\ 24 ThePreface. couraged.God is Ithae~ah, that .canhelpe, though ·menwill .not:yea, though all were againft vs,as Phr~rttob and theAE. gyptians were againH f[rt~~el, and none would rnoue the hand eo ayde vs, yet his helpe is foffident to preuaile a·gainA .all. For,, hathGod ddiuered vs fion.1 the yoke of fin and Sathan, and froRl the bondage ofvnruly luGs?and {halnot he be able.tofec vs at liberty from weak men,that can oncly oppreffe our flcfh? . · . . · . Hlith he rcrnoued the tyranny offin, whichwould haL~e -damt~ed our foules?and cannot' h~ giue vs refreJbing from , ,t-he r:niferie ofour bodies?IfOod deliuerfrom lin,death,and .hell:neuer faint,as:though he could not rid vs from outward afflictions: if hehath ouer~ome thegreater, the1efler lhall ·notwithHand him.God gaue vs freedome from tho.fe things that ar~ firnply euil, (as fin ne is) a·nd the caufe ofall iH:theA it isea•fier to fuccour vs againA: thofe,which are not in the~felues, and oftheir o"·ne nature euill; but often are turned intobldlings. · . So that,ifChrill hauewalbed vs from our linne,_the worll ..and foreltc;nemy (foraU the ·wor;Jd ·cannot walh away one ',fin ne)then neuer feare thefe;Jetfe matte.rs. · . · . Oh, but this_makes.me d9_ubc,whether I am ·God~ ;liild or not,becaufe I ha:ue fuch loag and fiery troubles; 1t God loued me,wouldbe afAill me thus?Then look to this people .heere.,they were thebeHNation vnder the Sunne, and none logood as Ifra~l, , euen then, when they were thqs prelfed vn4er PhAr~ohs ,cruelty. :All ·other people were· buc as thc;nnes, they were th~ Rofe: other were but harlots,they · . the Lords Spoufe;yec they were afflitted, and that indeede to keepe them from vngodline.ffe and wordly lulls, and . . conf~quemly theirowne damnation.So that, outward eafe is .no.fure figne ofGods fauour ,els none ll1ould haue beene 'fo much in Gods fauour,as the Sodomites, Cananites, and fuch .like;for theyhad all the eafC!, wealth,andoutward prof.. 6en•4.so. peritie of the World.And before the -floud, Caints ch,ildren ' Ju.u. . had althe glory oftheWorld on their fide. They found out , . ·mufickeandkeepingofcatcell,and other arts, and all mutl .beebehol~ing to t~1cm.But let vs keepe ~~ds fauour,let vs . . . . . .feare
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