908 Ofthe Gu N~P OWD E R~T RE AS ON. ser:;;;;;, --thatit may appe:tre there is great oddcs, betweene this ofours, and th~· Confequemly, that we arebound to give thankes with another manner of Hau~Jus. than ever dtd they, Aod that, whether we looke to that which was turn d "J•, ours was worfe : to themanwer of tttrning it felfe; ours was better :tothe~ 4 "'4 1; this t11rning; ours to be preferred : to·the likenelfe ofadreame, to thedice/~nesof Gentes, to thefaBiJttmiu l«tantes: in all and every point, we are fiill beyond';~ tnter Ourw~ning That which was turned away, in them,was a C~ptivity, for termeofyea em. :,~; dl~'~"~ us, was an utter defolation: lS much oddcs betweene them, as betweene lying'~: In gr az'r "· fon, andflying inpeeces. Captivity (as we fee by this) isVoxconverti6ilis harh~/"· Forrhat which to turneagaine; utter de~olation being uncapable ofin convertendo, paftal!hop~pe msturoed pollibdtty ofever rerurnmg mor~. or aw,y. And what manner ofdefolanon ~For, we may findC•ptivitiu to match the· . For a People to be carried awaycaptive, is no new thing upon earth. Bur, this d:}~: btion ofours pursdowneall that ever were. What lhould I fay, but as the Apom of that which palfeth rhe fpeech of all fpeakers, Oculm nO» vidit, &c. The liken/ 'Cor...g. verwa; feene, heard, wor eMtredinto the heart of man. • 2 And our turnini, therefore, the better : and not onely therefore; butinit[dfi · Fonho,•••.., limply. Tw~trernings wefaid there were: 'Byprevention, yer it come: and '[llb~ £f Mnmg. ve»tton, after u ts come; andpreventton the better,and that was ours. Theirswas b !'oflvorta; ltght upon them firll. Ours came not at us at all; and yet, very neere !s lt came, as neere as could be, not to hu:r us land eve? then; away it was turned. So , much the better (lhould I thtrtke) we wtll reckon of tt. Thatthe6/ow, orbtowing 11 p \Vas trerned, and we not hurt; rather ~han we hurr, and lye long on the Chimrgian' hand and at !all be cured. That ofrhem lay heavw up.on rhemfora Jongtime,yer ir w.1s turned away: Seventy yettres full. Ours was turned, in the turning ofahand.And we know,it is adoubling ofthe pleafure, ro doe it at once. . 3· As in themanHer, fo in rhemeanes ofthis turning, we palfe rhem farre; In rhat of F~nhc mt~ner. theirs, theimmcdiate cau[e oftheir turning, under Go o, was the t11rning of cyrm ihe Kingsheart, which Go o harh in His band, and tttrneth a<thejlreamesofwater. And was not ours fotpo ~ . And yctllill, after amore excellent manner. Theirs, a Heathen ;ours, a chrijlian Privce: theirs, a/hanger; ours, our owne. To thellrange t11rning ofwhofe hearr, to ttJrne rhe Jeerer into a lhange conllruC!ion, next to Go n 4 for the like.. ndfeto a dreamt. Eua 1.1. ,llll••.>·ll· 5 Forthejo7of ~edreamt. Himfelfe; we may all truely a[cribe our dell:ruC!ion then turned away. This for the 'tttrning, the •m4.nner, and l 1neanes of ir. . Now at the, time of this turning, if they were jimtfomnianw, we were more: ~. They were delivered by a prvclamation : proclamations.(wee know) come not forth,till it be well on ofrhe day,when the llreers are wdl filled with peopleroheare them; but never early in the morning. Bur, thcnewes ofburs came betimes, when a great part ofus were nor out ofour beds,and fcarce well awake: fo, it might be affirmed ofus literal!y, wewere then in good earnell,jic11t(omniantes. 2. Saint Peter was a!Vake,broad awake, when theAngellmadehis chains fall off: heclothedhimfelfeJbodhimfelfe,girt himfclfe, went thorow threeg.ttes one after ano– ther, and afrer that, thorowawholejlreet; yet that that happened, was fo exceeding firangc to him, that all this while, be thought he WM but in adrearne. Our cafe was Saint Peters for all the world; we weretruely delivered, and yet many of usgor np, and were fully ready, yer we could get our felves ready to beleeve, but rhac we d.d fiill ri{umvidere: Simtfomviantes, & ecct vigilAntes. . • 3· They had fenfe of t.heir captivity, their minde ran on it; the morethmmmd ran on it, the more like to dreamc ofit. We had not fo much: itwasrhefunher end ofoutthought, and therefore more like adreame, more uhlooked for. . 4• They were not fall: ajleepe, they did fomewhat toward their d~livery; wtrh long, ofren, andearnell prayer, they did folicite Got>; they and ~betr Pr~f.hetsfor them. We prayed not, we knew no caufe to pray: nothing at all d1d we to It orro·. ward it, it ran into our nets, whire we were on lleepe. . . Shall I fay any thing ofthe joy ofthe Jrc~tme?Ihis I may: that w~palfethemtn - chat
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