24 VERSE 2 Hebraz.6. Pfa173.18. Pet.5.7. °riftsCare tY his Church. fomethingwithout himfelfe to fubfifl upon. Now when a man findeth the creatures to be deceitful!, and fecond caufes vaine,and confidereth that God is tAm, a aloft certaine rewarder of tholethat diligently feek him, then the foule findeth it good to draW neere to God, to live under his fidelicie, and to cart all its care on him,becaufe he careth for it. And indeed a right indtrbent of God will helps 'At to imploy or faith inany condition. In wealthmenareapt to truil in their abundance, to Band upon their moun- taine,and tofay,I (hall never be moved.But now in this -elate, ifa mai, conceive aright ofGod, that it is he who giveth firength tobe rich, & who giveth riches flrength to doe us good, that lice can blaa the greater+ enate with an imperceptible confumption, and in the midi+ of a mans fufficiencie make him bee in (traits, that bee ear embitter all withhis fore difpleafike, andnot fuffer the floore nor the vvinepreffe to feed him : In great wif- dome and deepe counfels, if a man confider that the counfell of the Lord !hall Band, and that hee can turne the wifdomeoforacles into foolifbneffe, and catch the wife in their owne craffineffe : In great provifions of worldly ffrength, and humane combinations, ifhe con- fider that God can take off thewheeles, and amaze the phantafics and diffipate the affections, and melt the fpirits, andway-lay the enterprifes of the hugdi holls of men, that hecan arme flies, and lice, and duff, and wind,and flarres,and everyfinal! unexpeeied contingen- cie againfi the flrongeff oppotitian ; it muff need make him let his refi, and hang his confidences and affuran- ces upon an higher principle. Againe, in povertie and the extreme+ (traits whicha man canbe in,ifheconfider that God is a God as well of thevalleyes as of theNils, that he will be fettle in the mount, when his people are under the fword, and upon the Altar; that the Lord knoweth the dayesofthe upright,andwill fatisfie them in
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