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Worm Jacob threſhing the Mountains.

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SERMON,

Preached on a Sacramental Occaſion.

Isaiah xli. 14. 15.

Fear not thou Worm Jacob and ye Men of Iſrael: I will help thee ſaith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the holy One of Iſrael
Behold I will make thee a new ſharp threſhing inſtrument having Teeth; Thou ſhalt threſh the Mountains, and beat them ſmall and ſhalt make the hills as Chaff.


REligion is a Myſtery, and the truly religious are a myſtery too. They are a Myſtery to the world. S John iii. 1. The world knoweth us not, yet to themſelves, Verſe 2. 'It doth not yet appear what we ſhall be. That is a matter not of ſight and feeling but faith. There are many odd connections and what people would think contradictions and impoſſibilities in the character. See a cluſter of them 2 Cor vi. 11. 'As unknown, and yet well known: as dying, and, behold, we live: as chastened, and not killed; as