-: \ (13) .. He/J. r 3. 5, 6 .. He hathfaid, I will nevn·leave thee norforfd~ thee.So that we may b Idly iay,TheLord.· ' Z:s my helper' 1 will nrJt fear wha~ nttllf caifdo unto " -me. ·He·hath ·fa:id, l1fill not leave thee: and there– fot~e we m_ay fay, I wilfnot fear: He hath faid,Jwill · he, ~nd thel'efore we may boldly fay, th.e Lord iJ mJ 'helper.: He ha th faid , He-will not forfake , he will heJp·; a~1d 'who is he that lha_ll fay~ There is no help for thee in thy God. . . There,s rio man, whofe Cafe may not be ~defperate, as to be above all humane. help. · If he lhould '– cry.t~ut; as Ehe wot~an: to the King oflfrdle/: Help ·0 J(ing; .the Kingmuft an~wer;!(the Lord do no! ·help t-hee~ whenceJh4ltl help thee? lf he fhculcl cry OUt' rle!p 0 MPin of God: the Man of G1 od muft anfwer, ifrhe Lord do not help the~, whence 1halt ~ 1 help thee? If he c:.ry out? Help 0 my Friends, I.~Y Wit, £11Y Policy, my Purfe; all thefe mult anfwer, If the Lord do not help the,e, whence lhall '1ve help , thee? But _what cafe is ~ther~, wherein an [Help Lord] \J\\ill not do? Foolifn men count their care defp~rate, when they_ come ~o their [ GrJd 1Je(p,l that's an ufuall ~1Cprel110n, to fet forth the extremity and he1p1efnefs of any mans cafe. When we fee n1en even Iofi in any rnifery, ' and their 1 ea[~ even Utterly hopclefs, the.il' to fignifie our fenfe of fq_ch mens Iofr condition, we· cry out, ,God help that ' nJan, God help that won1~n,.: they are loft Creaturds. [,.but if men did underlland and confider what the lleJp of the Lord is, they would fee there ' coul~ be no cafe fo defper~te, but an Help Lo.rd , might recover all : . I. Sam~ 3o. 6,.. when Davzdwas greatly dilhetTed,3nd all wa?·oo~e, -be f!JConrafi~ed b/mfelf in the Lord his Gr;d. 0 . . Confider ' . I r . . r
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