Verle 8. That they ?naykeepe the paths ofequitie : andhee preferueth the volt' ofhi+Saints. HAuing had occasion to (peake ofGods beneficence, in bellowing that diuine and celetliail gift of wiledome, bee proceedeth to inlarge his praifes , for the effec`fs ofhis goodnes in other cafes : z The (pedal! fauours which hee Where maybe noted theweth. z Towhat manner ofperfons they belong. The fauours heere mentioned are, Prouifon and Prote- &on. The former whereof is let forth bya fimilitudc from prouident fathers, who take care for their children, and not ®rely cnaintaine them , with foode , and other neceflaries while theyare young , but yearely get and Iay vp to make them a flocke, when they come to age : So,and better dea- leth the Lord for his tonnes and daughters : for whereas men gather corruptible goods for theirs, which many times come tonothing, and they haue no vfe of t hem, hee hided; that which is a being , (as the word tignifieth) for his : they fhall be lure to inioy the benefit ofit : the trealüres ofgrace, ioy, andglory, are fafety reicrued for them. The latter is of two forts, theone corporali, concerning the outward ii.an, as fafety from bodily enemies, and externall dangers. which is alto declared by a borrowed fpeech, hee being called a Skieldthat will intercept all noyfome fi rokes, andpraélires, that noneofthem (hall light upon his people to hurt them, though for their trial!, humility, and other profitablevfes, they may be affIlded by them. Theother is fpiritualI,con- cerning the inwardman, as fafety from finne andSathan,and Apo(lale, that notwithftanding by there enemies of the foule , they are in perill either to be milled through craft, or to be thru(l out of the right way through violence , yet they ¡hall keepe thepaths of critic , they (hall perfcuere and proceede in their vertuous courtes : and why ? For he prefer- meth their tfriv. He Both, as it were;guardj and et{ablith them
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