Chap.i4. according to Sc Ma r r tt E vV. 417 You have often told me, faid the to him, that I mull leek no fur- ther thenGods word. But I have been long without comfort, and can endure no longer. Therefore if 1 Inuitbe faved,let this glaffebe kept from breaking ; and fo the threw it againft the walls. The glafle rebounds again, and comes fate to theground : .which the Minifter havinggotten into his hands,faith, Oh repent of this fin, blcfíe God for his mercy, and never diftruft him more of his pro. mile : for now have you his voice from heaven in a miracle,telling you plainly of your eftate. This was curiofity,faith mine Authour, and might have brought difpair : Yet it was the Lords mercy to remit the fault, and grant an extraordinary confirmation of her faith. Verfe 3o. But Whenhefar the Windeboillerous ] Every bird canting in a fun .thine -day : and it is eafie to Iwim in a warmbath: but to beleeve in an angry God, as David, in a killing God, as lob, to flick to him indeepen defertion, as the Church, Pfal.44, 17,18. to truft in hisName, and ftay upon his word, where there is darkneffe and no light, as Ifa. go, t o. to cafeanchor even in the darkeft night of temptation, when neither Sun nor [tars appear, as Paul and his company, As 27.10. praying Rill for day, and waiting till it dawne, O quarto hoc non e.FF omnium ! this is not in the power ofevery Peter, who yet !hall be gracioufly fupported that they faint not, neither fink under the heavieft burden oftheir light of iftions. 1 t was not fo much the [trength ofthe winde, as the weaknefle of his faith, that put `Peter into this fit offear. Be we faithful! in weakneffe, though weak in faith,and it !hall go well with u3.Be as a fhip at anchor,which though it move much,yet re- moves notat all. Verfe 31. 0 thou oflittie faith,&c.] Thou petty-filian, fmall. faith ; Chrift chidesPeter, and yet helps him. Involuntary fail- ings,unavoidable infirmities discard us not : as robberies done by Pirats of eitherNation, break not the league between Princes : as Lefler failingsdifiolve not the marriage-knot. Chrift knew uswell beforehe tool( us, yet took us for becter, for worfe. a. He hates putting away 2.16. and herein, as he isabove law,(ohis mer- cy is rnatchletfe. er.3,I, fehofbuah the High-Prielt, though he was fo ill clothed, yet he [toud before the Angel, Zech. 3.3, Much will be born withwhere the fault is of paffion meeriy,or of inco- gitancy and inadvertency,as here. Vale 32:The Windeceafed] As ifit had beenweary ofblawin; E 3 fQ M. Bottons In. firudions fct a tight coal- (err. cot.fc, P.S. our of 7aes his Ar. raign,.of idy- poc.pas3ï7-
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