Thae Gon il. Nurfe,whowasagood woman, and therefor~ !i!· great lotfe to his family : afrer all this, a ·famine fell upon him; and yet neverthele£fe, God faid, I . that h~would doe him good: and doubtleffe,God God ·aothhis was as good as hisword, arid d:td 1 him good; for !~hildrft.n good that medicine-is good,thatdoth us -good;though I 1 'ro es. it be bitter: and fowas itwith thefe affiictions. SoPAul, he prayed that he mig,ht have an happie · journey to.Rome; and no doubt, the Lord heard .his pra-yer, as appeareth by the Lordsappearing 1 to him: yet fee what a kind of profperous jour– ney hehad; .what adeale of troubledid .he meet with?. Being ingreatafHitHons, hewent to le– ru[alem, thinking there to be comforted by the s.sints: and when be came thither, be went into . the Temple, thinking he had well provided for himfelfe;but then bewas hardly entertained,put intoprifon,atid'fentbound to·C£f4rea,and after– wards was in many perils upon the Sea. Who 1 would thinke.this a profperous journey that Paut · had? yet furely it was happy,and did much-good tohis owne fGule,whereby he didgood to others; a journey that led him into many ~xperiments of GodJ-providence,and goodneffe tmvardahim: Thereforewe muflnot ju-dge according to the outGde, or that which the World accounts of, and appeares to be evill, foJfthey may be caufes ofmuch good to us: therefore Saint lames wills · tt5, litmes 1. 2, 3. To rejoyce nJhen·wee fall 'intDdiver.r Jtlm.r.~,3~ temptatifm-S, ~71 n~OU!A/OV <rik ~sl~»r,_be~aufe_it iJ_b~t~ · a tryaU'tJf'your [111th. Thefe vartettes of affltch-i · I . :ons are as fire to cleanfe your faith, and mak~l · tt · 1/ .. ;
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