'ltt ·~~"··- 'The Saints . . iris that pittance·and. portion allotte4unto meby ·Gods e'ternaH prov.idence, whereby I,am fitrefi to glorifie him, ancl· fa.Jo~e mine owne foule. The rich · men of rhe world) and rhe oppt.dfrng Giants of the earth, have·greater abundloceI co.ofdfc, £hey revell ir infolently iRnheir revenues andlargepof: fdfions" they ruffie it in their.r.ichcs, row ingold and filver,,andhave more th:mheart can wiili:. bu(. · they are Hill in poverty·~nd want, becd't,ft they want a contented mind'e~ they are ufi1rpe-rsar.d in· truder·supon theirgoods and landc;, becau[e rh~): haveno·pa.rtin Chrift:; tbeirrichcsare frurcsumo them) to intangle them io pride:, covHo.tafn:cilil, cruelty and oppreffiou; their worldly \V:e:ahrhrdn~- .. ly·fats them againft the day of1laughter.·~~l]J~ fc~ comd is this; In thedarkfomeand difinali''Dal/~es of death, I willft4reoQIIe evil!; that is, comewhatcome can; the anchor ofmyhope, the rockeofmy com– fort frandsfure. Tboughtlie heavens fhoirld flcime with fire, theair.eroare wirh hideous thunder, the · .. eartth.tr.emblewith<d.readfuU ea-Jthquakes, the wa~ tersof the Seas rage, and £hake the mountaines withtheir furg~.s : Tlloughityrants fhould threaten fword andfire:, {corners f€>me and grinde thcit teeth, prophaners fcoffe and railc, fdends fhrinke backe, -and· fall away ; though heavie afflictions fhouldli.ghtmpon m}! body. 1 goods.or.good: name~ . yea) though thegriefiy fa'<te-of death werebefore mineeyes,_ yet I amrefolved~·mineAea.rt itjiXttl; by -the graceofGod I {ball paff'e thorow themaU)andat · lafr layhold.11poilcbatgldtious ·'Crowne, that l·am fiue isr, mme 'owae}' and.is alreacl,rpaid:furbythe ' precUJus
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