3 2 6 Chrifispeoplea Wilingpeople. VERSE, 3. FM? AM 1, 0Lord god, and if say bottle, that thou 1.ormasms haftbrought mehitherto ? And what Godhath further prornifed to doe for him more. Thou hall alto ffiokenof thy ervantsbottlefor agreat while to come. Ofa childe of wrath thou haft called mee to an inheritance of the Saints in light, and into the fellowfbip ofmore glory thancan be fhadowed forth by all the lights ofheaven, thoughevery Star were turned into a Sunne; I fay,when the ionic (hall thus recount the goodnelfe of God, how can it but bee wonderfully enlarged with thoughts of thankfulneffe, and grieved at the flow andnarrowabili- ties ofthe other parts to anfwer the urgent and wide defires of a willing foule? Sixthly,thiswillingitereofChrifts peoplearifeth from the experience ofthat peace, comfort,lifeliberty,tritinoph andfecuritie which accompanieth the Spiritand the fer- vice ofChrift. Nothingmakes a man more fearefull of warres than the dangers and hazards which are inci- dent thereunto. But if a man can ferve under fuch a Prince, whole imployments are not onelyhonourable, but Cafe; if he, who is able and faithfirll to make good his words, promifeus that none either ofthe ftratagems or forcesof the eneinie (hall doe us hurt, but that they (ball fiie before us, while weerefill them : who would not be a I'oluntary in fuch fervices asareneit liable to the cafualties and viciflitudes which ufually attend other warres, wherein he might fight with fafetie, and come offwith honour ? Davidhadexperience°foodspower in delivering him from theLionand theBeare, and was well affured that that God whowas carefull of fbeepe, would bemore pitiful to his people Ifrael,and that made him withmuch willingneffe ready toencounter Coll.*, whole affurance- wasonly in himkIfe and not inGod. Whena man {hall confider what God might have diane withhim, he might have lent him from the wombe to hell, depriv'd himofthe meansofgrace, left him to the rebellion
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