Hope be will hope againſt Hope, and never yield to ſuch Delpairs. a Where the Ark of the Covenant, where the Mercy-ſeat, where Propitiatory'Sacrifices are offered, where is God's High-Prieft, Types of the Great Redeemer, Mediator and Saviour, by whom Sin 1s ex- piated, Sinners pardoned, Grace and Favour communicated, where God commands tne Bleffing; Life for evermore ; he will look and hope to appear in;.the material typical Temple, and to find there Grace dilpottive for , as well as tignificative of Glory in the heavenly Temple, he hopes tor botlt.
5s The * waters a compaſſed me about even to the ſoul b - the depth cloſed me round avout c, the weeds were wrapt avout my head &.
The former Part of the 5th Verſe ſeems to be an ingeminating of What was {aid,ver. 3. and bears the lelt-ſame Meaning and Interpreta- tion. « Literally the Waters of the Sea, metaphorically Afflictions, myſtically Temptations ; theſe laſt ariſing from his own Guilt, and
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trom the Tokens of God's Dilpleaſure againſt him in ſo unuſual a man-
net. b To the endangering his Life, and were Forerunners ( 25 ha | ap apprehended ) of worle Miſcries, the Foretaftes of an eterna} Damna,
tion ; *ewasa Miracle of Providence to preſerve my Life, *twas ng Ie t Wonder of Free Grace to ſaye my Soul, c He was carried to the hs ] tom of the Sea, lay as in the deepeſt Hole of the Sea. -«4-Not imm . ſ diately, as ſome conje(ture, by the Fiſh pulling them from the "aug 7 tom of the Sea, and ſwallowing them down, where they wrapp'd Jo F je nab's Head, but mediately when the Fiſh ſwam amidſt theſe, .o; i = 1 ther it is a comparative Speech, I was no more likely to eſcape droyy, t] ing, than a Men in the Depth of the: Sea wrapp'd up in, and he1q fa { down by the Weeds in the bottom of the Sea. . 01
6 1 went down e to the | bottoms of the mountains f:4 1 the earth with her bars was about me for everZ : yet ht a haſt thou brought up my life k from || corruption I Oc . LORU m my God ". pi xi
e The Fiſh carried him down. f As deep in the Sea as are the Pa Bottoms of the Mountains, or into thofe Depths out of which might ed be ſuppoſed that Mountains were thence drawn out by the Roots, 1p C01 elegant Deſcription 'of fathomlteſs Depths, Whirl-pools of the $e;; by z I ſeemed to be-impriſoned where the Bars that ſecured me were z Co great and durable as. the Rocks, which'they. were made of, þ Ny. t01 withſtanding all theſe inſuperable Difficulties, and my own Fears, ib Riz what was fk my Danger thou haſt wonderfully ſecured me ; what! of t thonght ſhould have been my Grave, was made a Safety to me: the Fiſh Fonab is in due time fairly and; ſafely ſet on Shore, | jj,
Life of Nature, his Life of Comfort and Peace, and Joy too. 1 0; F the Pit, a Diſcription - of the State. of the dead, whole Bodies tray Fo | PutrefaRtion and Steick. m O Almighty and Eternal Being; Lorday | - Soveraign over all. - = Mine, ſaith Jonab, by particular Choice, Fi and Hope, whom I had ſerved, and ſhould not have diſobeyed, 9 ' whom | prayed, who hath pardoned; whom I will adore, obey and or: for ever, | 3'6 , ,
7 When o my ſoul fainted p within me, I remembrey 4 the LORD, and my prayer ry came in unto thee s, jnty M... thine holy temple t. _ ch. 1,
0 £0 ſoon as, and ſo often as. p Heart perplexed with Variety mand Fears, Sorrows, Temptations and Difficulties z whenever I did fore give | caſt and deviſe what way I might likely eſcape out of this forlorn Ca on to dition, I was diſpirited, Heart fuhk within me, P/al. 22. 14 andy, b 4- and TI had fainted if I had not remembred the mighty, faithjy, Pp wiſe and gracious God, who could fave me, and on whofe Merg] _ relied, who had promiſed the beſt of two Deliverances, the etery| 4 ' whatever he did with me as to the temporal Deliverance. ' q Wit & Vid. Faith and Prayer, for *tis not a bare recalling of God to his Mind, it onray iarecalling his Mercy and Proryiſe to his Mind. r Made in thefifi , _ | Belly, in his Priſon more diſmal than ever.was.that of Manaſſeh. «Dil , "_ ' enter the Ears.of the Lord, he heard and readily anſwered. t Ty eB ally the Temple at Jeruſalem ro which Jozob looked, but princily 4 ant | Heaven the Temple of his Glory,whence God gives the Comma rs "Pp ; his Delivery, orders the Goaler to ſet him ſafe on ſhore, Either :
. 8 They thar *obſerve lying vanities «, forſakes thi WM --+ :n. . own mercy y, _.. $ 3 SC ©. Whoever they are that.do, as the Heathen Mariners feek to, cordin ; penid upon and wait for Help from Idols,falſe Godsz whoſoever chuſ h 6 ' them. for their Afiftance, and worſhip them, do depend upon ni of ell We falfe Grounds, wait for moſt lying and deceiving Objedts 7 and thisdf Journey the. Prophet is true of,-and applicable to. all. our Creature Dep I And, dencies, to all-Truft'repoſed in any but God himſelf; theſe dig reſolved : ; themſelves Ciſterns, broken Ciſterns that can hold no Waters, ]#.1 along Jo! .13. x Turn away from, and do really and prattically forſake 6, more eli ,as he leaves the Eaſt who goeth on to the Welt, truſt” in God; al complying Idols are as oppoſite, as is the Eaſt to the Weſt. » The Lord, wv preack w} is to all that ſeek him, and depend on him, the Fountain of Lirng with Af; Waters, who is an eternal Fountain of Mercy, and flows forth ire ever he w to all that wait for him. ENS, Y, It w
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thankſgiving c, I will pay d that that I have vowed e: it Walks F: . . nh vation f 15 of the LORD g. meet, and