522 Chap. 24. An Expofitior.upon tkeBoo ca I O 3. Verf, 8. felfe ; yet when the Sun filmed hot, and the wind beat ltrongly upon him, then he was glad of a gourd, In times of plenty and peace, we are fcarfe thankfull for goodly houles, for full tables, and richCloaths 5 But a little and that courfe food will caufe the hungry to be thankful!. The naked will catch at old rags, and they who have no houfe will embrace-a rocke. There is a rocke, a myfticallrock, whom the Saints embrace fora fhelter, and re- joyce in above all the goodly hoafes in the world, yea above this whole world. Chrift is a rocke to be embraced in our bell dayes as our bell fhelter, and inour bad dayes he is our onely fhelter, And while we are conftrained byoutward wants to embrace na- tural rocksfor the fhelter ofour bodyes, let us remember, how our inward and fpirituall wants, doe alwayesconftrain us to em- brace that myltical rocke, for the fhelter ofour foules. La lily, Obferve. Thecruelty ofman to man knows nobounds. We have feene in this context feveral fpsofcruelty, men ravening for their prey like wild bealts, men invading the harveft arid the vintage of their neighbours,men robingboth the father= leffe and the widdow, men pulling cloaths from the backs ofthe poore, and expoíing them naked to the cold, and to the raine,to ' the mercy ofrocks and mountains. Thus, man who fhouldbe a God to man, kinde.. merciful!, charitable, bountiful!, courteous, proves himfelfe a Devil! toman, churlifh, cruel!, mercileffe, yea fuch that even his tender mercies are cruel. How cruel are their cruelties, whole mercies, whole tender mercies are cruel ! JOB)
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