Rel'l)edies againjfdifcontent<. better rorhee then all remporaliries,&mom,ncany pleafures ofrhe wor Id~ 329 bee then pacifitd. And thoughthoubeclln\)wperadvenrure in extreme--- wanr,d it may be 'tis forrhy further good, to try thy pauence,as tt dtdJobs, d AlfliE/io Jar & exetcife thee in this life: rrufl in God, and rely upon him, & thou llulr be ~;:,0~"""':n 'crowned in the end. What's this lifero ererniry?The world harh forfaken gir '";,;./ •- thee, rhy friends and fortunes all are gone~ yet know rhis, char rhe v~ry ~!:q,'~~r"::::'. haires ofrhme head are numbred,tharGod IS a fpeClator of41l rhy mtfer tes, 1.1 vat.rudine he feeS" thy wrongs,woes,and wams,''Tts hisgoodrvi!landplea(ttreit jho"ld ~utlulluaffiheJo, and he knowes bettmvhat is for thy goodthen thou thy. felfe. His provi- ~~'£/~~fo,Jet dencets over all, atall nmes, he hathfet aguardofangels over us, andkeepes mibttmaquil ru"' the appleofhis eye, P(al. So.me he doth exalt,prefer ,bl~ffe with world- :~~;~,~~~";;,_ ly nches,honours, offices and preferrnenrs,asfo ''!\any ghflermg lbrs bee vi.Untia<a}.,. makes ro ll1ineabovethe reil: fome hee dorh miraculoully prordl: from Viis ita vi. theeves,incurlions,fword,firc,and all violent mifchances,and as rhet Poet f:::U;1~u"//fi~ faines ofchat Lyctan Pandarm ,Lycaonsfonne, when he ll1ot at .Menelaw the in;ommodum Gr«cian with a llrong arme,and deadly arrow, Pall.u, as agoodmorher mwm. .. keepes flies from her childes face alleepe, turned by the !haft, and made it +::::::.}.1:;~1; hit on the buckle ofhis girdle;fo Come he foliciroully defends;others he ex- '"bem tyrann"' poferh to danger, poverty, licknelfe, want, mifery, he challiferh and cor- ';;"""· & reels, as ro himfeemes bell, in his deep,unfearchable and fecrer judgement, hi::::t:;,f:;; and all for our good. The ryrabt rook the city '(faith t chry(oftome )Goddtd capti_vos ducenot hinder it;led thenJ away capti'L'ts iO God wo~tld have it; he boandthem, God ':t~::;:~~~~~ yeeldedto it;flung them into thefurnace,Godpemtitted it;heat theoven hotter, te,concejjir,&c it was granted;andrvhentheTyrant had'donehisworft, God p1ewcdhis power, fPJal:"l 'De and the childrens patience,he freed rhem; fo can he rhee,and can fhelpe in an fi;;;:::~;;~;f• inllanc,whenitfeemes tobimgood.gRejoyce not againft me,O my enenty,for pauperem. 6 thottgh Ijalt,I jhallrifel.vhenlfit indarknejfe, the Lordfoal! lighten me. Re- ~1,~;!, ~;!~ memberallthofeMarcyrs what they have endured,the urmofl that humane eg"""' ~inda: rage and furiecould invent, with what h patience thc;y hav; born,with what ':·"'~7il';® willingnelfe embraced it. Thottghhe kill me, faith job,frvi/1 truftin hi111, '!I'~"~ ~<M@- 1uftm 'inexpugnabilis,as Chryfoftome holds, ajull man isimpregnable, and ~':..~~J~j.;:;:- nor eo be' overcome. · _, ficu• fiwer fu- ___ t nttJJpe p_ecm_, re?JJ,. . ~:~~~ifJ£~ Le{/os, ~rgentum,tolltt-J izcet;tnmantftS & i Hicu~e,hic CompedtbtU,fovo teneas crtjlode---- (u~1, ut zn 4!tertTAkt away-his mony,his trettfiere i.iinhe&ven;banifo him hiscottntrcy,keis an ';,if[;~'M' inbabitant ofthat heavenly Joufalem; caff him into bands, his con(cience is 'Diirfmitur free; kill his body,it foallrife againe;hejghtsrvith afoadow that contends JVith •;;.'~f.Jf!:':: •. anttpnghtntan: Hewtllnotbemoved. tts.l>ftttium .---...ji fraffus illabatttr orhis rgnu, FabriciU I · 'd ,:; · · ' T paupmm, R.e- . mpavt_ um; ment rumi£, hough heaven gutum "'"' '"· It felfe ll10uld fall on hts head,he w11! not be offended. He is impenetrable ·ra, socr•rem as ananvile hard, asconftant as Job. ';;,7num fup~~ · t Ipfe demjimulat;k volet mefolvet opi11or. t Ho;':pf}!.'~~- Be rhoufuchaone,lerthy mi[cry bewharirwil, what ircan with patience t '· endure ir; thou maill bee rellored ~s · hee was. Tcrris proforipttu, ad crel11m !•%~'";.!:./::; 'r . ·ad ·· · · fl . . . . . . .. . . 4t habetinc&~ ts .. patrt t}letet? at tn clllt um"'tutatemm1ttet : vmcul4WJtCtBt l at bahet folutamconfotentiaKJ: cfJ7p!#. iiJterfi · • at Jterum re{urgr.t • cumumbra Pllf,IW irticumjtljfopr1f11Kt. t L!tonidcs. 1 clet1 propera,
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