Tfe. . Matter offweet confolation. !Ye. 4. Looke for help, though the cafe be defperate. Luke i4. Gen,.a. Dettsp,ovidebit. Ifaa,c ope of (hrfl. trio(} miferable, vole 19. 'I I. A fweet confolation. God watched every motion in both there /limesoffering ; how farre Abra- ham fhould got, how long, to the liftingup ofthe knife; and where he fhould flay ; and when was fit to fay, doe theboy no hurt : So bee watch d the executioners, the crucifiers, how farre they fhould proceed wich Chrift, but flayed them frombreakinghis bones, and kept him from fetingcorruption. So when Gods time and terme is come, the affliction and affliéer (hall goe no farther; a voice at length (hall come, and fay : Stay thy hand, doe him no hurt. IV. Both were delivered,but not till the third day; the one when the knife was up, the other being dead and hopeleffe, at haft in theaccount ofmen, as appeared by the words of the difciples which were going to L"m- maws. Hence wee learne to make this ufe for the firengtheningofour faith : Then to looke for helpe and deliverance when the cafe is defperate, and in humane fence we are gone. There is life in this comfort,which affurethus of life, even in death, as Hof. 6.2. After two dayes hewill reviveus, and in the third day he willraife us rip, andwee (hall live inht fight. In all wantsand ex- tremities let Abrahams voice to Ifaae comfort thee : god willprovide. If Ifaac fee e,4braahams fword in the one hand, and fire in the other ready to deuourehim,yet a little while and the fword (hall bee put up , and the fire (hall take another objea. So the faithfull fonnes of 1I6raham, feeing God the Fathers fword of jufkice drawne agaiaff them, and the fire ofhis fury ready to confame them, yet at length (Bail fee by Chrift the fword put up, and the fireof' wrath turned againe into a, flame of love and grace. Faith bath a cheerefull voice : God will prouide. Unbeleefe is full of repinings and murmurings :. Oh how fhould I be prouided for, in this or that ? I fee no meanes,&c. Here thedifference holds which
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