Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

GOD vhfeth . butcafisvsonfuch bordsas ,we didnotexpect,· meanest at . . werhi"kenot fo hedoth m themeanes both good and evtll, ;ofLometimes, l fomewhatcomesin,and brings vs hdpe that we ' · never thought of. An enemie comes in and doth us hurt, that we never dreamed of, and thofe, that we had our eye fixed vpon.) it maybe, doe, 4 Whetherwe fee ourfelues • vile. A light ofGoJ1 .Al/.fufftciellty breedes con· tent in all Gtuil· deotlings. neither ofthem. · · And fo likewife,if GodbeAIL[t~jficient, if he be thus exceeding great, confider, if thou fee thine owne vileneffc,thy ignorance, thy empti~ nelfe,in comparifon of him. WhenAgurlooked vponGod, and faw hisgrearneffe.Pro. 30.hecryes out,that he hadnot thevnderjlanding ofa man in him.When Job faw him in hisgreatnes,hc 'Athor– _red hiwfelfeindttft andajhu, he hadJjoken once andtwice, 6ut l;e wouldj}eake no more. And fo A6raham, when Godappeared to him, fayd, l11m btttdttjf-Andafbes: 'whether artthouable to fay thus wfuen thou lookeft vp6 Godin his greatne!l Firft, art thou able to fay, I haue not the vnder_ _ (landing ofamanin me; That is; Canfi thou fee the emprineffe, and vanitie of thy owne know– ledge~Canfl: thou Iearne, not to murrimr againfr Godin any ofhis wayes~ Canfl: thou Iearne to captivate, and ering vnder thy thoughts to the wayes ofGods provid~nce ~ Canfi: thou doe, as Io~ did, faying, I haueheretoforetaken excepti– ons,andmurmured, and was difconrentcd, and wondered atthewayesofGod,and the works of his hands, I hauedonethis once, ortwice, but 11ow I willdo fo no more? lobknewGodas wei1 as we know him,butwhenGod fpake out ofthe · . whir/e-

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