OfPro/Jeritic4eiofPeace. 393 not hauedonc, if fo auffere order fhoüld haue been obferued: Although then weemay Sobrietie: not pamper Vp our bodied, yet maywehauea duc care of the fame, and lòdiltinguiihirg our liberde learne to abound and likeaäife towant: for ifwe canbe content with the want ofthings, it is a fgnewe (h ould wel vfe them, ifwe hadthem, asin poner'ti , nakednef e, !Mk of friends. Againe, ifwevfe aboundanceof thingswell,it is likeweMould alf owell Colo( s. beare the want ofehem,asa rich manco comero pouertie. Let vstherefore learne diligently to fearch our hearts how we bearethings prefentcvhich wee oftenlet pa fie : and contrail- , wife in pouertie, imagine what we would doe if wee were rich, and feeke not to beare Pouertie well. Altobeing in qiisetnellè, we imagine whatwe would doe us affliction, not feekingto deale well in the prefent efface. 2' Io eph bauingforgiuenhis brethren, as appeareth in that bee wept for them, gaúe them money,and curteoully talked withChem, and gane them entertainment; yet dealt lice roundly with themM tryingout theirrepentance, becaufe bee had attained to great wifedome,which hereinhevfed,and allo had a lauing:andpurè affection ; yet his example weare not tofollow inall refpeéls, for he fultained theperfon of a,Magilltrat, and euery onetnullkeepe himlelfowithinthe bounds of his calling. lofeph did beare the perfon of Jofephimfrifo- Chri(finall this,wherewe learne,thatalthough theLord doe Millieaf}li ei vs; yet we may bre- bePureour Gmies atealreadie forgiuenvs,as lofephdealt with hisbrethren. tyres. 3 Peace Sometime is taken for profperous and quietflatein this life, as gonyet in Peaceásd ra peace?Sometimesfot quietnellèofconfcience, but here it is taken for themboth,andri-e.,Pe p fethwhollie ofthe feelingofGodsmercies: we ought then to walke in the canoeof god- lines,without feare; andtodine our feluesof the preferuation of this cur flare : all our happines then isin Chriilsmercies , andit (houldbe ourchiefecare continually to come oehefeelingof diem. Butbecaufepeace cannot be without the feelingof Godsmercies, and his mercies, without the feeling ofournuferies, therefore none i hall have cuer peace of confcienc,orquietnesand soyofthofe thingsWhich he poffel7èth, exceptbee hails firs bin touched with thefeeling ofhismtíeries.The worldly rich men then haue not this peace, for theyknow theyarebut vfurpers, becaufe'theyhe notbody members of Chrill, who was ofhis Father madeheireofall things. Againethegodlythough they bein great want, yethaueall thingsbecaule theyhauethe peaceand quiet#ielfe of theirconlcience,they doe then prepofterou(ly, which flit lay vp forthem and theirchildren the riches ofthis world, anddoénotfeekethekingdomofheauen. Tlieword faluation 'oughttomakeadifference betweeircviand theHeathen, which lay, health and peace is all with them, but let vs bee content withthat which ilkApoflle vfed, and neither follocvethe Heathen, nor Moult courtly tcärtnesof ourOnes,. 4 God is debter to none,and thereforefliewethmercyvpon whomhe will, again( the PopJarrede. Papiftswhich fay that the Lord predeffinateth euerie one according to the foreknowledge Jhs:ario, of his works. Ifthe Lord Thew letfermercies tovs then to others,wehaue nocaufeto coui- plain,becaufe he is nodebtor : towe :null notenuie them that banegreater gifts,for ifwe haue any,itis more then due,orthen wehauedeferued:and this will teach vs to be conten- tedwith that wehauehad,Letvs then lookévpon thatosehaue,andgiue God thanks for ir, cosiest r.Soz: andknowthat ifwethould.hauemore, hewouldgiuemore t yea ifn'e confider, that they that hauemuch, mutt make thegreater account, and that weare vnfit to doe fo, we will thankeGod that webane no more thenwe Isaac. Iacob willechhisSonnes,that they ("Mold aotmeaforethegraceofGodbyoutwardfignes, fbralbeitítbeapuniflmienttolook them: yetwefhallneuerreflfoundlyinGod ,vnleswe can learnetoleauethem .Second) where- Ann.chap asIacoifaid that they flhouldlookefor thepeifornianccofGodspromifequick ly,bnt in the verbsa,q8a Lords time: hereby weelearne to Tookefafely for whatfoeuerispromifedii t the word, as.7 diebat God that we be heires ofthe world,though webeaf}fióled in it. Again,hegioedt that which lie be with neuerpolleffed,forhe It ad but onlya buryingplace there andyet this portionfell to them, y01í' lol: r4.4.We learne then tourine to be itrongin the faith,as the Fathers were. g In tIsis didchit faithof Jacob and lofephnotablieappeare, that theyney'ther forgot the prornfedland;northoughtworfeof it for all the prolperity ,which they liadinFgypr, Pre rritie. nor thepains which they fuf£ered inCanaan, Where note that both pro(peritie and aduerficie
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