A most sweet and assured comfort for all those that are afflicted in conscience…A most sweete and assured comfort for all those that are afflicted in consciscience…

Howbeit behold when at the strange conference of his comfortless friends, his mind began to be aghast, which was ⟨image 11⟩not so in all his former trial: when his conscience began to be troubled; when he saw the Lord fasten on him sharp arrows, and to set him up as as a Butte to shoot at; when he thought God caused him to possess the sins of his youth; this glorious pattern of patience could not bear his grief: he is heavy, & now may commend to all the Image of a wounded spirit, that shall come after. David, a man chosen according to the Lords own hart; Hezekiah, a pure worshipper of God, and careful restorer of pure Religion; Jeremiah, the Prophet of the Lord, sanctified ⟨image 11⟩and ordained to that Office before he was formed in his mothers womb, were rare and singular in the graces & favour of God: yet when they felt this wound piercing them with grief of hart, they were as Sparrows mourning; as Cranes chattering; as Pelicans casting out fearful cries; they thought themselves as in the graves; they wished to have dwelt solitarily; they were as bottles parched in the smoke; they were as Doves mourning, not able without sighs and groans to utter their words; their harts clove to the dust, and their tongues to the roof of their ⟨image 12⟩mouths.

Howbeit beholde when at the strange conference of his comfortles friends, his minde began to be agast, which was ⟨image 11⟩not so in all his former tryall: when his conscience began to be troubled; when he saw the Lord fasten on him sharp arrowes, and to set him vp as as a Butte to shoote at; when hee thought God caused him to possesse the sinnes of his youth; this glorious patterne of patience coulde not beare his griefe: he is heauy, & now may commende to all the Image of a wounded spirite, that shall come after. Dauid, a man chosen according to the Lords owne hart; Ezekiah, a pure worshiper of God, and carefull restorer of pure Religion; Ieremiah, the Prophet of the Lorde, sanctified ⟨image 11⟩and ordained to that Office before hee was formed in his mothers wombe, were rare and singular in the graces & fauour of God: yet when they felt this wound piercing them with griefe of hart, they wer as Sparrows mourning; as Cranes chattering; as Pellicans casting out fearefull cries; they thought themselues as in the graues; they wished to haue dwelt solitarily; they were as bottels parched in the smoke; they were as Doues mourning, not able without sighes and grones to vtter their words; their harts cloue to the dust, and their tongues to the roofe of their