· Th~fir.fl Commttndemtnt;. . 4J he could fpeake in his owne defence, and to thew what wrong was done to him•.But now \vhen God comes, and declares hisworkmantbip in the Snow and Ice,and fo1ne o ·- ·lobJ 8.22:~ therofhis creatures; as it were to let him fee how childi(h:· · · ~~. he was in the fmaller matters, an~ ignorant ofthe creadc>n~ andprcferuation ofthefe leaH things,and therefore hee was ·· a mofi vnmeete man to call God to account, and that God mull come to giue his anfwere before him,that hefi1ould fit . in the feate of iudgement, and on the bench, and God ftand at the barre: he was like to difpute wetl wit9 Go4 hi; ·Creator,that didnot know the nature ofthe Jeafi ofhis crea- 'tures. When G 0 D ·had argued with him thus a while, and hee faw how great God was, and ho'-;V excellent; [of; had nomore to fay, but now indeede hee confdfeth ·that hee had fpoken foolifhly, but hee would doe fo no more; hee~would now bee flill, and content to beareG.ods hand, let him doe what hee would, if hee would kilL him, hee ·w:a.s content to die ; but hee would neuer 4ifpute with Cod 3ny more. So wee fee how quiet lob was now~ · and what good aild notable dfetls this feare of GOD will _ wqrke in our hearts, ifit once foundly and throughly pof- {effe them. . - further-more, God bath promifed, that hee that feareth Pr.d.H.,• ·him ilial want nogood thing..He may want that ofcentimes, · which his wicked fldh would haue.1For indeede .nothing is more hurtfull and pefHlent to a man; than that which his .flelh doth mofl eagerly porfue and hunt after, and with greatdl vehemencic deGre: and on the contrarie, nothing is more ~ruly profic~ble, and g0od for the foule, than that the.flefh and lulls of it fi1ould bee maA:ered andcrucified; Therefore it is true,that hee that fcareth God mofl,fhall of– ten m·oil want thofc thing», which his Belh would hauf', becaufe they would doehim hurt, but he withholdeth no ,good thing from him: that which indeede is good, and the ,word , and wifedomeof God 1hewes to bee good) and will byeffeaihewitfelfto begood,thathefhaJl ncuerwat, , for him, nor his. This alway brings Gods bJeffingwith it, wherefoeuerit comes. So that,would we be holpen aga.infl: . D · our / '"
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