er e.2; Qnd jh,i11 not be vfted with eui/l, (hall not be plagued with hurtful' calamitics,àndyetfomctinmes tried with tharpe aduer- fries :and fo are the two former promifès touching life, a plentic, tobe vnderllood, that theyarc fecured onely'fror a curfed death, or penury, whichare punílhments oftinne, and fgnes ofGods d ifpleafure. Euerygodlyman liueth alwaies in fa. fetic ofhis life. An vn- Uac . X. timely death (hall neuer ouertake liim,and a kindly death ()Ial =tierhurt him, but tranfport him toa better life. This is the current ofall Gods promifes, and the íreame cif his mercies runneth this way,and Chrif had loft his 1u ferings, and died in vaine, without any benefit to his people, ifhe had left them in a perithableellarc,, and not deliuered them-from thepower of death. Confolations of this nature were familiar with him, and flowedcontinually out of his gracious lippes: Iam the r&íùr- kilo. tL2 T., ret7ìon,and the life : he that belecueth in me, thoughhe were dead,yet a 'hallhe liue. Andwhofoeteerlisieth,andbeleeueth in me, fhallHeuer die. Seriy,veriß,1J <ty y toyosa,hethat heercthmy word;and belceueth in io .5,24 him thatfent me,hath euerla. ling life, andfliallnot come intocondeno- nation, but bathpaTed f oimm death unto life. He is not theGodØ1k,203. thedead, but of thcip which liue : for all liue vnto him. See chap.a r. ¶ Shall rcmaincfatisfid, &c. Godlines,pr9cureth' fuicient Do51.4. prouilion for mensoutward ef}ates. The Lorddoth not onely vndertake forthetïtlï,tation ofhis peoples foules,but he.is altoproùident for their bodies. He that diligently,.and principallyfeeketh the kinFdome ofGod, andhip Mar, 6.33, righteoufnes, (hall be. flare tohaue all other needful! things, as foode, and apparel!, and the like, miniflredvntohim. The Lord purpofeth,as he promifeth,and will vndoubtedlyperforme it, whenhe faith, Feareye theLordye hisSints:fornothing wanteth ('f 344.1% to them thatfeareehim. The lion, doe lacke andfinerhunger,but they whichfceke the Lordlbafl want nething that isgood. Theyare the childrenwhom his prouidence doth fpecially Reaf;a: care for,andall others fare the better for their lakes. And ifour heaueñly father.be forich and bountiful! to birds, and beaffs, and
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