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Ephefians,Chap,
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VER.IO.
ry where,
all kinde
of provifion,that
we
might
be able
to
meete them
viEtorioufly
:
fo it
becommeth,
that
having certaine intelligence,
that
there
times will
come, though
it
is
uncertaine when,we
fhould
put our
felves
aiwayes in
a readineffe.
Thirdly,
it
is
to
be
marked,That
when
hebiddeth allthe
faithfull
pro
-
vide
againfi
the
evil!
day,be
taketh
this
for granted that
whofoever are
the
Lords,
in
this
courf
of
their lives
Jhall
know
fume
hard
feafons. He
doth
not
fhoote
off
talle
fires,
making
them afraide
of
moon
-fhine
in
wa-
ter, but forewarneththem
of
that which
fhould befall
them. Neither
Both he
tell them
of
evill cimes,
on this particular
ground, that perk..
cutiònswere
hard at hand
onely, which
are
not
alwaies;
but
on this
ground, that the
powers
of
darkeneffe
doe fight
againft
us,
which
is
common to
all ages.
Wherefore the
doctrine
is
plaine,
that the Lords
!hall
know
in
the
courfe
of
their
lives, fome times full
of
dif
iculry.
We
muff
not
thinke
that
honey moones will
Taft
all
the yeare.
True
it
is,
there
is
great
diverfirie
:
yet this allo
is
true, that
in all lives
they
have
their
evil!
dayes in
them. Some
are
very dripping ever
and anon
fhowres,
like
scabs
:
fame
faire
in
the fore-part, and ending,
but ha-
ving
a
found
fhowre
at
noone-rime,
like
rob:
fame
in
the
ending
c1ow..
die and
ftormie,
asIohn
so.
18.
it
is
faid
of
Peter,
that
wtien he
was
you'lg,
he
went whither he would,&c.when there
dayes
fh.ill
come it
is
hid,lob
24.1.How
fhould
not the
times be hidden from
the Almigh-
ty,
feeing
who know him,
fee
not
his
dayes!
But
that
fuch
doe abide
us is
revealed. Every one
that
will
live
godly,
muff
fuffcr
perfecution.
We
muftthrough
manyafili6iions,
.felt 14.22.
If
we have
not our
chaftifing we are
baftards,
Heb. 12.
This
then
doth
checke the fecurity
of
many, who
becaufe it is, and
hath
bcenewell, they
thinke the hand
of
the Almighty
will
never
al-
ter:
thinke they
!hall
dye on their netts.
rob
29.
18.
Then
I
Paid,
I
!hall
dye
in
my neft,
I
!hall
multiply
my dayes as
the
fand;
think
they
¡hall
never be moved, never fee evill,
Pfal.
Io.
6.
That
their mount
!ball
not be
fhaken.
They
might
as
well fay,
the
funne fhines,
they
!hall never fee
raine againe.
Secondly, we
muff
'came to
walke
in feare.
The
more
profperous
our
elate
is,
the more
we
muff feare.
We
are fure
to know evil' times,
fooner or later
:
fuppofe
thou
fhouldeft efcape
till
death,
it will be an
evil!
houre.
For
Tooke as
enemies befieging
a
place,
if
forne
come
to
remove
them, they
will defperately make
on
-fet,
as
knowing, that
if
they
win it
notprefently, they
!hall
never prevaile
:
fo
Satan
in
death,
then or never
muff
beget
the day
of
thee. Thinke therefore how
fu-
rioufly he will affault: feare
therefore
chofe
times;
and
the rather,
be-
caufe
if
you feare,
and
your
hearts melt,
God
will be
merciful!. As
Ief
ee
when
his
heart
melted at Gods threarnings, God told him, they
hould
not
come
to
paffe in his
daies.
If
a
rod
fhaken be
enough,
a
pa-
rent will
not
ftrike
with
it.
Fourthly,
that
he faith, having
finned
all
things, that
is,
outwraft-
led
all the
evills
wherewith
in
thofe hard times you
fhall be exercifed;
obferve
vfe
i.
vfe
s: