r3.6 . Ä profitable Expofitwn 6. PETIT I ÒINi Pfal, 78. t t changingman : farre be it therfore from vs euet, but let paired grace atfure our foules of future goodncs, for fo would he haue it,and fo in truth Ihould it. I can- not omit it, and I pray you marke it with me : Howwhen Dauid fh eweth that the Ifraelites forfodke God & his wales, he addeth for a reafon as it were offach a fai, Thg. forgat his aflesand his wonderfull morkes.that hee had Jbewed them.. As it hee Ihould haue fayd, had theylooked backe lhllto receiue mercy, and kept that di-. ligently in mind,they would neuer haue fallen. Now this could bee noreafonif this were not a certaine courfe with our liuing God,that whet he begintieth there he continuer, ift he fault be not ours. Looke therefore at this thing, and be of good comfort, your God bath no by in changing, hec hath fworne hee would not our fall, hisword is pall, that whom hee loueth, to the end bee loueth them, Ez.e. t 8.z 3 that his gifts and calling are without repentance,that is without change. David John t3.t. thusrealòned, Paulethusreafoned, Chriflthusreafoned,thatpairedmercy(hold Rom. It. ailurevs futuremercy euer, and therefore you than continue ifyou continue ro pray, to beleeue, to obey ,and to ferue him. Let all the fiends in hell goelbake their cares. Rumblings are good for the Lords chofen, and hee knoweth what .lam, 1. z. is belt for euery fonne or daughter. Welcome his fchoolings when he fendeth them, indu re them patiently, pry the Lords leafure, for your lightning. Yet e- uer know this wordwhat it aulureth : Hee that commeth vnto me, I nester call away : the Lord fupport our weaknes. Thus.might I in this treatife of inward aducrli- ties, touches and tryals run a greatcourfe, for the field iswonderfuil wide, but! mull content my felfe. Thefe may ferue to thew that the word is a falue for our grieuous fores, and to lead filch as Ihall beedefirous of furder Phifike into the greenepaflures where isplentieofhelpe. See and gather , apply, and vfe, the Lord will bleife his holy ordinance euer aslhalbe bell. Tour order leadetbyoff next to particular aduerfwties outward. And if I or any man Ihould fpeake of them as wee m ight,when or where Ihould Tfa434. wee find anend ? For hove many are the troubles ofthe righteous? Tetthe Lerddc. liuereththem outofall. For mine owne part Ì haue found in two righteousmen fo much as iuflly maketh ine to thinke,that tht troubles of all Gods Childrenbe in- deedvery many. I meane Iob and ©aúid whofe troubles and tryalles iftheybee perufed, carefully obferued, and often thought vpon, they may flrengthen& comfort molt men euen in their particulars. Forwhat might it be that the Lord layeth vpon vs which hee layed notvpon thefe his deere ones before, and may beefound in them, betides numbers mo, both in Scripture and other hiflories recorded to vs. Many will fay, O my life is vncomfortable and full of furrow and heauines, griefe and vexation one after another. When as others haue their pleafures and hearses cafe and more ioy in a day , than I haue in a yeere. And kb. 30,16, what if it pleafe God fó, doth he deale any otherwifewith you than he doth with thofe whom he louethtruely, and euen to the end ? D othnot lobcornplaine that his foule was cuen powrcdout vpon him, and the dayes of afíliétion had ta- ken hold of him. That furrow pearced his very bones in the night -and his fin- ZJerf.3 t, newes tooke notel1, that for the great vehemency his very garment was chan- Pjal toz. ged, &c. That his harpe was turned to mourning, and his Organs into the voice i,fthem that wept. Yet I hope you know God hated not his feruant ¡ob for all this. I prayyou alfo rem .mberrDauidwith heavy heart and mournefull voyce making his inone to his fweetefl God in thefe wordes : O Lord hears my Prayer, an let my cry cons voto thee. Hide not thy face from mee in thetime of my trouble, In- cline thine eares woo mee: when Icall,makehaf4to hears mee. Why David what is the matter, or what distil urge this woefull cry ? Ó Lord my Sayer are coufumect like rocks, and my bones are burnt like anhearth. Myne heart is fmitteu and withered liftegrafe, becanfelforgettoeatemybreade, for the royce of my groning my bones doe Tlerfi9. eleaneto my(kin.S tire ly l have eaten a`'bes as bread &ha tie mingledmydrinkwuhrveping. And
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