'Afjli[led(on[ciences. ~--- j Part.I.Cap.t. walkc more warily. Job may b~e a right noble patterne to the.: in this point.alfo. Hee had againfl: him, not ·onely t:he Divell his en~my, pufhing at him with his poyfoned weapons ; but ·even his owne friends fcourging him with their tongues; His owne wife a thorne pricking him in the eye, yea, hjs owne <Sod, runnin,f, upon him lik! aGi,mt, andhuterrours fettin,'l, themfclves in aray againft him. Pow(rfL1ll motives, to· mak: him fufpeft himfelfe of former halting, and hollow-heartedne{fe in the wayes of God : yet not- ' withf.l:anding, his good and bond\: heart, having been long b:fore acquainted with, and knit unto his God in truth, makes him breake out boldly, and rcfo~utely pro tell : Ttll I die, I wiUnot remove my integrity from mce. 0J1j rithteoufne{fe 1 hold Jaff, and will nut let it goe: Chap. 2-7. S, 6. Behold, my Witnej[e u in Flea'Yma . 357 . and my rc~or.d:l$ im high, Chap. I 6. I 9-· . Art thou a loving and t~nder-hearted mother unto 1 o.Forloffes & crol'fcs · thy childr:n, and hill thou loll the dearcll ? The grea- i 1 outw;~rd thi.ngs. · tdl: outward croff:, I confeffe, that ever the fonnes . an~ da9ghters of 4dam tl!!:ted, and goeth neercll: to the heart: Yet thy foi:fQW is no.t fingular, but 0Utgone i;1 ' this 'alfo. . .f.o.r ~h~ ble!fed motl~er of Chrift ·· frood by, and favr hlr ~whe, onely' deare, innooent Sonne<~ the Lo.rd of life, mo(l: c_ruelly and villanoufly murder~d URO~ the Cro{fe b.ef9re her e~es~ lob 19~. z5~ Haft thou.lefl; thy good~ orchildrc;l) ? Doth ,thy wife that lies in tby bofo{lle, fet her felft againll tqee ? Do~ thy neerell frienqs cha.rge thee faHly ? Art th~u pained el'.tremcly from top to toe? Do the Arrows of the Al-. mighty fiicke fall in thy foule? Thy afflitlion is grievous e.nough, if thou tafi~ ilOY ofthefefeverally. But doe they all in greatef.l: extr~mity concurre upon t bee at once? Ha.fi thouloR all thy children, and all thy goods?-Doth tqy wife ~fAict thy afflictios, &c.I f this . . ~~e not thy C;l~,~ r~ifult~o~diti~n, thou commell: yet · . ... ·fhort of l~b~ a q.wil Jq.tl ~lan·, ;lnd one ofGods ~care(t lcw.tls. Cu.. A P~ ll,
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