156 God rnuftbetr.ufedin. Are weperplexed; that we want wvifdorne d Then go to God who is infinitely wife : confider him to, for he is fit for the female , nay , he exceeds all thenìafadies and wants ofthe foule : there is not only abundance in God but redundance and over- flowing abundance : therefore there wants but skill to make ufe of what is in,him for our turne. Are we wronged.: go to God thatjudgetb righte_ oufly,confider him in that relation,as a. God towhom vengeance belongeth. Are we overpowered e Go to God that made Heaven andEarth, to the tdlmighty God. Arc we troubled with the fenfe of-tint' Goto God that is thefather of allmercy,andGodofall com- fort. Are we calf downeand no manregards use Goe to God that ffiles himfelfe theconfiner of the ahjet'I. This is the skill that faith learnes, not only in prof e, to thinkeof God, but to thinkof God atrfwerable to all ocçafont; As indeed there. is fomewhat in God to fatisfiei,he foule in all extre- mities whatfoever. I befeech you let us lcarne to doe thus. What a happy conditionis he in, that hath learned to inure his fouletotruft in God, for the removall of all ill, and for the obtainingof all good, he is lure of all. For God 114 Stfnne and a Shield, a Sunnefor all that is good, and a Shield ro defend us from all ill :.bee is foro á1l that truft in him, he is abuckler, andan exceedinggreat reward, he is a;Buckler to award and fhield,ill from us, :and an exceeding great reward for--all that isgood therefore in how happy a condition isthe foule that is. icqua inted with this bleíledexercife of tru- f}ing,a,id bekeving inGod? It isa ftate.wherein we fhall
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