Demand. I. An Interest in the great SAVIOUR, and His Favour, how greatly should it be Esteemed of? Surely, O Needy-Man, To have this Lord of Hosts for thy Friend: This is the best Thing that can be wished for. Was not that a aery Reasonable Triumph? Ps. XLVI.2, 7. We will not fear tho' the Earth be Removed, & the Mountains be carried into the midst of the Sea. The Lord of Hosts is with us! My Friends, If the Lord of Hosts be your Friend, have you not the Friendship of One, who can employ all the Creatures in the World, for your Welfare at His pleasure? Have you not the Friendship of One, who can give His Angels Charge concerning you, and ⟨p. 24⟩send you such Helpers as can remove Mountains? Have you not the Friendship of one who, if you had no created Comforters, which of themselves are but miserable ones, is Able of Himself, by His own Immediate Hand, sufficiently to relieve you? Can you ask for more than The Lord of Hosts can do for you! Yea, cannot such a Friend as He, do for you, far above all that you can Ask or Think? They that are assured of having the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, [for indeed, no less an one is or can be our SAVIOUR!] for their Friend, may not they well make their Boast in Him, and say, My Spirit has Rejoiced in GOD my SAVIOUR! Were not they in the Right of it, who said, O God of Hosts, Cause thy Face to Shine, and we shall be Saved. But then, Will you not all now, with all possible Importunity, seek an Interest in the Friendship of such a SAVIOUR? Was there ever made, a Wiser, and Better Proposal than that? Zech. VIII.21. Let us go speedily to Seek the Lord of Hosts. Will you not make it your Prayer and your Cry unto your SAVIOUR; O Lord, Look ⟨p. 25⟩upon me, and be Merciful unto me! Won't you Mourn for that you have Offended Him, and Beg for the Smiles and Shines of His Face upon you, and Entreat His Face with your whole Heart, Saying, O be Merciful unto me, according to thy Word; and most Heartily, Thankfully, Joyfully Embrace Him as your Offered SAVIOUR; and approve your selves His Friends, by doing what He has Commanded you? Certainly Here is nothing proposed, but what is infinitely to be complied withal.
Demand. I. An Interest in the great SAVIOUR, and His Favour, how greatly should it be Esteemed of? Surely, O Needy-Man, To have this Lord of Hosts for thy Friend: This is the best Thing that can be wished for. Was not that a aery Reasonable Triumph? Ps. XLVI.2, 7. We will not fear tho' the Earth be Removed, & the Mountains be carried into the midst of the Sea. The Lord of Hosts is with us! My Friends, If the Lord of Hosts be your Friend, have you not the Friendship of One, who can employ all the Creatures in the World, for your Welfare at His pleasure? Have you not the Friendship of One, who can give His Angels Charge concerning you, and ⟨p. 24⟩send you such Helpers as can remove Mountains? Have you not the Friendship of one who, if you had no created Comforters, which of themselves are but miserable ones, is Able of Himself, by His own Immediate Hand, sufficiently to relieve you? Can you ask for more than The Lord of Hosts can do for you! Yea, cannot such a Friend as He, do for you, far above all that you can Ask or Think? They that are assured of having the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, [for indeed, no less an one is or can be our SAVIOUR!] for their Friend, may not they well make their Boast in Him, and say, My Spirit has Rejoyced in GOD my SAVIOƲR! Were not they in the Right of it, who said, O God of Hosts, Cause thy Face to Shine, and we shall be Saved. But then, Will you not all now, with all possible Importunity, seek an Interest in the Friendship of such a SAVIOUR? Was there ever made, a Wiser, and Better Proposal than that? Zech. VIII.21. Let us go speedily to Seek the Lord of Hosts. Will you not make it your Prayer and your Cry unto your SAVIOUR; O Lord, Look ⟨p. 25⟩upon me, and be Merciful unto me! Won't you Mourn for that you have Offended Him, and Beg for the Smiles and Shines of His Face upon you, and Entreat His Face with your whole Heart, Saying, O be Merciful unto me, according to thy Word; and most Heartily, Thankfully, Joyfully Embrace Him as your Offered SAVIOUR; and approve your selves His Friends, by doing what He has Commanded you? Certainly Here is nothing proposed, but what is infinitely to be complyed withal.
