Ó. PETITION. vpon theLords Pra,yer. 1;E to expretlè a great temptation , ifyou marke them. Compatléd round about, his reines cut, not (pared, his very gaule as itwerepowred out, onebreaking vp- pon an other, and run vpo ì with the Lord as with a Gyant. Are you able to fay youhauefuch mealure of woe vponyou i you cannot if you will fpeake trueth. And yet was lob for all this ìnealure, as I fay, the Lordschofen. In the z 9.chap- ter markeagaine his phrafe : Hisarmier faith he came together,and madetheirway lob, z 9.52. von me, and campedabout my tabernacle. Before he Paid, theLords archers, now hee faith, the Lords armies, 1Ill uotingboth greatnumber, and great firength. What can you or l fay e happely we may fay,theLord hath Ihot one hedles ar- row at vs, toawauevs out of earthly and worldly fecuritie, happely an arrow with ahead, that hath fomew hat pierced, let it be two orthree, or twentie, alas, this is not the number of the Lords archers, this is not to feele the armies of the Lord, and.hisbattels,cuen all hisbattelsioyned together again(' vs. I pray you they- fore itillmarke lobs meafure, and your meslureatid yet lobloued. In his 3o. Chapter. Thou turnji thy fe /fè cruelly again(!mee , and art enemy vnto mee with the f rengthofthy hand. Thou rakell mee vp and cati(e mee to ride vppon the wind, and ma- ,lrftmyffrengthto fayle. When hee fay th cruelly , his meaning is not to accufe God, but to declare the vehemency of his of Iiéfion,wherebyhewascarriedbe- tide himfelfe. And by the word,wind,heecompareth his affliftions to a temp& or whirlewind. I herefore 11í11 note the meafure. We may fafely acknowledge the Lords rodvpon vs, but yet may we notfay, it is all his rod , when it is but a twigge. And 1 atfure any l'elf e, if we looke at lobs meafure, ours is (carte a twigge How thenlhould Satan whifper any difcomforr toys for our meafure,whatfocuer it is, v. hen it is not comparable to his, whom IA ce know riotwithflanding lotted. Was Daidlightly humbled when he fayd there is no whole part inmy body byrea- fonofmyfin : when he cried, why art rhoot f fad myfou le, and why art thew fodfgoi- eusd within mee ? flil /ire in God, &c. Was it a little meafure that Abraham and lfaacCo wandred, toiled frompillar to poll (as we fay) in perils and teams and. many affli } ions, and yet obtained not the promife ? Was it a little meafure that JacobLitained, fi rfl,to haue his owne and onely brotherfweate his death as it were then to leaue Father and Mother, houfe and home, Countrey and friends, and to lecke for a world abroad, toferue painfully his owne Vncle, and in the end tò bcvnkindly requited with an other then hee wifhed ; to beginne other feauen yearesagaine ,orelfe look his delire ; to bee pinched in his wages cnuied and maheedby his owne bleib, driutti to depart without any farewell, purfued after, vexed with wrongful] accufations and charges, to haue the wife whom he loued, not altogether vpright in judgement of religion, his bed defiled by his eldetl fön, h3. daughterrauifhedandtakenaway, a horrible murder committed by Simeon andLecci vppon that quarrel], lofeph fold , but as bee thought, murdered by a wild beaf i, with many moe very bitter and fütartingtemptations, ifyou marke the flory? Thus may you then go cuer eh Scriptures, and fee the meafure olo_ thersnaany : compare it withyours and be truely comforted if God fowill.For z . Cor. r o. certainely we are not tried and humbled like rhfe men, your owne confcience mull acknowledge t, and reafon will euiI it, whether you will or rio. For if GOD lay ato more vppon any, than according to his t(biltiie to beate ; änd our Faith,when the greatefl,yet is inferiourto thofe, then alTuredly our trials are in,. feriour alto. And fo their examples,our true comfort again this afTatilt draw - en from the meafure that wee indure. Follow then this courfe, and asyöu read marke not onely matter of afljiftions.but meafure, and I warrant you this lying deuill will hide his head, conuinced with a truth. 7imr order may laadetñ roa toretiiew how 'ma» rempteih or triethman. Pia that ha- vizrgie,hyopiuion fufficiintlj Geme tonehedGtfóte;irseiXhoYb'ra»u(Jósf yousotothe lall Point
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