C'IJW11.,4t;raei'IHI'It. with nomesncs,~swell as out ofthe leall. mi(erle, with all meanes. Oh, but I atnpoore, owe much, and haue nothing 3'/• No matter: Sowas the Prophets wife; -y~t the lit- a,Kin&·+· deoile in the crufe held out to Jill fo many elnptte veffcls., chadhewas reflored ,and made in a better eGate then ·euer before~ It is not to the purpofe, bowweake our meanes be, and how great our ruines bet fo that the great and llrong Godput tohis haad tohelpe. No man was euer tnore deic:tt'cd then N ebuchtllline.u;:ar, brought from aKing,to bee worfe then abegger, from apalace to thebria.rs and bulhes., from princely robes to ~treame nakednetfe, from ruling oucr men,to be ranging amongwil~e hea£ls; and yet .n.one in alelfe time,andby leffe meanes, aduanced to an htgher omward e_llate thanhe. And as God worketh beyond all likelihood for the outward eHate ofmen i fodoth hee tnuch more wonderfully for the foules of his feruants. Though therebegreat linnes,_hideous darkndfe ofminde and hard-- neffeofheart,peruufcnes in will, diforder and rebellion in al che affeClions;yet;ifwe cancry toGod>and powreout our fouies,and teares before him: then, though we were as farre ouerwhelmedwith miferie, as was lomu with·the waues of the fea, yea, though we were buried in the fhadow ofdeath, as he was in theWhalesbelly; yet God will heare and helpe vs as he did him.Though we were lbut vp in a dungeon, tied . · wi~h many chaines, and oppreffed with many finnes; yet, ifthen we crie vnto the Lord in our trouble, bee will ddiuer vs out of our diJlrdfe, _ a~d he will breake the gates ofbraffe~ and burH theba~resofiron :~funder: .Pfalm.t o7. I 3. There · is not the l(}aH iinne o~ miferie, but ·it would be too hard for . vs,ifwehad nothing but our ,owne flrength to helpc ·vs•: , and there is not the greatefi!finne,or miferie, _that fuall·hur-t v.s or preuaile ouer vs, ifwe haue the flrength and power of God to hold vs vp.. Therefore Chrifiians ·fbould takeco~fort in their affii6tions. Can God raife ·yp .the body, when it is dead in the graue, and glorific .it, ·when it is rottea– ~n the ,-earth ? and can bee not raife one out offome debt or miferie of bis etlate ? Ob but then bee loues the bo~.dic. And doth hee n0t loue it as well n.ow? Nay, God . M of yfcch ..
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