q. ConfoIatiorr to them that be in Chrif ;as the Apofle faith to' .8.r.à the Roman,,that there is no damnatíd to them,Co thefpirir faith here,that there is nodanger to them : there is alfurance that no.. thing (hall keepe them from heauen and euerlafling life, and here isa warrant that nothing íhal hurt them in earth,and in this life . That godlygloriation which is vied ther,againfl the ene- mies ofour G)ules , may fitly alto bee vied here again({ the enc., mies ofour bodies :IfGad bee one our/'de, tvho can bee againf1vs? Who¡hallfeparatevsfrom the IotaofChri(f ?(hal tribulation, or an_ '3r'3S'aut(h, orperfecution, orfamine, -or na/zednefè, orperill, orfa'ord? ThoughSathan and (inners wouid,yet they can doe nothing as gainavs that ihail bee for our hurt and thoughGod himfelfe can , yet hee will doe nothing to vs , that Ball not turne to our good. Verfe t 3.The euill man it (Hared 6y the alickedneffe of hit limo, but the wife!hallcome out o f adtaerrit ie. A S wicked men doe malicioufly abufe their tongues to the 11.hurt of others, Co alto many clines theyoueríhoote them - felues Co (arre as that advantage is takenof their words to their, owneperill andhurt , as on theother fide the godly doe ofc n times helpe themfelues out of troubles by the wifdome of their, fpeeches, to They that haueculli tongues, doemol} hurtthemiclucs with them. This point we referue co be handled in the fiat and feuenth verfes ofthe eighteenth chapters, where wil be fitterocca(ìon to handleit more fully. But the righteotu (hallcome out, .fie. He is neuer defiitute ofa good helper inhis troubles that hath a good tongue to dealt for him. dothnot heere,onely fet dowse the a(Turance that Inch as feareGod haue to et-cape from their afflidions, but the mettnes whereby they obtaine their deliuerance. God bath ordained troubles for his people to be tried with : and hebathappointed -the issue out,afweilas the entrance in : and their enemies nialici- .cus words Bloc commonlyworke their molcUatíon : and their owne
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