Now in this we have a glass wherein to see the dealings of God with his people in all ages :
1. His mercies to every one of us have been in- numerable—
[At our very first formation in the womb, the power and goodness of God towards us were exercised in imparting to us all our faculties both of body and mind. We have been pre- served by him from innumerable dangers, both seen and unseen. In our national, domestic, and individual capacity, we have
been highly privileged And though the interference of
God on our behalf has not been so visible as that which was vouchsafed to the Jews, it has not been at all less real. Our supplies of food, of raiment, and of health, have been as much owing to the care of his providence, as if they had been given to us by miraculous interpositions.
The benefits of revelation too which we have enjoyed, have marked his special favour to our souls. In this respect we have been as much elevated above the heathen world as the Jews themselves were ; or rather, still more elevated, in proportion to the clearer light which shines on us in the New Testament ; which, in comparison of theirs, is as the meridian light to the early dawn
But what shall we say of those who have tasted of redeeming love, and experienced the transforming efficacy of the Gospel of Christ? What tongue can declare the mercies vouchsafed to them? Yet,]
2. We have also been partakers of his judgments — [All of us have found this to be a chequered scene : some
b ver. 4. with Deut. xxix. 5. c Numb. ix. 21. with x. 33.