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Lord come down quickly ere my children dye, nay dye eternally.

Secondly, It discovereth the great privilege of a gracious people; When they are deserted by man, they are commended to God. Those that part them and their Pastor, cannot part them and their God. And now brethren I commend you to God; though Christians may be left by weak, earthly friends, yet they shall never be forsaken by their Almighty heavenly Father. Christ prayeth for them in heaven, Christians pray for them on earth, how rich must they needs be who have a stock in such faithful hands employed for their use in both worlds. It was the ⟨p. 33⟩misery of Julian that the Church shut him out of her prayers, and that was a forerunner of his sad future doom. Its the felicity of true Christians, that they are in all the Saints prayers.

Secondly, It discovereth the great priviledge of a gracious people; When they are deserted by man, they are commended to God. Those that part them and their Pastor, cannot part them and their God. And now brethren I commend you to God; though Christians may be left by weak, earthly friends, yet they shall never be forsaken by their Almighty heavenly Father. Christ prayeth for them in heaven, Christians pray for them on earth, how rich must they needs be who have a stock in such faithful hands employed for their use in both worlds. It was the ⟨p. 33⟩misery of Julian that the Church shut him out of her prayers, and that was a forerunner of his sad future doom. Its the felicity of true Christians, that they are in all the Saints prayers.

All the felicity of man is bound up in the favour of God, and therefore to be commended to his care must needs be a great comfort. I must tell you no people can enjoy a greater privilege. Israel was famous for this above all the Nations on the face of the earth; For what nation is there so great? saith Moses