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XXIV. Ifa. liii. 8.

A view of Chrift ftricken by many hands

XXVI. 1 John iv. 19.

our Love to him,

XXVII. Pfal. cxxvi. 5.
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Chrift lifted up on the Crofs, a noble En-
Souls to him, with directions to look for his

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XII. John xii. 32.
gine for drawing
drawing power,
XIII. John i. 36. xix. 5. A call to Behold the Man Chrift
Jefus under his various sufferings,

XIV. Job xxxvii. 14. Directions to ftand still and confider
God's Wondrous Works difplayed in the Sacrament,
XV. Rev. xxii. 2. Chrift our Tree of Life, infinitely preferable
to Adam's tree in the earthly Paradise, with directions to
view and make use of this bleffed tree,
XVI. Ifa. xxxii. 2. Christ our only Hiding-place and Convert
from storms of wrath, with directions to get into it,
XVII. 1 Kings xix. 9. Communicants fhould be ready to Ac-
count to God of their errand at the Lord's Table,
XVIII. John v. 6. Communicants must come sensible of their
Difeafes, with Faith in Christ's healing Power, and Marks of
a healing Faith,

XIX. Exod. xii. 14. How to improve a communion Sabbath,
as a Memorial of Christ's Death, Resurrection and Benefits
obtained thereby,

XX. Jer. iii. 19. A Sinner's taking hold of God's Covenant,
furmounts all the Hindrances and Difficulties in the Way of
his Salvation,

XXI. Luke v. 26. Communicants are to recollect and confider
what strange things they have feen at the Sacrament, and
be fuitably affected,
XXII. Luke vi. 21. The Bleffednefs of true fpiritual Hunger,

with the good things provided to fill the Hungry,
XXIII. Pfal. cvii. 2. Redeemed Souls are under fpecial
Obligations to give thanks and fing Praife to their Redeemer,

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MEDITATIONS

UPON SUNDRY

SCRIPTURE TEXTS.

MEDITATION I.

From HEB. xi. 7.

By Faith Noah prepared an Ark to the faving of his

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HOUGH the flood that drowned the old world was at many years distance, yet Noah was moved with fear at God's warning him of it, and prepared an Ark for his fafety: and shall not unconverted unbelieving finners, who have a far more terrible flood threatned against them, and may be only a few days diftant, take warning, and provide with all speed for their fafety?Oh! fhall I, a wretched guilty finner, take reft, while I am within the flood-mark of God's wrath, and not arife in time to provide an Ark to flee to for my fafety?-But, O good news! I have not the Ark to provide, it is prepared to my hand: God, in his infinite wifdom and pity, hath made ready an Ark long ago for loft finners of Adam's race to flee to; and now it is completely furnished and finished, and all things are ready, fo that I have nothing to do but go and take poffeffion.

O what had become of me, and other perishing finners, had we the Ark to build for ourselves? Nay, the whole creation had not been able or sufficient for this purpose. How foon would the raging flood of divine wrath fweep away all the arks of men or angels building! But thanks be unto God for ever,.for the excellent Α

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