/ ' I (150) aud p,e-rforming as all one. It antidates Glqry, and gives akind of prefent I>o!feffiort of jt in hand,Komo 8. ( ~n) all the[e things we are m.,re than Conquerors: In ~rribulation,in Perfecution,in_ f amine,in lf aJtednt'fl.; (In) all thefe things ~e ar_e more th4n Conquefors :Not. only afterwards we lh~ll be, btlt in all thefe things, even. whilt;ft we are under thern, ~e are more than ConquerDY$ ; The conqueft is obtained in the very entrance of theCombar. Thil i-f ~he viaor)' that ovor~ ~cometh the World, even· OtJ.Y Faith. ~elieve Chritlian, ' and thy Faith wil~ be ,thy Vitiory, thyShield will be thy Palm. · · · . . §}· It will put all OJ.lr tr~ub\es tq a pre[ent end; Faith looks on things tocome as prefent,and there– by, o!l things prefeiitas paft: It, looks on all things, according as they will be in their iffue ·and end ~ It looks on thingsto_ c()me,ac~ording towh~t they will be, when they are come. It looks on things prefenc according to what they will be,wlien theyare paU.It fees all paffing~ and confiders it as pa(l: alreadie. It fees all paffing, the World upon its wing·, the Fa.: fuion of it paffeth away. It ·fe·es tpe R~cbes of the \Vorld upon theit~ wings; t~e Prick, 'f.nd t~e Pomp; and the Gallantry.,and the Glory of the World,up.;, on their .wings: And it fees the Poverty of the worl_d, the Tronbles of the World,alhtponthe wing. It looks·on .the b/ac'<.eff Clouds, as flying Clouds, and it confiders all as gone 'alreadie. It looks on the clear that is, beyond t he Clouds ; it faies, as God faies~. Babylon.if fallen, i1 fallen·: N·ot onlie it !hall fa,!I, bu~ i.t is fa~Ie·n, and fuall not ~e able t9 rife,. · · ~ ~ I ' . ~ . . • • ,. ~ , ~ -J) .,_ , .And
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