Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Sao That worldly things arevrtprofitable. Iudgerto,tq,,. God he will not heare vs, though we flie vnto him he will nothelpevs, but will in thetime ofour aduerfitie leaue vs veto thofe idols for fuccour and deliuerance, vpon which in the time ()four profperitie we relied and relied ; and Puffer vs to fall in ourowne ruine, which we haue brought vpon our fclucs byour vaineconfidenceahusthe Wife man telleth vs, Prou.r r.as. thathemhatruflesh in his richesfhall fall ; -and lob coucheth both thefe together,fhewing that neither will the worldling pray, nor the Lord heare him in the time of trouble. What Iob ay.g.io. hope (faith he)hath the hypocrite whenhe bath heaped vp richer, if Cj.od take aìbay his joule ?. reell God heart his crie when trouble ee.mmeth o pon him ? willhe fit his deu to opon the t4lmightie ? Diuesintonici- will he call vpon God at all times ? So-that .(as one faith) in re- ertia fecarier fpe& o£immunitie from dangers, they may fleepe more fe.. dorntieiaterra, curel. who are then they who are quam dines ix y > purpura. Au- rich in thefè earthlyvanities;for the all- fuflicient God being guff. firma I:,, the flaffe of their flay, vpholdeth and fupporteth them in the Tont.to. day of danger, but diele who put their trufi in theic worldly Fáay 18.T y. things, may truly fay with the wicked, We haue made falfhood our refuge, and vndervanitie are we hid: for theLord will bring vpon them the cullswhich they feared not, & in their greatefl extremitie,.he will make the cords of their confi- dence as weake as a rotten threed, expofing them to the laughter andfcorneofall thegodly,becaufe they havingleft the Lord, their Pure and fufficient hold,andrefled vpon there broken reeds for helpe, haue caught a downe -fall through theirowne.folly.So the Pfalmifl faith, that when God (hall execute iudgment in the deflate-lion of there wicked world - Pfalme 5x.7,8, littgsrtherighteotu fhall fecit andfeare, and flialllaugh at them, flying ,,behold the man that tookenot godforhis firength, but trulted in the multitude ofhis riches, andflrengthened himfelfe in his fob fiance : but I (faith he) ¡hall be like agreeneolivetree in the houfe of God, forl haue.tridtednt thGmercit ofGodfor ewer awl ester ,. ¡pea. 7. Furthermore, the abundance ofthefeearthly things doth worldly things ,notcure the bodie officknefi'es and difeafes,which not being stoma pure the, retnoued make all the worlds comforts meerelyvncomfor- ,re d ie di/ekni table. Itis notworldly preferments, nor the prtailesoftnen, nor: