·foule-exaltingbumiliatio!J· 23 . z Selfe:-created croffes, that I may fo call them ; when a inan is every waywell, ifhee can fee it, arid · yet brings much trouble into his owne houfe, and griefe to his heart, meerly by his owne way~~rd-· · nelfe, ·frowardqetTe and Bedlamfol!y ; Chnf.hans · draw many affliCtions on themfelves through·their ·ownedefault,and trouble themfelves(as I mayfay) _n h G d Id bl · h ~ogtru,ntrt~~-.,. w en o wou not rrou et em. ed pagHf . 4 Helpe we have in this point,even from the wi-.. ,. ; ~ • -fet* hearhen,outofthedietatesofreafon,and light 17 :.:e Duge, P· ofnature, whodid learn and labourtpmollifie and . affwage their mi(eries and ills to come; and to prepare f0r 'a tnore eafie and patient paffage through them,by phmting in their hearts a refolution to lookefor any calamitie or .crolfe which was incident to the nature ofman 5 and if they efcaped Tufltd. quttft. p. h Id • • d • 2.79,~8o, them, to o ttagame, a-vantage, and, as it were, an exemption fromcommon frailtie. . 5 But eut ofthe booke ofGod, we 'have armour of proofe, and foveraigne antidotes againfr the . cruelleft and bitterdl: frorme and fring of the eK– cremefr croffe, even tnany precious promifsfealed with the bloodofChrifl:: Amongfr the reft, that, I Cor. IO•IJ. Thathewi!JIIeverfujfcrthemubetemp– ted above that.they are able, andwillever with thet~mptatiot~ alfomakeaway toefrape,that they mayheable to heareit. See Rom. 8. 28. If thou truly feare God feare nothing that iliall ever Qereafter 'come unt~ thee, temptation, triall, difgrace, difrrelfe in out– ward things, dangerfrom men or devils, death it ~Ife,oran;:ot~er thing; for af!uredly J efus Chrifr htmfelfe bemg tmpreffioned With more compaffiol I L' Bb4 natenefie ~··
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