Serm. IS. ón Divine Providence ? 449 Then is the Clofet ranfarlçt for the cho cell Cordial. This,bleffed Bayrk- ham found, when at the flake He told the Bloody Papifts, O ye pa- Os, faid he, you talk of Miracles, behold here a True One, Thefe flames are to me a bed of Roles. God is wont to give Belicvers,in fuch a time, their Exceeding!, their five mcffes. That part of the army, which is upon AEtion, in the field, and upon hard fervice, ilia!' be fure to have their pay. What are all the promifes, but v ffels of Cordial wine,tunn'don purpofe againfl agroaning hour,when God tefunlly,and jpeedily broacheth them, Pfal 5o 15. 2. All is well, that ends well. Now, faith Faith, all fad andgloomy difpenfations, have Tweet Ends, whether I refpecî God, or my felt. 1. In ref]ea: of God And that, a . For the manif Ration of His InfiniteWifdom, Who fo contriv :s the paffages of His Providence, as that One fhall quali fie Another. God knows, that fhould I Alwaies proffer, I fhould have been apt to fwell and perfume, and therefore he pricks my bladder, to let out that wind. Had 1 been alwaies fed with fweet meats, ' fisvery probable I might have farfited,and therefore He mingles my fweets with diefe Tart In- gredients. Were not this Ba f e added to my Trebble,I fhould never have made any Harmonious Mufick. 2. For the declaration of His Almighty Power. God many times brings his people into Inch a condition as not to know what to do that they may now know what the Lord can do. Thus, Deu. 32. 36, 39. The Lord fhall judge bvs People ,when he fees their power is gone : and fee now, That Leven I am He, and there is no God with me. Thus, Pfal. i o6.8. Neverthelefs he faved them for His name fame, but what Name? even That Glorious one of His Power;:that he might make His Power known. II. In re lea o f Believers. The life of every Saint is a Traga -come- dy, and the Laß AEt of it crowns the whole play. t_Mark the upright man, and Behold the ju ft, for the t End of that man u peace. Out of the Eater (hall come meat. This afi Lion and That affli ion, yea the whole feries of them (hall worktogether for my Good,Rom.8. 28. Saints good is Gods Aime. As Love is the principle He con(t:ntly Ads from, fo the Saints good , is the End He propounds and aimes at in eflll His difpenfations. From this He never fwerves. The fire of Love ne- ver goes out of His Heart, nor the Saints good out of His Eye. When He frowns, chides, ftrilzes, yet then his heart bw -ns with Love, and His thoseghts Are Io do them good, Jer. 24. 5. and 29. i i . D: u, 8. 2, 16. But what good í' Mach every wa ,chiefly with refped to their Corrup- tions,graces, fervices,glory. a. Saints Ffa1.37.37.
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