you mercy through Jesus Christ do not harden your hearts against the Lord be therefore perswaded now to forsake your sins and turn unto the Lord come unto the light out of your darkness awake from your dead sleep stand up and Christ will give you life VVe speak by expâ—rience we were dead and blinde as you are we loved pleasures as you do but by the grace of Christ we have found ligâ—t and life and we now call you to partake with us in our mâ—rcies Pauwau VVe have not only pleasures but also Prayers and Sâ—crifices we beat and aâ—â—â—ict our selves to pacifie our gods and when â—e be â—ick wâ— use such wayes to recover our health and to obtain all such things as we want and desire to obtain from our gods Pium. Your Prayers and Pauwauings are worâ—hipping of the Devil and noâ— of God and tâ—ey are among the greatest of your sins Your â—urthers lusts stealing lying c. they are great sins your Pauwauings are wâ—rse sins because by them you worship the Devil instead of God VVhen you Pauwau's use Physick by Roots and such other tâ—ings which God â—ath made for that purpose that is no sin you do well to use Pâ—ysick for your recovery from sickness but your prâ—ying to and worshipping the Devil that is your great siâ— which now God calls you to forsake Use onely such Remedies as God hath appointed and pray onely to God this we call you to do and this is the way of true wisdome Kinsm I feel my heart broken and divided I know not what to do To part with our former lusts and pleasures is an hard point and I feel my heart very loth and backward to it many objections against it yet I cannot but confess that I do not in my inward heart approve of them I know they are vile and filthy and I deâ—ire to forsake them they are like burning coals in my bosome I will shake them out if I can I am ashamed of my old wayes and loth I am to keep that which I am ashamed to be seen in The wiser men be the more they abstain from such lusts and we account such to be foolish vile and wicked that are unbridled and unperswâ—deable I would not be my self of the number of them that are vicious and vile â—bove restraint VVhat I perswade others to leave I would not do the same my self VVe do account it commendable in such as do bridle and refrain themselves from those vices and what I judge to be commendable in others would be therein exemplar and a pattern unto such as be young and foolish and run mad after such beastly courses In that point I would easily be perswaded or at least I desire so to be But the greatest difficulty that I yet finde is this I am loth to divide my self from my Friends and Kindred If I should chaâ—gâ— my course and not they then I must leave and forsake their company which I am very loth to do I love my Sachem and all the rest of you my good Friends if I should change my life and way I greatly dâ—sire that we might agree to do it together Sont I like well that we should agree upon some amendment of some bad courses that are too oft among us and I love your love that would have us agree together and do what we do in these great matters by common consent but to do that is a matter of much discourse and deep consideration This Meeting was sudden we have other matters at present to attend we have been together long enough for this time we must leave the whole matter to some other time Pium. Two dayâ—s hence is the Sabbath-day God hath commanded all men to Remember the sabbath-Sabbath-day to keep it holy I request all of you to come together that day and then I will further teach you by the assistance of the Lord touching this matter And to perswade you to make this beginning to keep the Sabbath besides the Commandment of the Lord we have the Reasons annexed by God himself unto it God himself Rested that day to set us an heavenly pattern and God hath also blessed that day and mâ—de it holy and hath promised that when we shall â—eet together in his Naâ—e then he will come among us and bring a blessing with him And when the Disciples of Christ were met to worship God upon that day before the day was done he came among them and blessed them So if you come together on the Sabbath-day my hope and trust is that we shall finde some special token of the presence of Christ Jesus among us Kinsm I do very well like of this motion and shall willingly attend and if you think good let my house be the place or if you our beloved Sachem think good we will all come together at your house Sont I like it well let it be so come to my house and you shall be welcome All. Content we like it well so let it be Pium. Let the time of Meeting be as early as you well can about Nine of the Clock All. So let it be The Sabbath Meeting Sontim Piumbuhhou Kinsman All. Sont IT is well done my Friends and Neighbours that you have remembred our agreement and are come together about this great business And now my kinde Friend what you have further to say unto us we are here ready to hear you Pium. Six dayes God hath given us wherein to do all our own business and works Every seventh day God hath commanded us to give unto him to rest from our own works and to do his work to pray unto him to hear his Word to talk and speak of heavenly matters for the good of our Souls We are all here this day before the Lord And first of all he hath commanded us to prâ—â— together therefore let us all either stand up like servants or kneel down like sons and daughters and pray unto the Lord. Then he prayeth The next work we use to do is to Catechize that is to teach by asking of Questions and they that are taught make Answer according as they have been taught but that work you are not yet fitted and prepared for therefore we lay it by The next work which we do is to Reade some Chapter of the Word of God Then he calleth one that came with him who Realeth When that is â—iniâ—hed then he saith Now we use to sing a Psalm which is one part of Gods Word and Worship but for that work you are not yet prepared therefore wâ— lay that by also And now I will teach you out of the Word of God The Text is Matth. 7.13 14. Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that finde it In these words are two parts 1.
forth weeds but a watchful and diligent husbandman will be often weeding over his Corn fields and so will ouâ— hearts be sending forth new weeds of sin but we must be daily diligent to watch and weed them out our hearts have a natural propensity to sin and therefore must be kept with all diligence Anâ— therefore that is the first counsel that I give you out of the experience of my own naughty heart Pen. Your words do put a fear into my heart I know that old customes of sin are very hardly left and I have been so long accustomed to sin that I am afraid of my self Wab. Fear is a good watchman Happy is the man that feareâ—â— alwayes and let this put you on to a second Counsel that I givâ— you Be much and often in prayer and that not onely among otheâ— in Family-worship and Publick-worship but also and most frequently in secret prayer for so Christ hath commanded Mat. 6â—â— and Christ himself hath set us an example who spent whole nights in prayer Pen. The night spent in prayer hath let me finde a sweet taste in it though I do already finde that it is a weariness to my flesh I thank you for this Counsel I desire I may remember and do it What further Counsel will you give me Wab. You must be much conversant in the Word of God and though you cannot yet reade the Word yet you must get the help of others and learn the word of God by heart and you must meditate upon the same night and day for so David did Psal. 1.2 And the meditation on the Word will sanctifie the heart and kill corruption and will mightily help you to subdue it Pen. I doubt it will be difficult for me to learn to reade I am dull of capacity Wab. A strong desire diligence and constancy will obtain any thing and you must pray God to teach you and to open your heart to learn Iam. 1.5 If any of you lack wisdome let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upâ—raideth not and it shall be given him And for a further help to you my fourth Counsel is That you diligently learn the Catechize and by learning to reade that you will learn to reade and understand the whole Bible Pen. I see my self very ignorant and therefore I am very desirous to learn Catechism because I have heard and do perceive that is the foundation of all knowledge in Religioâ— being wisely gathered out of the Scripture Wab. You say right about Catechism we do therefore teach it our Children that the principles of good knowledge may be sown and rooted in them from a Childe and for that reason also do we send them to School to learn to reade the Word of God that they may be acquainted with the Word from a Childe Pen. Oh what a loss is this to me that I am to begin to learn Catechize and the Word of God now I am a man which I might have been acquainted with from a Childe had I been brought up among the praying Indians How happy are your Children that are thus brought up I suppose you are very diligent in this matter in Training up of your Children Wab. We have great cause to judge our selves for too much negligence in this point A fifth Counsel I give you is That you be constant and diligent in the exercise of the Worship of God in your Family in these points 1. You must Morning and Evening pray in your Family and teach them in Catechism and reading of the Scriptures 2. Alwayes before and after Meat you must pray and give thanks to God Pen. Oh what an holy life do the praying Indians live Lord â—each me and help me thus to do VVhat further Counsel do you â—ive me Wab. A sixth Counsel I give you is That you do carefully reâ—ember the sabbath-Sabbath-day to keep it holy and to come to the publick Assembly both Forenoon and Afternoon constantly and timely and there diligently to attend the worship of God Pen Oh how my heart approveth of this Couâ—â—el Have you any further Counsel to give me Wab. One thing more Let all your Conversation be a good example to others labour on all occasions to do good to others Pen. I requâ—st this of you that as we travel this day in our journey you would teach me the Principles of Catechism Wab. I do well like of your motion it s a good subject of discourse as we are in our way Thus are they imployed till they come at their journeys end Waban Nishâ—hkou Penooâ—ot Waban MY aged Uncle I am glad that it hath pleased God once more to give me an opportunity to see you alive in this world It is not unknown unto you that I and many others have undertaken a new way of life which is known to many by the name of Praying to God The way that I formerly and you still live in is a way oâ— worshipping the Devil it is a way of darkness and sin and though it is a way pleasant and easie to the flesh yet it leadeth to destruction and eternal torments Man is made for another life after this life is ended and though our body dieth and turneth to dust yet the Soul is immortal it dieth not but at the death of the body it departeth to a place of eternal being either in glory or in misery If we pray to God with a right â—eart penitenâ—ly turn from sin to God and believe in Jesus Christ then we shall have a pardon granted us and eternal happiness with Jesus Christ But if we do not turn to God but worship and serve the Devil and walk in the wayes of sin then at death our Soul must be dragged to hell and there tormented for ever among the Devils whom we have obeyed and served in this life These things and many more we do perfectly know and believe to be true by the Word of God which is the Sun-light of the Soul even as the Sun is the great light of the outward world God hath put it into my heart to desire that your Soul might be bleâ—â—ed for ever and the Church hath sent me and I come in the Name of Jesus Christ to tell you these things and beseech you to turn from these vain and evil wayes and to believe in Jesus Christ that your sins may be pardoned and that your Soul may be saved in eternal glory Nish Your love and desire of my good I have no reason but to accept with kindness but me thinks one thing in your discourse is doubtful We see with our eyes and know certainly that the body dieth and turneth to rottenness and dust and why may not the Soul dâ— so likewise we see not what becometh of it and to make such a stir and change our course upon uncertainties I have no liking to it my Age inclineth me rather to be quiet and not meddle with such unâ—een intricacies fitter for younger heads to
â—y soul He hath sâ—ewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do juâ—tly and to love mercy and to walk huâ—bly with thy God Nothing that you can do or bring to God can pacifie that divine wrath that is kindlâ—d â—gainst you but ver 8. he sheweth you the way Also consider that Text Iohn 14.6 I am the Way and the Truth â—nd â—he Life No man cometh unto the Father but by me You have been a great sinner now you lament it you would obtain a pardon and be reconciled to God This word of God sheweth you the way and thâ—â— is to humble your self before Christ Jesus believe in him and give up your self to be his servant your self to worship the Lord and to bring on all your people to do the same I remember two places in Daniel where Sachems were in trouble of minde as you now are and Daniel gave them counsel from the Lord the first place is Dan. 4.27 Wherefore O Sachem let my counsel be acceptaâ—le to thee and break off thy sins by righteousness and thy iniquities by sheâ—ing mercy to the poor if it may â—e a lengthning of thy tranquility Aâ—d my heart is perswaded with submission to the Lord that if you now turn unto God and promote praying to God among all your people you shall see better dayes tâ—en ever you have yet seen There is another sad story in the fifth Chapter of Daniel where the wicked Sachem did act profanely agaiâ—st the Gâ—d of heaven and then appeared fingers which wrote Mene Mene Tekel Vpharsin but let the interpretation of that be unto your enemies and not to you beloved Sachem I say unto you in that word of the Lord Acts 16.31 Believe in the Lord Iesus and thou shalt be saved and thy house Wiâ—â— Hope of relief is a means to ease grief and to raise the distressed heart to apply it self unto means of Remedy In the second of Chron. 33. we reade of a Sachem that was a greater sinner then you have been yet upon his repentâ—nce and change of life he obtained mercy His Name was Manasseh his sins were such as that it is an abhorring to reade them then God brought him into affliction and it is said ver 12 13. And when he was in affliction he â—esought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers anâ— prayed unto him and he was intreateâ— of hiâ— anâ— hearâ— his supplication and brought him again unto Ierâ—â—aleâ— into his kingdâ—me Then Manasseh know that the Lord he was God So I say unto you Beloved â—achem humble your self before the Lord set up praying to God among all your people walk in wayes of wisdome and religion and you shall finde that God will be merciful to you and your latter dayes shall be blessed and be a blessing Keit. Words that come swimming in love with full sails of wisdome have great power to calm heart storms of grief and trouble I now finde it true my soul is wounded for my sin in profaning the Sabbath-day now I desire to look deeper into the matter I desire you would open unto me the Sabbath that I may know my former sins and future duty Ant. The doctrine of the Sabbath is a great Point in Religion It is one of the Ten Moral Universâ—l Commandments of God which are required of all Mankinde and the fourth Command a chief Hinge of all the rest By a religious keeping of the Sabbath we act our obedience to all the Commands By profaning the Sabbath we turn all Religion and good Order out of doors and set open a door unto all sin and wickedness so weighty a matter is the good keeping of the Sabbath-day For the opening of the Sabbath I know not a better way then to open briefly the fourth Command wâ—ich I shall do by laying it out into six parts 1. Here is the Preface in this word Remember the Sabbath-day to shew the great weight and worth of the Sabbath oâ— our proneness to â—light it and to stablish a perpetual and careful preparation to the Sabbath Neh. 13.19 And it came to pass that when the gates of Ierusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath I commanded that the gates should be shut and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath and some of my servants set I at the gates that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day 2. Here is the Affirmative part of the Command wherein we are commanded to keep the whole Sabbath holy both in thought word and deed Isa. 58.13 If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath â— delight the holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own wayes nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words 3. Here is an exact distribution of all time betwixt God and man wherein God hath appointed six parts or dayes to man and the seventh part is dedicated to God and hence it followeth that the Sabbath was capable of being changed from the lâ—st of seven to the first of seven and so the Lord hath changed it 1 Cor. 16 2â—â— Acts 20.7 Rev. 1.10 And when this Change was first made the Câ—urch kept two Sabbaths together as the Passover and the Lords Supper were together 4. Here is the Negative part of this Command wherein we are forbidden all our own works in that word or deed Thou shalt do no manner oâ— work 5 Here be the persons that be bound to keep the Sabbath All high and low rich and poor male and female in all societies â—nd relâ—tions and strangers Thou thy son thy â—aughter thy man-servant thy maid-servant thy cattel and thy stranger 6. Here be three Râ—aâ—ons to urge us to a reverent and careful keeping of the Sabbath 1. Taken from Gods most holy and wise Example who six dayes Created but on the sâ—venth dâ—y rested in his heavenly joyes 2. The second Reason is Because God hath put a blessing on the head of the Sabbath and on all that keep it holy He blessed the seventh day 3. The third Reason is Because the Lord made it holy he dedicated it to holy use aâ—d tâ—erefore may not be violated without sacriledge Mal. 3.8 Will ye rob God Thus have I opened this Command Will. I will onely adde two Texts of Scripture Ier 17.19 to the end Thus saith the Lord unto me Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people whereby the Kings of Iudah come in and by the which they go out and in all tâ—e gates of Ierusalem and say unto them Hear ye the word of the Lord ye kings of Iudah anâ— all Iudah and all the inhabitants of Ierusalem that enter in by â—hese gates Tâ—us saith the Lord Takâ— heed to your selves and bear no burden on the Sabbath day c. The other â—ext is Exod. 31 13 14 15 16
which will molest and trouble them that love and walk in their old lusts and deeds of darkness and therefore you will keep them from the light But I pray consider at what a dear rate you purchase your quiet in your old ways of sin and darkness which lead you to hell when you will compel all your people to live in sin and darkness for fear lest when they finde the light of Gods Word they should molest and trouble you in your lusts and sins Will. I will adde a few words to what my Brother hath spoken I have heard that in the other part of the World there be a certain people who are called Papists whose Ministers and Teachers live in all manner of wickedness and lewdness and permit and teach the people so to do and these wicked Ministers will not suffer the people to reade the Word of God and pretend the same reason as you do Because they be ignorant But the true reason is the same which you plainly speak out lest by the knowledge of the VVord they should have light to see into their vileness and molest them in their lusts and sins And they are so cruel that if they finde any one that readeth the word of God they will kill him They choose rather to lead all their people with them to hell then to suffer them to see the light whereby they may be saved lest when they see the light they should discover their filthiness and trouble them in their way to hell But God doth account these men Murtherers and hath threatned to bring upon them fearful destruction to revenge the blood of Gods people whom they have murthered Therefore I pray you to consider that the like vengeance from God will fall upon you if you will not suffer your people to search into and learn the word of God Keit. What you have said hath fully setled and satisfied my heart in this point I will never hinder my people from the knowledge of the word of God and I wonder at those vile Ministers that do so wickedly abuse the people and I wonder at the Sachems that they will suffer such vile Ministers to abuse their people in that manner why do they not suppress them and why do they not Command their people to Print the Bible and let it be free for any man that will buy them and reade them I wonder at these things Can you satisfie me in the reason hereof Will. I can say but little to it onely thus much I have heard Some Sachems are as bad as the Ministers and of the same minde with their Ministers they are liâ—e minded as this Sachem is other Sachems that are wiser and better minded yet they cannot help it because their Ministers are so rich and by that means have so many people depending on them that their Sachems dare not meddle with them and their Ministers take a cunning course to keep themselves and successors rich for they will not suffer one another to marry whereby they should have lawful Children to inherit their riches but when they die the next Minister hath all or most of the riches that he had And to the end they may keep one anotheâ— from marrying they suffer one another to keep VVhores so that they have Bastards good store but no lawful Children And by this means they maintain themselves in very great wealth so that the Sachems dare not meddle with them Keit. Doth no body see these base doings of these Ministers Will. Oh yes many but if any body speak a word against them they will kill him presently so that partly by their wealth and partly by their cruelty keep every body in fear of them Keit. Oh strange how many of these wicked Ministers be there that they are so potent Will. Oh a great many The Ministers of I know not how many Countries combine together and be of one minde to uphold one another and they choose one Chief and call him a Pope and say that he has power to pardon mens sins and will sel Pardons for Money and by that means they get a great deal of wealth for people are such fools as to think that he can pardon them when as the Popes be as vile sinners as any body and keep VVâ—ores and get Bastards Other of these Ministers they call Cardinals others Lord Archbishop others Lord Bishop other Lord Abbot other Lord Prior and I cannot tell how many more and many of these as rich as Sachems and leave their wealth to their successors because they have no lawful Children onely keep VVhores and get Bastards And they will allow their Sachems or any body else to keep VVhores and get Bastards and the Pope will pardon them for money And this that I tell you is but a little of the filthiness that is among these wicked Ministers Now if people should but look into the word of God they would presently finde that no body can pardon sins but God and they would presently finde that God has appointed no such Ministers as these they are all of them the Devils Ministers and not God's and if Sachems and people knew this they would buy no more Pardons of them and the Sachems would suppress them and take away their great riches or imploy them to better uses And for this reason they will not suffer any but themselves to reade the Scripture they will kill them if they do and they have Lords Inquisitors as they call them to watch and search if any body have a Bible or any other good Book that opens and discovers their Villany he shall be killed And these Lords Inquisitors are as rich as Sachems And thus they keep all men in subjection to them and in fear of them and Sachems are afraid of them and they do what they list Keit. Here be Ministers with all my heart are these the men thâ—t manage their Religion These are worse then our Pauwaus If any Pauwau in my dominions should be half thus vile I would scoure him I see that in some places of the world there be worse men then we Indians be I do not think there is such vileness to be found among any of the Indians in all this Country what may be further off I know not And if all this vileness be maintained by ignorance of the word of God it seemeth to me that it is a principal thing in Religion to know and be acquainted with the word of God and therefore I desire that now we may go on with our intended discourse And whereas I proposed two questions me thinks that much may be gathered out of this discourse we have had tending to shew what matter is contained in the word of God But it is like you will speak more fully to it I shall therefore bend my minde to give attendance unto what you shall further say Ant. This Question is one great Principle in Religion and I cannot take a surer and better course to answer it
17. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel saying Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep for it is a sign â—etween me and you throughout your generatâ—ons that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth â—anctifie you c. Keit. I am now in a great strait my heart is bent within me to keep the Sabbaths but alas neither I nor any of my people know how to do it unless we have some body to teach us Ant. It is true that you say and I return you this answer When we return and make report of the grace of God poured out upon you and of your acceptance of the word of God and resolution to keep the Sabbath â—nd your desire of a Teacher We know that the Church will presently take care to send a Teacher unto you Or further we will propose If you and your people shall choose any one whom your souls desire and send your request unto the Church that he might be sent unto you We doubt not but the Church will readily grant your desire A penitent Soul in great distress cometh unto John Speen one of the Teachers of the Church at Natik where we shall finde the Penitent pouring out his griefs and John ministring Counsel and Comfort Penit. OH my friend I am glad I have met you in so opportune a time and place My heart is broken with griefs I am ready to â—ink into the ground because of my distressed mind I desire to pour out my melted heart into your loving bosom it may be you may give me Counsel what I shall do in my distress and advise me if there be any way or means to comfort this distressed soâ—l of mine Iohn Alas your sorrowful countenance doth indeed discover that your minde is oppressed with grief and in such cases men are miserable comforters God onely knoweth how to speak a word of Comfort to the heart he made the heart of man he knoweth all the sorrows and griefs thereof and usually God doth afflict the heart with grief out of great love that he might call the distressed soul to come to him and to make its griefs known to him and he is very gracious and pitiful to such afflicted souls for Christ hath said Mat. 11.28 Come unto me ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest My first Counsel therefore is that you would pray unto God and believe in Jesus Christ and he will surely give you rest Bâ—t as for man especially such a poor creature as I am I cannot help you nor is there any help for you in the hand of man Penit. But the words of a true-hearted loving friend may minister some comfort and I do already feel that your words have relief in them in that you tell me Jesâ—s Christ is so tender-hearted towards those that are of an afflicted spirit Iohn True it is that God hath said The Priests lâ—ps shall preserve knowledge and thou shalt enquire the Law at his mouth I am very weak but I am willing to help your afflicted soul to go to Jesus Christ who will not fail to comfort you Seeing therefore it is your desire let me hear your griefs and troubles it may please God to put a word into my mouth whereby the good Spirit of God may speak comfort to your sorrowful heart Penit. My outward condition is full of affliction and those frowns in the brow of Providence do make me fear that the wrath of God is set against me and will wear away my life with grief and then cast me away into hell among the damned where I shall perish for ever Iohn This is a wholesome fear and you shall finde it will end well My Counsel is mingle hope with your fear viz. that God doth outwardly afflict you that he might drive your distressed soul into the bosome of Jesus Christ who will graciously pardon all your sins and save your soul from those eternal flames which you so much dread It is Gods usual way of grace to put his Lambs into distress that he might cause them to fly for refuge into â—is bosome and I hope that it is his meaning so to deal with you because I see that his afflicting hand doth so kindly melt your heart and causeth you to seek refuge to save you from those everlasting burnings These distresses will make the salvation of Câ—rist precious unto you Consider that Text Eccles 7 3 4. Sorrow is better thâ—n laughter for by the sorrow of the countenance the heart is made better The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning But what are those outward distresses which do so aâ—â—â—ict you Penit. I know not where to begin or end The world hath alwayes promised me fair but it hath ever failed me my mornings have had some brightness but my rising day is alwayes clouded and full of darkness and I know not but my Sun will set in thick darkness and despair You know my Father was a Sachem of the Blood I was brought up under such high Capacities Expectaâ—â—â—tions I have been Chosen and Advanced as you know to the â—egree of a Sachem but so filled with Crosses and Distresses that I â—ever enjoy my self nor one quiet day my griefs are multiplied â—â—ke the waves of the Sea they break in upon me and are ready to overwhelm me Iohn You say the world hath ever failed you and so it alwayes dealeth with Gods children but I will shew you who will never â—â—il you Psal. 73.26 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the â—â—rength of my heart and my portion for ever Let your soul ponder 〈◊〉 feed upon this Promise See also Heb. 13.5 He hath said I â—ill never leave thee nor forsake thee Mark that word Never leave â—hee nor forsake thee the word will hold both in this life and to â—ternity You further say that your bright mornings prove black and â—loudy dayes It hath been so with other of Gods Children Reade â—he 88 Psalm and you shall finde the Prophet just in your case in â—any verses of that Psalm I will mention some of the words â—er 6 7 8 9. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the â—â—eps Thy wrath lyeth hard upon me and thou hast afflicted me with â—ll thy waves Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me â—hou hast made me an abomination unto them I am sâ—ut up and I â—â—nnot come forth mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction Lord â— have called daily upon thee I have stretched out mine hand unto â—â—ee c. And ver 15. I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth 〈◊〉 while I suffer thy terrours I am distracted c. Behold a dear â—â—ilde of God in as bitter distresses as you are yet the first sentence of this Psalm is a word of Faith he sâ—ith O Lord God of my sâ—â—vation Iâ— is some comfort to a distressed soul to havâ— good company with them you have