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A27396 God only exalted in his own work, or, The works of God praiseth him in Sion, or, A song of deliverance from a great and sore captivity, thraldome, and bondage, under the King of Egyptian Darknesse ... witnessed unto and experienced in that vessel, whole earthly tabernacle bears the name of William Bennit ... Bennit, William, d. 1684. 1664 (1664) Wing B1892; ESTC R11102 8,395 14

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God only exalted in his own Work OR THE WORKS of GOD Praiseth him in SION OR A Song of Deliverance from a great and sore Captivity Thraldome and Bondage under the King of Egyptian Darknesse the God of the World where the soul was fast bound as with strong Chains and Fetters but now ransomed by the out-stretched Arm of Gods Almighty power and come to Sion with Songs of everlasting joy upon thy head and hast obtain'd joy and gladnesse and thy sighing and mourning is fled away witnessed unto and experienced in that Vessel whose earthly Tabernacle bears the name of VVilliam Bennit Published in singlenesse and uprightness of heart from a constraint of Gods love to all those who are yet groaning and panting after the Lord in truth and sincerity that they may meet with some refreshment and incouragement in their journey and travels towards the Land of rest and peace Printed in the Year 1664. OH oh my soul my soul what hath the Lord even the Lord thy God done for thee oh what hath he done for thee oh my soul oh my soul a little while sit thee down in thy secret chamber of rest and quietnesse and there oh my soul a little meditate of the most excellent loving kindnesse of the Lord thy tender compassionate God of infinite bowells which he hath manifested to thee oh my soul of things past present and to come that so the perfect sense of the love mercy pity kindnesse tendernesse and compassion of the Lord thy tender God may alwaies rest in and upon thee oh my soul That oh my soul through the sense feeling and true remembrance thereof thou may be O blessed God praised glorified and magnified reverenced and honoured even the holy powerful eternal wonderful everlasting Name of the Lord God Almighty who inhabiteth Eternity who lives for ever and evermore and bound thereby to a bountiful kind loving tender pitiful merciful compassionate God towards all souls in the measure of God thy God who hath abounded in loving kindnesse towards thee oh my soul Oh! oh my soul my soul remember thou wert once a prisoner in the prison-house of darknesse strongly bound in chains and fetters a slave and a captive in the Land of Egypt under the servitude and slavery of the Prince and power of darknesse the God of the world the King of Egypt and through a sense of thy hard bondage and deplorable thraldome and miserable captivity oh my soul thou wert made in secret to cry and groan under thy burdens unto the Lord thy tender God whose bowells whose tender bowels of infinite pity unfathomable compassion did in mercy to thee hover over thee even in that thy sad miserable deplorable state first made thee sensible of thy sad captivity and so in the sense thereof and in the sense of thy own helplessnesse how didst thou cry cry unto the Lord God of pity for help and groan unto him for deliverance oh my soul and the Lord who opened thine eye and gave thee a glimpse of thy sad estate did hear thy groanings and thy cries and for his own Seeds sake set himself by the out-stretched arm of his power to deliver thee out of thy sad captivity in which thou wert without help of thy own and there must abode had not the Lord God of everlasting unfathomable bowels of pity had mercy upon thee oh my soul Oh! oh oh my soul my soul the remembrance of the tender love the tender pity the tender mercy of thy tender pitiful God how can it but even rend thy bowels even from top to bottome oh my soul and remember oh my soul how the Lord God Almighty through his sore plagues and righteous judgements executed upon Pharaoh the King of Egypt under whom thou wert a slave by an out-stretched arm and a mighty power by the slaying with the sword of his vengeance the first-born of Egypt brought thee out of the prison-house who broke thy chains in pieces and snapt thy bonds asunder and brought thee out of Egypt and set thy face towards Canaan the good Land that floweth with milk and honey And remember oh my soul how wonderfully the Lord God who by his mighty power and out-stretched arm brought thee out of Egypt preserved thee and upheld thee in thy long journey unto Canaan thy tedious way and passage through the sea and wildernesse how gently did he lead thee as a tender nursing father and carried thee as in his arms and bore with thee in his mercy towards thee when thou sometimes murmured against him because of the length and straightnesse of the way that he led thee in and because of the enemies thou had to encounter with by the way insomuch that thou sometimes backslided in thy heart towards Egypt and lusted after the flesh pots thereof and murmured against the Lord who so led thee about in such a crosse knotty way to that part in the which through the crosse straightnesse and length of the way was to die pine and wither and be worn away and fall in the wildernesse and not enter into the holy Land and yet the Lord thy tender God who did correct thee through his righteous judgements and as a tender-hearted Father did chastise thee for thy pining complainings and murmurings against him and thy secret backsliding toward Egypt did not destroy thee but bear with thy weaknesses and infirmities and nourished thee and cherished thee day by day and as a tender-hearted Mother nurseth the only tender babe of her womb who led thee by a pillar of a cloud by day which was a shadow unto thee from the heat and a pillar of fire by night which gave thee light by night when the Sun was under the earth who when thou wert an hungry he gave thee bread from heaven day by day fresh Manna morning by morning compassed about thy tent and gave thee water out of the rock to satisfie thy thirst yea oh my soul great greatly hath the mercy love pity and compassion of the Lord thy tender God been manifested towards thee how did he fight for thee and subdue thy enemies before thee and made way for thy passage yea remember remember oh my soul oh my soul how that after he had brought thee out of Egypt by his out-stretched arm and mighty wonderful power how mightily and wonderfully did he appear for thee to help thee in thy time of great need and extream distresse and great trouble even when Pharaoh and his great host followed hard after thee and pursued strongly to overtake thee and bring thee back again into Egypt under his slavery and servitude And when Pharaoh and his host followed so close after thee and the Sea the great Sea was before thee and mountains on each side of thee how great was the straight thou wert in and the trouble and sorrow that compassed thee about oh my soul that thou wert even at thy wits end scarce any hope of ever coming at the promised Land but