EpfikofS.Pasl to Tiret. his Waite ic alfo as well as his mercy. Hence the Apo(lle would haue vs tocaft oureye on two thingsat once inGod,when we would be fatisfi- ed in thispoint. Thegoodneffe and thefeacririe of God : for this good_ neffe cannot fuller euill and fin irrthe impenitent vnreuenged: it cannot fuffer the good and bad to beal walesmingled together , nomore then the good husbandrne.n can alwaies fuffer the wheat and chaffe on the fame floore. 3.This loueandgoodneffe is more Cecile and fhining in fa- uing one foule by his Chrifl,thenhis [euerity in the deferued death ofal thevngodly; the former beeing metre mercy, the latter due defers. Se- condly, he correóteth indeed his children often fharpely , but theground is good,euen this loueand goodnes.a.themanner and meafure is good, with rods ofmen, andnot above their firength. 3. the end is good to drawe them neatervntohimfelfe. Doth a father loofe his loue when he corre&terh his fonnewhom he tenderly loueth? was Chrifl hated when he was on the croffe or in the graue ? fo when the adopted formes are conformed to the naturall,they are not leffe but more loued,in that they are not buffered to mime with the world, that fo they maynot be con- demned with the world. Trfe. r. This goodnes ofGod is a.0 ngular confolation to fuch as are his.It will not buffer them to want any goodthingthat is good forthë, but it will moil certenly & feafonably communicate it :it hath green the Sonne,and how can it but withhim glue all things? rerniflìon of linnes, peace of confcience, wealth, length of dales , grace and glory. is;che fountaine in thy fathers grounds? then maifl thou loóke to drinke to fa- cietyof euery good thing : fhall any good thing be wanting to himthat feareth the Lord : no furely , for his goodnes is entailedveto them , by promife,by oath,yea by feafon andpoffeflion. But looke well to thepu- rity of thy heart, feeing God is good efpecially to thepureofheart. Secondly, we are caught hence fundry duties. r. In the want of any good thing, in confidenceand affiance ofour hearts to flit ro this foul- twineof goodnes: it is a living fountaine that knoweth not the years of droughrbere faithfully aske ic,hopefully expe& ir,and in longer delaies or denials.only know it is a wife loue ofa father,who neither giuech his childhurtfull things,nor yet any foreof good things, till heknow how to vfe them.. 2.1n the receiving or enjoying of any good thing, the praife and glory muff be returned ro this wel head,which is the fee from which all the riuers of goodnes flowe and to which they ought ro re- flowe: as entry fauour then commeth from the Father of lights , fo let it lead vs vnto him againe. 3. To admireand fpeake oftenof this good- neffeofour God,and lay with the Church , who is a. God like unto thee: fot he not onely is pleafed to take aroay iniquitte,and paffe ky the tranf- greffon. CHAP.34 62; Rom.U.aa. 2 1,61.73.z. Mich.7.18.
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