whenwe be exercifedwithmany and longaffliC ions. are changed in and by Chrift, who hash taken away the poifen which wouldbe in the crones we heare,and makes them ferviceable for our good :Even as the art ofthe .Apo- thecary doth make a poifonfull Viper into a wholefòme Treacle. A man will beare much when hee fpieth this, that it commeth from love in another tó him : But God is love it felfe, and from love proceedeth every courfe he paffeth upon us, as well this ofadverfity as the other of profperity. Whom he loveth hechafeneth, andfcourgeth every fonue whom he received?. The careand good will ofParents thewes it felfe in providing Medicines and Phyficke, which may preferve or procure the health of their children, no leffe then in their allowance of meate, drinkr, appareil, or other benefits, which they bellow ( upon them. And God is as mercifull in preparing and mini(lring Phyficke for our foules health, as in all other his daily benefits. Nay, herein Both appeare the moll fpeciall and tender regard that God 'bath .over us. For if good things be wanting to thebody fpecialiy, we are apt to aske, and feeke after them : But should the Lord let us alone till we findout the difeafes ofthe foule, and be delirous of,or willing to receive his medicinable potions, our fores wouldgrow incurable, we fhould perifh in our fins. Therefore, as the believer doth receive good things fromGod with joy:fo dothhe evillwi:h meeknefic. The childe will take from the mothershand, as well fowre as fweet, becaufe he is perfwaded ofher tender love and of feclion a fo doth faith entertaine affligions from God, knowing them to be fruits ofhis grace and fatherlycom- pafiîon. Fourthly, After ferious humiliation and unfained aba- .fing of the foule, faith brings tydings that God willTooke' idowne from Heaven in mercy, and fend helpe infitteff= feafon. If their untircumcifed hearts bee humbled, and they then accept ofthe pun iement oftheir iniquity. Then trill Iremember my covenant with Jacob, and altomy co- Y 3 venant 325 Heb.t,5,6, Prov.3. i z. Iob.5.17. ArMi.19. Efay.48,1o. Iob.z.to. 4. Deu 4.9,11. z8430.334. Lev.z6.41,42. Efay, 54,6,7,8
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