Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

Qp G 0 D s ,, • That is.All'tnfs tsnothing,excepr,am~mdelight in it',except a man 'et:ljoy the comfort ofit.Well; .!2ftefl. but is not that an ealic thing, when the mind and . Anfw. :the fiate are put together ~· No, (faith the Wife- ~~~~i~~ru~ man)thishofthehAnd·ofth'eLard~That is.Except theLorddb~it by a rpeci:.1ll hand upon the Crea- .ons. .wre,it is.not-able to doe it,except he fit the mind . to .rhe fiate, except he fute them together, it can– not do it: fo I may fay ofall things elfe. A hony– tombe may bee very bitter to a man, his fto. · v 1 ',. macke maybefodifpofed,as in a F~aver(you . know) that which is[w:eet feemeth hitter; again Simile. , . that which is bitter may be'fweettoa ni:tn, fo thofe tha~arc the 'grearel1: c01nforts maybe hit– ter,and thofe things that may be bitter to.othev . · men,inaybe fweet rohim. It isfaydofevill men, theyfiare w'here noftlzre is. That is. Whentilcre is no caufeoffeare,yettheLordcanfo fafhion their .hearts, & fo frame their apprehenlion, tlut they fhall feare where there is ino caufe:affeare, when they are but lanttt etjjec1ra !ludowes ofevili. A– gainc, another feares not when there is caufe of . f~are. That is~ Though things be put upon him · · I rhatare tcrrible,yetthe Lord:~an. takeaway that , fearc. Andaswe_fayofrhat afrechon;foimay fay Deut, z1S·H· 1 ofany other, ofjoyand gbdnes, he fafbions the hearr,feeDeut.28. 75. wherethe Bordrhrearneth many <;:urfes;and this. is one amon~ft the relt, I r~ujhalgoeinto·a{lrangeN4ti~n,indthrreyot~ fh.aU: 1litte. A man might object thU's; Though I Iiue in afiran.~e nation, yet I hop~ I may·haue fome refi at1d fome comfort there. No{aith<th.:' Lord, you mu a ,·--~--~--~~~----~-~----------~--~~

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