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enough to cause us underlings to believe in God, and looking unto that just day of deliverance, Ps. 89, 4 v. the virtue and glory of the church, the increasing comfort of the members there, of this show unto us how holy we ought Jo be in preaching the word in its purity, for none but the pure in heart shall see God's face in the kingdom, Acts 8 c. 27 v. the mighty God displayed his power and he arose and went and behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candas queen of Ethiopia, who had the charge of all her treasures and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, this denotes the ministers of the gospel and the church under his charge, for the angel of the Lord spoke unto Philip saying arise and go towards the south, this south wind represents the favor of the Lord upon his people, and while we keep in the warm climate of his favor we shall always be fruitful to his honor and glory, and to the joy of our own souls in a blessed eternity as all the wise and faithful, but what sayeth the word is nigh unto thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach, for the scripture saith whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed, for religion is the life of a man I speak to wise men judge ye what I say, my dear readers look well to the true points for we must raise up or sink down: 1451 years before the coming of Christ his faithful prophets stood like unto wise men, and held up the ensign unto the people to keep them in good heart, Deut. 29 c. 29 v. the secret things belongeth unto the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belongeth unto us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of his law, Acts 7 c. 20 v. in which time Moses was born and was exceeding fair and nourished up in his fathers house three months, and when he was cast out Pharaoh's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son, and Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in word and in deed, and when he was full forty years old it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel; in this how plain it is for us to discover the great wisdom of God to fallen man, in laying the plan of the salvation of their souls, by taking a weak instrument like unto dust only being annointed by his grace, to stand and prove a wonder to the world, on which rock the right
