I r We tboulcf nor be dtf'llayed in the Chur– ches troubles. whentroubles C0me? Ifwe fee the Lord in his ' AILfo.Jficiency,he is able to .ll:ayour hearts, ifwe trult inhim alone. What though hee fufter his Church tobeover-runwithenemies for a time? What.though hee fuffe~ men toprevailc agairtft it, (as you fee'how the Adverfaries now prevaile againlhhe ChurchofGodby their llrength)yer, if you did fee him in his All-fofflciency, your hearts wouldnot faileyoua jot. You may either ~ ap.ply it to the Churches, or to your owne par– ticular cafes. (And to-giue you yet an inllanceof thefefenfiblethings.)When the difeafe prevailed far on ffezekiah,faith theLord,thou fhaltfee He. zekiah what 1candoe, I willmake the fhadow t8 goe backwards. Thinkcwith thy felfe,though the difeafebegone far, yet, I, that made rhe iliadow to goeeackwards,a•.tn I not able to make thy dif– eafetoreturne':' And wemay fayofany trouble, or affiiction,ofany temptatio, or croffethatlyes onyou,that you thinke it fo farregone,that there .rs no calling of it againe, yet he that made the ll1adow to go backward, is he not able to reduce it? And fo againe, when you fee the Church in fuchacafe as it i£ nowin, weare ready to call: a– way all hope,and tofay, What ilia.II we doe? Confider that which was faid to Gideon (as \ weearereadie tofay,.when we hearethe L(}rdis t.All-fotficiertt,he hath 'cnough,ifhe bewithus, wedefirenomore)we makerheobjecHon with Gideon rhus; Ifthe Lord6e n1ithus, why isit thtu? Why is Ifrael opprcm~d?Sairh theLord toGide. tJn,thouihalt fee what I amable to doe, when the Fleece
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