on then9.`P%ame. Vet f.5". I remembred shy iudgementsofo1de,OLord,andhauebeen comforted. S (hewed; how he was flayed, namely by looking into the iudgements ofGod a- oil)!I the wicked, and his delineranceof the itift. It is not then thegood nature of men, the tVired0f114CC.that cancomfortagainft reproches, but rather makeworfe; but it istheword thatcoinfortech. Thereby he knew that howfcenerthe wicked flornhed, yet they fhouldperilli; andhowfocuer the godly be afflibed, yet they tisali berewarded. Po-. ter f peaketh againii theft mockersin thelaft chapterof hisfecond epiftle, Theworldthall peril" infire : wherehe teacheth co anfwere them, that it isas eal a forGod to deftroy the world with fire, as it was with water, feting he bath fpokenit. :So Dauidwhen he was broughtti fay MyGodwhybagthouforfa! Zenme,thenhestayedhitnfelfebythis,Ourfathers trufledinthee. SoPfal m.67 .1wi1/rememberthyworl`erofAle, So Pfaltn.rl9.part.i5.byall which he f ïsewech that as Godhad done,fo hewould doe ftilL He remembredall the indgementsof God : fo Heb. i r . byallthe workesofGod (hewed in hisehildren,itisprouedthat wemutt fuffer affliction patiently. SoPfalm.ros. Then Gods people mutthaue a multitudeofexamples ; that ifwe profitnot byone, yetby ano- ther : ifnot by a f:w, yet by many : for fo hale the children of God done from tnneto tinìe,This then is the caule whymenfade in reprocli, or any other crofle,becaufcmen liaise not (tote ofexamples out of Gods word,elpecially out oftheftories,tofirengthen thé : for they vciold looke into theword,andgather theut,theymight beflayed. If thisman were ftrengehened by former workes, howmuch more ought we whichliauemany snot efpe- dally this, Aóî.1 . that the fonneóf Godbath fuffered that he mayfudge all the world : fo the great workes of God in the Apolilestime, thegreat workesof God in day es of neene.aiaryl and indirle dayesthe iudgementsof God areon many that haue dallied with his,worOngiuingthetnouefcoherches: Then how ought we tobecomforted with the all' urance thatGodwill come tojudgement ? . O let/. This feemech hard,that lice was comforted in Gods iudgements, Whereas in another place he laith,bfearebecaufeofthyiudgements. ' Aufm.. Although theyfeare the judgements in their fleht, yet they dare approve them to beGods iudgemeti, s, as Dauidfaith, OGodofmv rigbteoufaes: notcomparing them to God,but to the wicked, andlooking to that promuèwhich ingrace beebathmadeto vs ; yetnot inall our hle,hutin louse righteous caufethat we haue in hand,asFreuen did. Then ifmen ever feareat dieiudgements, aridnothing elle, theheart is not.yet vpright;for they are hollers : therefore wee moltlabour to feele comfort by them, inknowingthat wee are £Iteepe,not goates,that we fhall haue a reward,and that the wìckeddltall be throughlypu- nifhcd.Nor otherwisethe diuell will buffet vs, in feting thole chat men call wicked, how yetthey flourish, and thegodlyare in milerie. Thenhauewee truly profitedby the word, whenwith comfort wee can behold Gads iudgements,as is often laid, ComeLord left's, comeFaddy. For thechildofGod is afraidofrail! tidings:Ptal.i m. Verf.ç 3. Fraie iscome vponmefor the wiched,thatforfa/,e tbylaw. THisagreed; wellwiththe former, which was a.fpirituall ioy : for when beefeeth that A the Lordwill judge, and thathet is guiltles, he is comforted : but whenbee leech the wicked finne,and by CloneprouokeGods iudgements, becaufethey archis flefls, and be- caufethey areGods image, thereforeheefeared. The zeale ofGods glorie cauletit Gods children to feare : as Eliatçd Dauid: My walehath,cc. and their owne fins, as Piàl. i i 9.part.15. Godi children then are afraide when they lèe theglorie ofGod de- £aced,and men:renne to theirowne condemnation.Andhere is a difference between true ioy,and worldly inGods iudgements,Prou.a4. r.Cor.S. the one,becaufetheir hearts de- fireis fulfilled: the other,thatGnne is punithed,that Godsglorie is reuenged,and thatthey are dcliuered : for in reipdfihoftheparties punifficd, theyfeare,asGhrilt ouerlerufalem Yy a mourned: 51P
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