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Pfa1.4.
Pfa1.6;
.
vla.I.
Epheffans,
Chap.
I.
V
B
R,
a.
countenance vpon them, L4m.2.4.
Ro
..Pfa1.4.Thus
when
we
with
him
that
hoe
maybe
in
their
lone,
inwardly affected, holpen with
the fruits
of
their
louc,
andcurteoufly
and kindely
intreated,
in re-
gard
of
louing
vfages, which
is
the
fignification
of
their
loue;
for
if
God
lhouldlouevs,ifkcfltouhi doe
vs
good,
and fhield
vs
from
euill, yet Mould
heehide
this
from our
fenfc
and experience,igec
could not haue this peace,which
is
next
mentioned. Now then,wee
may
better
fee
that this loue
of
God,is
dotte
all
things to
be
defaced;
there
is no lacke in
this loue,
no good thing
fhall
be
wanting vnto
vs,
nay,
if
culls
in
cur
tafle be good for vs,we
(hall
not want them;
as
the loue
of
a
Parent maketh
him
when
neede
is,
prouide bitter
Phyfickefor
his
childe,
as
well
as
other contentments:
No
euill
Thal
haue accef
e ;
no,,if
things good
in
themfelues
be harmefull
for
vs,
they
fhall
not
haue accelfe
to
vs;
as
the loue
of
a
Parent layetha-
way
a
Knife,
whichis
a
good thing in it
felfe,
out of the
reach
of
his
child;
for whom it
were hurtful]
:
All things
which
to our
finfe, and
in themfelues
are euill,
this loue maketh them
worketo
our good:
fthe
skilfall
Art
of
a
Phylìtian
may make
of
a poyfon-
full Viper
a
wholefome Treacle ;
no
wonder
if
Gods gracious
loue,
turne
euen
the
diuell himfelfe
to
become
a
helpefull inflrumenr,fet-
ting forward our perfedtion,
2.Cor.12.9. In
a
word,
it maketh
a
little
eftate
great riches,
curry
elate
contentfull:
A
little thinggiuen
asatoken
of
the
Kings
good will, doe
we not
prize
it
more then
thrice
the valew
of
that,.
which
is no
pledge
of
his faunae
?
And
when the lone
of
a
finfull man
is
of
fuck force, that many woman
while
thee may
inioy it, feeleth not
beggery it
felfe not
grievous:
What
aforce
is
therein the
grace
of
God,
while
it is
perceiued,
to
make
vs
finde no grieuance in greateft
extremity
?
Whereas
without this, were
a man
in
a
Paradife of the
earth;
withall the
good
of
ir,
all
were
nothing. There
are
Noble men
in
the
Tower,
who
may
ride
their great
Hodes,
haue
their
Ladies,
fare
delicioufly,
want
not
for
wealth,yct
becaufe they are out
of
the
Kings
fauour,
no
wife man would be
in
their
coatcs, none efteemeth their
flare
happy
:
How
much more then are
all
things
of
no value;
if
they
be
polleffed
without
this
fauour,
of
whichweintreatcr
This
grace
is
our
life, it
is
better
then
life:
As
the
Marigold openethwhen
the
Sunne fbineth
over ir,
and
fhutteth when it
is
with-
drawn
e;
fo
our
life followeth this fauour
;
wee are
enlarged,
if
wee
ferle
t;
if
itbe
hidden,,
we are
troubled. Finally,
that which the
Kings fauourable
afpe&
doth
in his Subie
&,that
which the Sunne
and
Dewe
doe
in the
creatures of
the earth,
which they make to
hnile
in their
manner; the like doth
this
grace, through
all
the world
of
fpirits,
who
feeie theinfluence
of it.
Which
doth
let
vs fee
their fearefull cflate, who
walke
in
their
naturall conditions, children
of wrath,
neuer
ferking,ro
be
recon-
ciled to
God.
If
we
Rand in mans
debt,
and in danger
of
the Law,
we will
compound the matter
:
If
we
are faulty
towards
fomegreat
perfon,and out
of
fauour, O
how
will we
turne
curry
flone,and vie
the mediation
of
all
we can;
to procure
vs
good
will with them
?
Here weareotherwife,
and like
thefe
impudent adultereflis,
we
care