- \ . 0FGons ---- .c;:ame-and ga;wl~ghr,fofaith he,Iwillfcarterthis darkene$. Bel(Jved,confiderifyou bekeueGods A/l.fofficiencie, andconfider , ifthou doft thus know himit.J hisgr~atnes, wh~tthoughthe natiThegreuell ,ftrcngth of e· ne-ni~s can;. notprevaile agaipG God. Simile. Nou. ons bee exceeding great an <;I frrong rh~t come a-– gainll: the church, yet inE(ay40. (i t is to that: purpofe brought in. )Whataretheyto theLord<! they are bttt !f.> tpe duft ofthe!Jallance)or as the drop ofthe Bucket. 1heBucket it fdfe is no greatthing, butthe drops ·,~h a t 6II fi·om the Bucket.• when it arifeth ourofth~ Well) they are exceeaing fmal; Say~h he, the Nations are no moret:> mt>, than the drop Gfa Bncket,or the dull: ofrhe Ballance, which doth not fway them either way; So looke what I do, theNations are not able to [way me, be they never fo fi:rong,they are not able to turn me,but according as I pitch rhings they thal frad Now confider whether you he able to comfort yourfelues thusoutofGods .(f.ll-fofficiencie. We ~oe, fort b.~ moll: part, asHagar did, when the bqttlewa.~ fpent, the falls a crying, .the was un- ~one, fhe ~nd her childe fl10uld dye, and there was nom, ore hope,till the Lord opened her eyes to fee a Fonntaine neere her:the Fountaine~was neere her but {he £1w it not; when fl1e faw it, the · waswell enough.Is it not fo with us all~ becaufe the bottle is dryed JJp, becaufe fucha meanes is takenaway,we thinke ptefently there is no more· hope,when the fountain is neer,theLordhim.felft . is the fountain, &he is neere, ifhe did open you-r \ eiesto fee.Conftderwherheryou walk thus with ;G.Qd,as feeing him in his greatueffe. Ifwe did fee -. him
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