Thirdly, That by ourx serious humiliation, and judging of our selves, we may escape the judgment of the Lord; not for the merit of our Fasting (which is none) but for the mercy of God, who hath promised to remove his judgments from us, when we by Fasting do unfeignedly humble our selves before him. And indeed no ⟨p. 302⟩Child of God ever conscionably used this holy exercise, but in the end he obtained his request at the hand of God: both in receiving graces which he wanted, as appears in the examples ofy Hannah, zJehoshaphat, aNehemiah, bDaniel, cEsdras, dEsther; as also in turning away judgments threatened, or fallen upon him, as may be seen in the examples of thee Israelites, thef Ninevites, gRehoboam, hAhab, iHezekiah, kManasseh. He who gave his dear Son from Heaven to the Death, to ransom us when we were his enemies, thinks nothing too dear on Earth to bestow upon us, when we humble our selves, being made his reconciled Friends and Children.
Thirdly, That by ourx serious humiliation, and judging of our selves, we may escape the judgment of the Lord; not for the merit of our Fasting (which is none) but for the mercy of God, who hath promised to remove his judgments from us, when we by Fasting do unseignedly humble our selves before him. And indeed no ⟨p. 302⟩Child of God ever conscionably used this holy exercise, but in the end he obtained his request at the hand of God: both in receiving graces which he wanted, as appears in the examples ofy Hannah, zJehosaphat, aNehemiah, bDaniel, cEsdras, dEsther; as also in turning away judgments threatned, or faln upon him, as may be seen in the examples of thee Israelites, thef Ninevites, gRehoboam, hAhab, iHezekiah, kManasses. He who gave his dear Son from Heaven to the Death, to ransom us when we were his enemies, thinks nothing too dear on Earth to bestow upon us, when we humble our selves, being made his reconciled Friends and Children.
- xJoel 2. 18, 19. 1 Cor. 12.
- y1 Sam. 1. 7.
- z2 Chr. 20.
- aNeh. 1.
- bDan. 9.
- cEsd. 8. 23.
- dEsth. 9.
- e1 Sam. 7. 6.
- fJonah 3.
- g2 Chr. 12. 5, 7, &c.
- h1 King. 21.
- i2 Chr. 32.
- k2 Chron. 33. 18, 19.
