\ I [ 40 J ' lhould ask of any Providence, wherefore art t~ou come?.comif! thqapeacea6!y? come.fl: thou for good? they muH all anf'fer.,yes,~~-for go?d and no ·burr. 'Ti~ but to hdp ~rf that gqod"into thy hand, which hath been in the hearc, and bath proceeded out of the mouth of thy God that loves thee. There 1s not a. Mejfenger of Sa,thtt~n, that comes to buffe~ thee, but is alfo a. ,tfejfenger frow God, that comes to thee for good. The very thorns in thy fldh Ihall ferve t~ee for P1aillers,. thine ey.e~fotes , fhall be t~ine eye.falve,, and thy very ~aladies thy Mcdi"' c1nes. z. That this. relative goodnefs ofall the works of Providence, is the reafon of the~r being. Therefore. God doth -what he doth,that hereby he may do wha! he hath faid and interideo.I do not fay that the rea- ,, ' fon of Gods taking this or that means, is alway,es from any thing in it felf,.or for his natural tendency to fuch an end above any thing elfe; God hath h~$ <:h6ice of me=tns, he can chufe here or there at plc:a– fure, can make ufe of what he will t:o .ferve his de'"! fign; but the re;tfon why things are, is this, God in his Wifdom,. f:.tw their Qrdinability to this good end, and ~hereupon in his Providence, he qrders and hririgs. che~n topatfe. , · . So that now, whatever befalls a C.hrifHan, l1e: hath this to allay and take c{f the grievoufncfs and nu'!pncfscfit,:. This had neve~ be~n,but £or the good will, and go?d word of the Lord to me. Th~ ' · Lord God ha.th fa id, he will blefs me,. and clo nae good; he will_h(alme, and fanc~ifie, an.d. fa ve me, ~ np ~~ow he is abeut it ; by this,,he js wo1 ki 1 ng that ' ~::dvation for rne.. ., ,, ' . Cbriijf lJ 11!.~
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