!___ : 'The Epifile Veclicatorie. 1 I I ------- 1 sPhH-'-''· : i~ rcCpeCt ofrime: ~ fauours, if we refpcCI: Gods loue, and a meaoes to bring vs ru rhe 't I _ I kmgdomc of God. Ifrhey did confiune vs, we might wi(h them an ende: bm they doe \ 1.':;~::'/'· 1 purge vs, !ervs beconrcnr."T?ey-h are Gods fan, we arc Gods wl]eate, they are Gods r• hod.,. ! boulrer, we are Gods me1lc: they are Gods •A ame,we are Gods bufh , rhey are Gods i 1k G'"·"·•· k cords, weate GodsfaCfHt·e_c: they are Gods founucc, wee are Gods gold .The w-hcac ~ I wdlnot be golla without tlie fanne, nor the meale without the boulter nor the bu(h " ~i-t hour the A~t~e,nnnhe)Sc~ifice without the cords,nonhe gold witho:~~ rhe f<ii'nacc: 1 cl1cy arc tmll~ 1 not pufHOmlClm, 1f we !le fonnes: puntfhmcnts, not malls,if we be I ~·:,:;i•;;7;. , !hues. Let vs then bcarc rliet'n', 1 they w(llhai1c~n ende: ioy "'willfollowe:they "lhew ~ :J~~}.~~~.o. vs our WcJkcne_!f~, they o rhooue vs to pray t they r· (hew wee are in the path w:~y eo p c .. k ,,_,._ henucn: and.qniake vs contem"i: this prc(ent world. By them we i learnc eo repemvs ~:·~:;,';~. offinnc pafi, b·rorakc hcc~e offinne pre(cnt ,and roforefccfinnc to come. By rhem j /, 1 [;,"·" ,. wc.reccinc' Gods (pirir: ,dare like ro"Chril£: are acquainted' with Gods power,haue , I d ~~t;~;.. f ioy in deliucrancc: know benefit of profperitie, made more hardy to (uffer: and g: I. ' o'"·'·'7· banc c:wfe to prJC\.fc many cxcell~nt venues. ·rhey can'fe vs (a< o_ne faith) to feeke out I ~~~:~:~-L Gods promife, the proniifc to fecke fairb:f~ith to fecke prayer, •nd prayer ro finde God• I .;';"h.,.,. •Seeke, and yee !11all fin de; 1 call, andhe willon(wer, k wairc,:md hee will come. lam k :~,;,·:-;:· to write an Epitlle , I mufi nor be long. lobs 1meifengers came nnr fo fall on him : but :,;:·.~;;,_,, lob' afflicrions may come as fall vpoi1 vs. Hath D:l!lid lbine m a Beare? he !hall cncoun·: , ~,';_,,_, 8_,7_ rerwirh a Lyon: bath he kill~d a Lion?" he mull fight wirh Goltah:hath be fi1bducd Go– • ,_s.,n.... liah?he mufi make • rode vpon the Philillims: are the Philifiims conquered? o Saul wilt' aiimlr him.Remembcr Dauids troublcs,and forefce whar may be our troubles.The noore' righteous we-arc,the more manifold arc OLirtroublcs:and the better we arc,the better we pc:ic:n.f. q Gc:n:I~h rGcnJ>. ~!Gcn ..p .t+o :tExn(!.9. b E.iod.u. CJ.:hn>.l~· d1 K!nS:·H· f:.;:~.t'· g IC:t.;S. hDan.J. iDan,!<o k Matrh.6. lAC!: s mMn4 nRom-4-n oioh.5.9 p Ioh.6.o. q ~11t.,.., r t.l.1t.4oll (DanJ• " may indur.c them. Bmasour troubles are many,fo are our deliuerances many:God will deliuer v• out of a!l:He that dcliuered P Noah from the Aood,q Lot from Sodome, 'hcob from Efau/ Io– feph from Potiphar, ' Mo(es from Pharaoh, bIlraelfrom Egvpt,' D.mid from Saul,d E– liah from Achab,'Eiifha from the S'yrians,C Naamanfrom his leprofie,h Hezekiah from the plague,h the three children from rile fire, ;Daniel from the Linns, k Iofeph from Herod, rhe Apofi!cs 1 from the !ewes, m and Chrifi from the Deuill:he,euen he -will de– liuer vs from trouble, or comfort vs in trouble, or mitigate troubles when they comevp– on vs. He, n he loathproniifcd to doe it, and he that hath promifed,isable to doe it.Andthis he cloth {omerimes by no meanes,fometimes by finallmeanes,and fomerimcs by ordina– rie meanes,fometimes by extraordinary,foiEetimes contrary to all means.By no • means he cureda c.ed:plc at Bethefda: by P finall meanes he fed fiue thoufand in the delert, by q ordinaric meancs hewas brought from the pinaclc, 'by meanes extrar>rdinary he was prouided for in ·hunger,at~d contrary toall mcaneswere the fc!Jrce children preferued in the fomace of fire. . '""' A~ I hauc good c:tufc to thinke ofGods gracious deli~eraoce, beeing my fclfe dcliue– t~~1";~. red froin .a great trouble. Since the time I was difmilfed from my poore cl1~rge, whercl would haue continued, if malice had not hindered mcc, Ihaue !wed m an ende ofrhi~ Citie: dangeroufly in relpcCI: of rhefickeneffe; poorelyin-re~ardofmain– tenance; and paincfully, in refpeCI: of my Mini!lerie, yet vnull th1s "l!'e hath ...Tim.,.,, rhc Lord delittcrcd mee; and as Paul faid,' hewilldcliuer mee, if that hee fee1tbebell bt.SJ."''.;0.9 c:Hn{,6.:t. JPf.,l.~o-s. c.:Pf:~.l.s8.t1. for me• • Let man therefore b comfort himfelfe in the Lord : • after rwo dayes hce will re– uiue vs and the third day hee will raife vs vp aaainc, • Hcauinelfc may endure for a night,bmioywi tlcomein the morning.' Doub1lclfc there isa reward for rherighre– fMi<h.,.s. ous: verily , f God rctaincth nor his wrath for euer. Could he ouercome the world, and c2n he notoucrcome many troubles in the world? Yea, let one plague followa~other,as one quale fings to another : yet as thesviper !cape~! on Paul> hand,and forrhwah le~pcd elfagai1tc, (o one trouble !halllcape vpon the nghteous, and anone !cape of againe,hthough he f;rll, he !hall rile againc, the righteous 11-tall not be forfaken for ·e- ! 0 A£t:8.3. I ~h P(al.J7.t~. i I ucr. ___ _ _t_~~th deliuered vs from the guilr of our Gnnes, hec will deliuer vs from the pu~J
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