My flesh also doth rest in hope. See, his godly joy made him have a security in his flesh. It is our naturally infirmity that we have a trembling of the flesh which hindereth in us many good actions, as may be seen in our thoughts, suspecting of dangers, scarefull imaginations, and wandering conceits, forecasting this evil and that evil▪ to the great disturbing and disordering of the peace of our minds, all the which excessive fears were in this man of God wisely corrected, though not utterly removed, but suppressed in him by faith. Whereof cometh then our carnal and immoderate fears in dangers but of want of faith? This our Saviour Christ teacheth his disciples, at what time they were with him being asleep in a tempest on the seas, when they through unbelief feared his divinity to have slept with his humanity, where he saith unto them, O ye little faith, why do you not believe? Here we see he rebuketh their excessive fear, which thing he also doth almost in the same manner. When they carnally feared him to have been a spirit as he walked on the seas, they were not throughly persuaded that God was their portion, their inheritance, and watched over them; for if they had, they would have corrected these fleshly and immoderate fea••s, that they should not have hindered their holy meditations of God his powerful providence, nor their prayers for his gracious assistance, nor any other good exercises of their minds. Thus we see how the sure persuasion of God to be his inheritance, his maintainer both in soul and body, his reacher both by day and by night, both by his word and his spirit made the man of God secure both in soul and body. And what caused this? partly that which we spake of before, partly that which followeth, for thou wilt •ot leave my soul in the grave, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption: so that the promises already tasted of, and the sure expectation to have the good work begun to be finished in him, made him rest in hope, and having God his cause in hand, he saw how the Lord would not only watch over him for his present estate, but also would guide him to immortality. Behold how his inward assurance wrought an outward safety, whereby we plainly see, that where there is a want of this ⟨p. 331⟩comfort and faith in the soul, there is a want of peace and security in the body.
My flesh also doth rest in hope. See, his godly ioy made him haue a securitie in his flesh. It is our naturally infirmitie that wee haue a trembling of the flesh which hindereth in vs many good actions, as may be seene in our thoughts, suspecting of dangers, scarefull imaginations, and wandring conceits, forecasting this euill and that euill▪ to the great disturbing and disordering of the peace of our minds, all the which excessiue feares were in this man of God wisely corrected, though not vtterly remoued, but suppressed in him by faith. Whereof commeth then our carnall and immoderate feares in dangers but of want of faith? This our Sauiour Christ teacheth his disciples, at what time they were with him being asleepe in a tempest on the seas, when they through vnbeliefe feared his diuinitie to haue slept with his humanitie, where he saith vnto them, O yee little faith, why doe you not beleeue? Heere wee see hee rebuketh their excessiue feare, which thing hee also doth almost in the same manner. When they carnally feared him to haue been a spirit as he walked on the seas, they were not throughly perswaded that God was their portion, their inheritance, and watched ouer them; for if they had, they would haue corrected these fleshly and immoderate fea••s, that they should not haue hindred their holy meditations of God his powerful prouidence, nor their prayers for his gratious assistance, nor any other good exercises of their mindes. Thus we see how the sure perswasion of God to be his inheritance, his mainteiner both in soule and body, his reacher both by day and by night, both by his word and his spirit made the man of God secure both in soule and body. And what caused this? partly that which wee spake of before, partly that which followeth, for thou wilt •ot leaue my soule in the graue, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption: so that the promises already tasted of, and the sure expectation to haue the good worke begunne to bee finished in him, made him rest in hope, and hauing God his cause in hand, he saw how the Lord would not onely watch ouer him for his present estate, but also would guide him to immortalitie. Behold how his inward assurance wrought an outward safetie, wherby wee plainely see, that where there is a want of this ⟨p. 331⟩comfort and faith in the soule, there is a want of peace and securitie in the body.
