V 'p R I G H T ' N E s. 171 ·place before named, asyou fee Jero{,eam, 2 Chro. 22.1. SaiththeTexr, the Lord helped him till 2.Chro.u.1~ he was firong, andwhrn h~ waJ flrong, ~eand aU : Ifratl departed(romfollorving_ theLord.. . Andfor.zztah, 2 Chromc.z6. lt!sGud,the 2Chro .1~.7, Lordhelped him till he was lnight~e; and wh~t 16 " then? When he had .gotten what h~wouldhimi, ·his heart wJtS lifted up to his Jeftruc1ion: Thatis, .he ferued God; a£·it were, a flippery tricke; •thenhe departed from him, when he had gotten ·what he defired,.. which was-a ftgne he did: not returne-to the Lord, or that hedid ferue him· .with his whole heart, but feynedly; he did not feeke the Lordhimfelfe, he did not feeke his face · and prefence. . · . - And the ground ofall this ·is, becaufe they ' Vnfoundnre8 haue no confianrfixed good opinion ofGod,but thinkewellof they thinke well ofGodfor fits and for time~, . Godby fits. as·we fee the I fraelitesdid> They would follow God for:fuch a time in the \Vildernetfe, after he had refrefhed them, and delivered i:hem ; but as·foone as new trouble came, when they .wanted bread, 'and water, and fldh, prefently _they murmured againe, and grew difcontented~ . And[oloramKing ~fijrael, . whenhewas preffed with famine, faith he' rwill wayt no longer upon theLord; but he would needes take away Blifoas Eead, the Man of God,· that exhorted him to wayt on God. 'Thus·it i~ .witb men, ,they ·haue no confl:anr good opinion of ·aod; 'But it is not fo with the Saints; They haue • _knowne the Lord ·himfelfe, hee ha__th· foewtd · j - • . hiJ
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