.. .,980 Of the GuN.... POWD·KR•T'lt J.AS ON s--;;;;;;;s Jt~~~ vires, till!ime, they be better..mi;ded in this point, and we have g~' of1t. For, mmded as they are, they want no will, novme: they tell us hranee ;. Why tftey wercftljf'trctl to com<fo{ar. • J Rc:1Conon Gods part. matter is; flrength they want, they writ'e it, they priptit s andji ~deffem vi~v arhthe would acl it in earnelt. tJ, t ey Bmy~t, whywasitfuffered to come fo farre~ Why not takenfoonet' E • (we alll<now) isbeft nippedin the h11d; bell:(ever) deftroyed in'theSpawne. Bei·g 'h' 11 fo evil!, asit was, why was itlet goe all the while~ 0 1 Cll ' 'Iwillgivcyou tworeafons: • OneonGodspart, •The otheronours 1 0 Gods parr.: I know n.ot how, but ydhall obferve that he loves, that He take~ dei· hn thus to doe. ItisHisplaywithLwiatkAn. Tofuffer his whelpes and himrohg t their courfe for atime, and for along ume l an,d then fuddenly give them atwit a~e and downe they come. Let them go everiull they come to the birth and then eoc ' in the neck ofthem with a mn [tmt vires, and all is marr'd.. ' me Here in the Text, how manyCountries wan Senacherib l How neere washelet: come to Iemfalem, event?Lihn.:., wi:hin leffe. than a dozen mile~ Newes camefud– dcnly, oftheBlackmooresmvadmg hrs Cottntm, back he goes, had not thepowerto fiir one foot farther. How farre was the invincible "fVvie fuffered to comefailin• ill ~XXXVIII. to call: anchor ev~nbefore theTh~mesmot1th, eyery houre ready to~dellver her chtldren &[bore. In anmftant,a fatall famtneffe fell upon them· theirjlrength and courage taken from them ; about they turned,likc awheele; fled a~d had not the power to !coke behindth~m. But, non erant virespariendi, we all know. G1dloves thus to doe: and then to doe it, cum venemnt adpartttm. His glory is the greater H~ ,;an let it come fo nigh, and then put it by; let it alocetill then, and then doe it. ' ~ an"''parlr: 3 There is another on our parts. For,calie accouat, and but ealie, would have beene made, ifthey had beene takenat firft: no greater matter, that, That we might make no eafie accounr, wee fcaped not eafily, but hard and fcant: fo, to make our efcape the lhanger, and our joy the more, that it went fo farre, and came(o neete,and ~~~~ . '4 The info-. ft:lfCC. Ofit felfe,itis beft,Vt m~lum lihi primsim contingit, i!Ji m1riatur, EviUbecrufoui 'at Jirjl, theSerpents headtroden, at his firft peeping in, or putting it our. Bu: Go o dorh not alwayes that, which in iJ; felfe,is belt eo dqe: burtbar, which willbcfiaf– fect us, and we take in bell: part. And fo did He this : thereby to peget in us, and bring forth ofus, anew birth ofpraife Andthankes according. · . For, nO\y we have done with this<legenerate birth oftheirs, we are to llay 1lit: tle, and fee, if we can get another, amorekindlybirth, come from ourfelves. For, barren we may not bee: this deli·verie from theirs,is tomake us deliveredofanother; we tohringforrh fomewbat, for their not bringingforth. . What is that~The Text will lead us to it, if wdook but overtothenext verfe. For there, when any evill rravell threatens us, we finde by Ezechia, \he kindlybirth then, on ourparts, is T11 ergo !wa orationem, a levie of prayers. Now,that being rumed away,and turned away in amanner fo miraculous,the narurall l<inde iffuethen,Jsan~· ther T11 ergo, T11 ergo levagratiarum aaionem, a new levie ofth1111f:es :anew levA,fJIII~ JevAtm, for His eating ofus,offo heavie a chance, like to light fo beavJeonus.. , At the prefent (fure) while it was frefh, we were ravifhed with it; forrhwme, we feemca to be even withcWd, as if we would bring forrhlomewbat; andfome· what we did bring forth, even an Alt, that we would from yea:eto yeare, asupoa this Day, bring forth and bedeliveredofthankes and praife, for tlusdelw~ry for ever• . And here wee are now, to afl that, weetheaen4lted : even to travel! WlththlSDCIV. birth. Godfendusflrength, we11 to bedeliveredof it. . · . For, fo fhall we double ourjoy : •One joy, for the turning away ofthat mi{lrl: ant birtkoftheirs; •another, for. th~ welcomming this ofour owne. . . !. · . Tlusbirth, we now travel! w1th,1s agood and ableffcd btrth..Btefmg, andg 0~j iJ.ndprai{e, andthankes, arein. 6~nti all; all, good in us (ifany thmg be goodm~~;,
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