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VE
R.IO.
pdiefiaus,Chap. 6.
733
one and
thirtic
Kings,
ofCanaan,what
principalities, powers,
verrues,;
fhall
be
able
to
fluid
before
our
íehof/mah,
the Lord
of
Hoaftse
Whet-
fore
though
they be mighty, yet
we
may
fay as
he, Num.
14.9.
They,
areas
bread for us,and
let
us
take heede
how
we let our hearts be daun-
ted,
and fpeake
of
our
finncs, and
other
furl
infirmities,
as
if
we ne-
ver fhould out -grow
them,
and with our felves
dead, rather then fo
yoaked. For
if
God would
take
us
at
oar words,
it
were enough to
keepe
us
out
of
that glorious
reft
of
his.
Num.14.
2S.
1/4_./
Is
I
lisie
faith
the Lord,
I
ivi!doe
two
you
even
le
have
['pokers
in
rnineeares.
But we
ferve
a
gracious
Lord.
The
fecond
thing
to be marked,
is,
We
mull prepare
our
felves
before
Don.
the
day
of
temptation commeth.
Take
up,
that
when it commeth you
may refift.
It
is
good for
us
to be appointed
aforehand,when weknow
that we
that! be
fetupon with
evils,
Jot,
;.
25. He
when
it
was faire
weather looked for
a
feafon
of
temptations.
Paul,
Lillis
20. 24.
he
cared for
nothing
but
this, that he might
finifh his
courfc with joy,
fhoote
the
up-
(hot
well,
and
in
the
evil!
time furrender
a
comfortable
fpirit
to
his
Creator.
And this duty
is
enjoyned,
whenwe are bid
be
lober
and watchful!.
For
firft,
in
preparing
to warte
, is
the continuance
of
peace.
Ifa
Anfw:
Nation
grow
fecure, and
let fall
the
care
of
all
warlike
munitions, it
is
a
whiffle that calleth: upon them
,
fome forain
enemie: when
men
goe naked
iamaketh
knaves let upon
them, that
would not
ftirre
were
they weapoued.v
Again,
we cannot difpatch final!
things
to
come off happily, with-
cut
providence before they come
:
If
one put
off things to the
point
2.
of
time
in
which they
are
to
be tiled,
how many
difficulties
doe
they
mette with, which with
forecaft are happily contrived
e
As it fared
with
thofe Virgins,
Ma.
25.
who brought not oyle,
till their
Lord
was
come
;
they then cametoo late,theday afterthe Faire:
Coa
thou
-
land
to
one,
that
who
negledteth
the
prefent
time,
and
provideth not,
fhall
never
in
the
evil!
day
be
able
to
compatfc
it.
Thisthen
rebuketh the
way
of
many, who
take no care
for the
lye
I:
time to come, let to morrow
care for it fclfe;
who may be
font
to
Schoole to the Ant, Prov.
6.
6,
8. the
loth
in
Summer (tore
up
for
winter; who
may be checked by their
owne
courfes in things
earthly.
If
they have
a
journey to
make
of
pleafure,
they
will be wcekes afore.
hand providing for
it
:
if
they
feave
hard times,they will
lay up fome-
thing
againfi
the deare ycare.
Which
wifedome
in
earthly things may
evincetheir
folly, who
will not
get
a
ftocke
ofgrace,on whichto fpend
in
hard times, when
it
is
no eatiiegathering.
Secondly,
it
mutt teach
us
to
have our eyes
in
our head
:
and fore-
Ili
2.
feeing evil!
times
are
to come,
let
us
hide our felves
under the wings
of
the Almighty. Let
this be one
of
our petitions,
That
we
may
finde
grace from the throne
of
grace,in the times
of
neede.In
Anno
88.
when we
had
intelligence
of
the
(hips
comming
againft us,
the Drum
was ftricken
up
io
our
ftrettes,
preffe
-money walking, muttering eve-
ry