(hap, 42. An Expel- upon the Bake' Jo B. Verf. I o. 951 cloth plentifully reward the proud and evil doers in a way of wrath, fohe will plentifully reward well -doers and well-fuffer- ers, whether underhis ownhand, or the hand of man, in ways of mercy. And if fo, then, Firfi, Fear not to lofe byGod, and that ina two-fold refpedl. Firli, When he cometh to borrow of you for the poor. He that bath pity on the poor, lendetli to the Lord (Prov. 19.17.) Every time weare asked to give to the poor, upon due occafion, God fends to borrow of us, and he will furely repay what he hath bor- rowed ; therefore fear not to lofe by God, when he borrows of you for the poor. Secondly, Fear not to lofe by God, when he takesall from you, and makes you poor. Sometimes God doth not come a borrowing, but he cometh a taking; hewill have all, whetheryou will or no He will fometimes take all away by fire, by loffes at fea or land ; in thefe, and fuck like cafes, fear not to he lofera by God a Bur, ,Finii, Trua him, as job did..Second- ly, Be patient, as job was. They that have an intereli in God, and a portion in thepromife,need not fear they fhali lofeathread or a fhoe-latches by'God, though his providence takes all away, and firips them (as it did job) naked. What God takes from his fervants, he keeps for them, and will reflore to them, either in the fame kind with much more, as hedid to job at laic, or in Tome other kind,whìch is muchbetter, as be did to jobat firli.. While yob was deprived of his all worldly good things, God gave hitn much patienceat firfi, fo that when all was loft and gone,he could fay, Nakedcame out of my mothers womb, and naked fball.lï re- torn thither : The Lord bath given, and the Lord barb taken., bleffedbe the same of the Lord. Whilethis frameof heart lalled, it was better than all that he had loll; and though through the ex- tremityof his pains and temptations, it was fomewhat abated, and his patience fomewhat rued,, _.yet it was never wholly loft ; and when it was worli wich him,his faith failed nor, which was bell of all. Now what the Apoflle fpake concerning thofe troubles which befel the Ifraelites in the wildernefs, Theyhappened for examples (r Cor. a o., i r,.) Só all thefe troubles and takings away, happened to lobas our example, or (which the Greek word Ggnifìeth) as a type, that we. fhould 4c, patient under the Lords hand in taking,; and.
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