The soalea Teatiafl etang to Chrif$. 433 the t sm. 30. 6. when Zickiag was burnt, the wises and children taken captives, the people much grieved,and Daviduntil diffreflèd,yet the text faith, that Davidcomfortedhie heart in God, there was faith indeed : fo the wife, haply her father or her mother dies, yet fhec comfortsher felfe in her husband; ío the foule faith, the Lord is better than all outward comforts, and all ho. nours, and all friends and means under heaven : in a word, thefè two paffages will bee ofgreat ufe. Firff, ifin thewant ofall thefe, thy foule can befatished with aSaviour, andwith the promife inhim : And fecondly, Win theprefence ofall thy foule ftands onely to, and refis it felfe upona Savi- our, it is anundoubted argument that thy faith is right. I doe not deny but that there are pranks and fetches offlefh, and flefhwill have his bouts, yet take away all from a Chriffian, and his heart is fatisfied withChrif ; and he goes to,and refis npon,and is fatisfied ina Chrifi but ifthoubeare tap thy heart with other buinefì'es, reffing upon thygifts, and parts, and pompe, and place, then thy faith is naught, it refis not uponGods free grace, but upon it felfe, and upon fome broken reed which will faile thee. Whena man hath the world, and honours, and pleafures to ffand by him, he goes on cheerfully and comfortably, but when thefe are gone,all his comfort is gone,then thy faith is naught ; forif thouhadfi relied upon the free grace of Chrif}, thou wouldft have been Iii 3 con:
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