- ---·--;::---,::-:-;:- 158 OfGods Jln Expo)itjon Prouidence. · And when Shtmei curfed D••id, ·:Abifl••i A 'would norfo much trufhothe rneanes as ho– wculd haue had the king to haue giuen him j nour, wealth f:lllour &c. butrathtr :aGdd kaue t; ~aue fi•ine him : but D...id would himfelfc; The Lord by the.l'rophet H•b•fz•k H,b, '· not f.:ff:er lt , b~t fatd.. Hte eurftth:-erun bec•ufo I reprooues the. Ch.ddumJ for o.ftCring r~rijice 16. t.Sam.r6 th~ Lordhsethbtdd:n hun curfo Dpuid: \\7h.t d4rli tmtD theirnttJ.;which finne theycommittedbe... Io. then{.y, Wherefore haft'thou dooe fo !.Jn whofe caufc they looked only vpon outward thin~s: ex~mple we may fee a pntterne ofqui_ctnes.ofj andlike moleshad no powerto fee further!~. m!tll\~., Whenacrotfecommeth,:rt!sahard . tothem, and to behold thcworkeofGodin .thi~g,tQbc patient;' but wee mult draw our. all their procicdings. And this is the very .(q[ue.s thereunto b.y .c<iri!idcratlon of Godsl' taufe why we arc vmhankfull for Gods bene– <;fpe<.il!ll pronidcnce. . . . ' . .lit<: forthough webehold the barecreatures · ' Thirdly,whcn outwardmeancsqfpr<ferua· yetare wee fa poreblind,that wee can notdlf– t!Qn it>.this life docabound,as healtb;honour, 1 . cerne any blcf!ing and prouidencc ofGod in ~t.cjJes, peace, and pleafure, then we mull: re· them. Thereforelet vs learnc to looke vpon '"' mellj~erto be thankfull; beclufc thefe t ing-! both ioynrlytogither,& fo !hall we be thank– alwaiescomc by the proujdenceofGod;Thus full vnto Godin profperity,and patient ina<l– Iob 1~s th;mkfull both in pwfj>edty and •d- B uer!ity with lob and 'D•nid. This lclfon P•11i u_erlity:The Lord,fa(thhe,g•••,••d•h• Lordta· learntd; I ca•6ee ab•ftd(faith he)-.d le•••· Phit 4 .1% lob..,,. T,[tha.,ay,blejfod betht name of tbt L!fd. Indeed]· b•uwd l '"''7 where in •H thing• I""' inflroEJed, I J• t<,> be paticilt in euccy eftatc and tha61-.efull to both to bef•ll•mJ,. 6ebHtlgrit: andto•bomui,•ni God,is a very hard matter:yerw.illitbe more to be mw.mt. ealie~(fwe learne in1.llthings that befall vs in . Fourthly, fecing God.< pronidencc difpo- + thtsltte, neuer to feuer the con!ideratwn of fethall thmgs, we are taught N> gather obfcrthethings.thatcome to palfefrom Gods prouations of the fame, in things both pall: and uidence. For as t~Je body and futile of man prefent, that we may learncthereby to bear- (though we fee onely the body) arealwaies med againfl: the time to come. Thus 'DAHid togieher, as long as amanliueth: fo is Gods when he Was to encounter with Goil•h,gathcproui9ecc ioyncd with the thing done: wherred hope and confidence to himfdfc fotrhe fore as wee lookc on the thing done, fo wee' !ime to come, by the obfcruaiion of God~ mufl:,alfo init,labourto fee and acknowledge prouidence inthe time pafl::fot, faith he,whm the g0od pleafure and appointmentof God. I ~ept m7F<llhmjl~ttpe, I fl••• Lyon& • Be<re I 5 '"'' As forexamplc;amanshJufeis fctonlire,and th!ltdtHOHrtd the floc~<: now the Lord that deliue. ' 7 · 17 " allhis goods confumed; this very fight would C redmteoutof the p•wof the LJ••, ••doot ofthi make him at his wits end: btitnow as he bepcwoftht Bearr, h• wil/deli•er meoRtofthe h•nd holds this euenr with one eye, fo with the o: •f this Philij/i11J. thcr eye hee mull: atthat wry infl:ant looke Fifthly,becaufe Gods prouidence difpoferh f· vpon Gods blelfed prouid.ence. When a man allthings,whenwcemakelawfullpromifesto beholdsand feeles the lolfeofhisfriends, he doe any thing, we mull put ln,orat the leall can not but grieue thcrcat, vnlc!le tree bee conceiue this coadition[•JtheLordwi#]forS. more fenUcs rhcn llocke or ltone: yet that he /•mesfaith; that weought to fay, I{tbeLord r,.,, 4 ,, 5 may norbe oucrwhelmed with griefc,he mull will,.mdifweliHe,wee WiOdoe rhulirth4f.Thisaleuer with onccie looke at the pleafttreofGoa fo was D••idt pra<'!ife:forroall thecongrega· herein. This will bee an efpeciallmeanes io tmn oflfrael he£1id,I[itftemegood toY"'' and I Chron. llay therage ofany headf\rong atf:C!ion·in·all ifit promd•(rsm th• Lord our (Jod, Wee WiUJmd I;·,. our affii<'!ions. In theworld· the manner of to andfro,rj-c. men is, if health, wealth, and eafe.abound, to· Sixtly; feting Gods pro1lidetite is manifell: 6. thinkeallis well: butifcroJfes come, aslolfe in ordinarie mcanes, it behoueth enery man offriends, and lo!fe ofgoods , then men crie in his callingto vfc them carefully: and >vheri out,as beingll:raught oftheir wits: the reafqn D ordinarie meanes be athad, we mull n<itlook is, becaufe they looke onely at the outward for any hclpe without them, though the Lord meanes, and tie Gods prouidence to them; be abletodoewhat bee wil withoat meanes. not being ableto fee any goodndfe or prouiloAb whenmanyeAr4mitu came againft him, dence of God out of ordinarie meanes. A· he hartned his fouldiers though they were·but g:11He, when aman h ftored with riches:. ho- {ewinnumber, biddingthem bef/.ro~~g & vAU1 S.tm. nour,.wealrh and profpcrity,he mufr not bareantfortb:ir p·eople.andfortbe~iti~t ifth~ir f:!od,rjzo. n. fy looi.c on them, but behold withal! Gods then/a the Lorddoe th4t 'Whtcbugoo_d •h hu 'J"; goodne{fe, and blefsing inrhem: forifthat be And our S•11iour Chr.fl auouchctlut to be flat wantn1g, all the riches in the world are notempting of God far him to leap< dowAe thing. Likewife in receiuing thy meatc and ffom the pinacle of the Temple to ~he J!.YoHnd, r...ht, 4 •6", drinhe, thoumu(! looke limher into the blefwhereas there was anordinary way at 1-Jand to lingof God ·vpon it:whichifit be:>way i thy defcend by ll.1ires. Hence itapp·ears,th't fuch m~ate and thy drinke car.1 no more nouri01 pcrfons, as will vfenome1nes where_by they thee then the ftonein the wall. And ehe fame may come to repentant! beleeue, doe mdecde muO: we doe in euery ,bufinesof our_callings; no more repentandbdeeue, thtA they can be which if men could learne to praClifc, they able to liue which neither eate nor dnnl-.e. I----~----------------------------------------------------~A~n!____
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