274 O_n tfje Nati~u ity~. dcrs the changes and revolutions of I1uman affairs, it fatisfies hini to ren1en1bet, that an unerring providence cloth over-rule all th~.. ir feen1i11g diforde rs., and 1nakes then1 all forve to great and glorious deGgns. If he· live long, he is glad of the large time he is allowed to do his ·work in; and~ if he die· foon, he is glad that he is fo foon come tO– the encl and reward of his work. ' If he be. , richer than his neighbours, he rej.oiceth in the opportunity of obliging then1 ;. and, if they be richer than be, he rejoiceth that they have the plenty .~nd fplendor which riches aflord, arid that he wants the care · ahd ten1ptations that attend the1n. .As n1a- . ny mifcries as he feeth, fo many arguments he hath to. glorify God, -and r.ejoice in ~1iSgoodnefs, 1 faying, Blcffed be G.od that I an1 ·not n1ain1ed Jike that begging foldier, nor fran tick like that bedian1ite, nor in prifon like that bankrupt, nor like that thief in· .t1u.ckles~ nor in perpetual trouble like that . · counfdlor-of fl:ate. ' But joy is a paffion fo pleafing unto na– ture, t hat n1ofr n1en are- eafily perfuaded un to it, thofe efpecially who have the leaft ground for it. Andwhat wehave faid hither– to, rnay ha\!e the ill luck ~o, be miftaken. or \vrcfied by profane pcrfons, for the de-- fence /
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