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7. Yet one thing more. There is that in Jesus Christ which doth and will supply all our wants: What is there that you want? Do you labour under desertion? Then saith he, I will lead you in a way that you have not known, Isa. 42. 16. And I will never leave you nor forsake you. Heb. 13. 5. Do you labour under corruption and bondage to sin? There is freedom in Christ; Those the Son makes free are free indeed, Joh 8. 36. indeed really, indeed eminently; Those the Son makes free are free indeed; indeed and indeed. Do you labour under great Temptations? It is he that treads down Satan ⟨p. 22⟩under our feet, Rom. 16. 20. and, say he, My grace is sufficient for thee, 2 Cor. 12. 9. Do you labour under the want of the means of grace, or the ministry of the Word? He hath received gifts for men; and what those gifts are, the Apostle tells you, Ephes. 4. 11. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. Do you labour under weakness, spiritual infirmity? Then he hath seven Horns, and seven Eyes, as you find him described, Revel. 5. 6. answering to your infirmity or weakness; or do you labour under any affliction, outward or inward, under persecution from enemies? Then see what is said concerning Christ, Micah 5. 5. And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land. Are you afraid of an enemy coming into the land? This man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land. This man, What man? See at vers. 2. it is plainly spoken of Christ. But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, & he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the ⟨p. 23⟩