for this. If the Sea must roar, and the floods clap their •nds, how much more should you do it, that are the redeemed of the Lord.
