I 1 :,1 I I I '.1. 1 I it Ourpre(ent ell ate belt for us. '. ., D S wit-h ourfelues, (ifany.rhing be not done, ifwe want any thing, i(any croffe lie upon us at any time, rt;o be ready to fay., this is not becaufe the I,ordcannot doeit; for he is Almightie. Ag<dpe, it is not beca.ufe theLordwi11not doe it;for he is as infiniteinloue to me>as he is in power: What is the reafonof itthen':'becaufe it is not belt for me.Sofhould every ma fay,if there be any want .ifthere be any cro!Ie,it is befi:for ine.It is better for thee,itmay be,to be in alow.efhtte,theto be in ahigh :itis,b€tterfortheetobepinched with povertie, then wliuein abundance, it is better .for th€e t_o.ly~ underremptation,(thoughit be a rgteat vexation to thee for the.prefent)then to be fre.ed·frqm it :it isb.etter £or thee)( it may be)to · lh.'tueme.anegiflis;then to haue highgifts:itis bGt-' .t erfouhee, to be in a Iowpbae, than to bein e. minentplace :·it is better fortheeto becrom~din' rf;ayname,in ~hyreftare,it is better for thee:ro be ~fidka.irrbodie, it iSlhetredor thcetobe troubled (fometime).in minde, than to bee fre\d from it. He/~veil,this;wefmu£1: come to;~and yet we muft ~tbinke theLordto lzee .AU-(ttfficient. For if.it bee · fo,~hououghtefi:tofay"thns with thy feife,it is beft for me to befd. Youwillfuy, how fhallwe do to be perfwaded ofit':'There are many cafes, · wherein weareinfuchacondition, which wee thinke worf~ ofourfelues, which manv times is the baft,nay,alwayesitis befi:foreverymamhat is in covenant with G()d. For this rule mufi: bee 1 kept, heis All-fofficienttohis children,and they 4inde him fo, he hath performed i-t, and made ir · good
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