3;0 The deceitftelnelp of Mans heart. 'a more thorow pronte of his integritie, all this {outward profperitie'was taken from him, And theta how m ek, how patient was be ? no murmuring no grudging, l'ut the Lard hatb given and taken, bteffedfe his ni n He did not then fay (as Chryfo- Hen1,t, ad pop. Y fiome excellently noces) How fhall the poor doe, A;,t, that were wont to be cloached with the fleece, and ro bee fed with the flfh of my cattle ? 1f not for m fake, yet for fuck poor ones; my flocks might have been spared. And fo lobs graces finned more glo- rioufly when his houles were overthrown, than when the doores of them were let open for the poor to enter in; when his flocks were ftollen from him , than when the poore were fuftained by hem : For then bee Phew ed love to men, but now he (hewed a more fpeciall kinde of love and obedi- ence to God, For as in the Olysupick games, the jpeople might farre better judge of the feature, and !elegance of the Fencers bodier'when they were na- ked, than when their clolthes were on : fo may we then beft judge c four (elves, when God hath ftript us ftark naked of all the garments of our outward glory and profperity. But a farre more excellent trial are the common affi tions of the Ch: rch in perfecution. For as the Apoftle fpeakeh ofherefies, fo is it true al fib of r Cor.Tr,19, perfecutions, that they mug needs be,that the appro- ved may be made k:,oirn, l o this purpofe excellent is the fpeech of old Simeon to theVirgin;'rhutrhìlde Luke 2.34, cc a ppointedfor a fgn, to bee Jpuken agaivff, that the thoughts of many hearts may tee opened. Therefore Clirift muff bee ccntradiLed, and c ppofèd by the high
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