II. How are we to praise the Lord?

1. With our Heads, by minding and acknowledging him.

2. Our Hearts.

1. By our Love and Thankfulness for his Mercies.

2. Our right rejoycing in our Mercies. 3. Our Mouths, Pfa. xxxiv. 1. Pfa, lxxi. 14, 15.

4. Our Hands.

III. What should we praise GOD for?

1. In general, for Jefus Chrift.

2. In particular, in Chrift

1. For all his Spiritual Mercies.
1. His Graces.

2. His Comforts.

3. The Means of these his Ordinances.

1. Prayer.

1. Hearing.

3. Sacraments.

Affli&tions, Heb. xii. 10. Cor. iv.17.

2. Tem

2. Temporal Mercies.

1. His making us.

2. His maintaining us.

Neither must we praife him only for Personal, but likewife for National and Ecclefiaftical Mercies.

IV. Why should we praise the Lord ?

1. Confider the Greatness of that God that vouchfafeth thy Mercies.

2. Thine own Unworthiness.

3. 'Tis all the Tribute and Impoft that GOD expects from thee, or thou canst give to him.

4. The Praifing GOD for what we have, is
the best way to get of him what we
want. For,

5. It hath always been the Practice of the
Saints. David feven times a Day, Pfa.
cxix. 164. continually, Pfa. lxxi. 6.
6. Hereby we glorify GOD, fa. 1. 23.
7. 'Tis a good Evidence of our Sincerity.
8. 'Tis Angels now, and will be our Work
to Eternity.

PSAL

PSAL. cvii. 6.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble; and he delivered them out of their diftreffes.

I

F we cry to the Lord in our Trouble, the Lord will fave us from our Diftreffes.

I. What Troubles? All, whether

1. National, Lam.v. or,

2. Perfonal; and these

1. Spiritual.

1. From the Devil's Temptations, 1 Pet. v. 8.

II. How should we cry to the Lord?
1. Heartily, Jer. xxix. 13.

2. Humbly, Luke xviii. 13.
3. Obedientially. 1Sam. xv. 22.

4. Fervently, Rom, xii. 11. Col. vi. 12. Fam.

V: 16.

5. Under

5. Understandingly, 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

6. Believingly, Mat. xxi. 22. Fam. i. 6.

III. How doth it appear,that if we cry to GOD we shall be saved by him?

1. From God's Promises, Ifa. xlv. 22. Fam.

V. 16.

2. From the Saints Experiences, Pfa.cxx. 1. Mofes, Daniel, Jonah, Peter.

USE.

Exhortation. Cry to the Lord. Confider,
1. How many Troubles you feel.
2. How many you fear.

3. This is one end why GOD afflicts you,
that you might cry to him, Hof. v. 15.
4. By this means you may be a means to keep
off God's Anger from the Nation, Ezek.
xxii. 30. Pfa.cvi. 23.

5. Or howfoever your felves will be faved from the Evil of all Troubles. What is curfed to others fhall be bleffed to you, Hof. vi. 1.

PSAL. Cxviii. 6.

The Lord is on my fide, I will not fear what man can do unto me.

HE

E that hath the Lord on his fide, need fear nothing.

1. Who is the Lord?

2. What is it to have him on our fide?

1. To have his Love.

2. Care.

II. Fear nothing else but him.
1. He can prevent your Fears.
2. He can deliver you from the Evil.
3. He can turn them into Good.

PSA L. cviii. 12.

Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of Man.

1. Vox pauperis. For,

1. It is God alone that makes us rich, Deut.

viii. 18.

2. -- That