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Here some man will peradventure say; Why did ⟨image 92⟩God suffer the whole world so long to be in blindness? why would he in that long time have no respect to any other nation, but only to the nation of the Jews? This case is deep, and passeth our capacity to reason, it is above the reach of mans wit, and therefore herein we have only to submit our selves, to humble our hearts and our minds, and say with Paul the Apostle, O homo quis tu qui Deum arguis? O man, what art thou that findest fault with God? What art thou that reprovest the almighty? As God of his providence and good wisdom hath appointed for us both Summer and Winter, the spring, and likewise the fall of the leaf again: So hath he ordained a time of light, and a time of darkness, a time of salvation, and a time of destruction. And no man may say unto him, Why doest thou thus? These things seem good in his eyes, and therefore what art thou,¹ O man, that wilt call God to account why he doth this, or why he doth that? Thus it pleaseth God, and standeth with his good will, ⟨image 93⟩oftentimes to show us his light, and the glory of his gospel: and oftentimes again to take the same from us, and leave us altogether in blindness, altogether in ignorance, altogether in utter darkness.² For so he hath said by Amos his Prophet, I will send an hunger upon the earth, not the hunger of bread, nor the thirst of water, but an hunger to hear the word of the Lord: so that they shall go from one Sea to the other, yea, from the […] unto the East, running about to ••ke the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. Christ himself also in the Gospel,³ sayeth, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you.

Here some man will peraduenture say; Why did ⟨image 92⟩God suffer the whole world so long to be in blindnesse? why would he in that long time haue no respect to any other nation, but onely to the nation of the Iewes? This case is déepe, and passeth our capacitie to reason, it is aboue the reach of mans wit, and therefore herein wee haue onely to submit our selues, to humble our hearts and our minds, and say with Paul the Apostle, O homo quis tu qui Deum arguis? O man, what art thou that findest fault with God? What art thou that reproouest the almightie? As God of his prouidence and good wisedome hath appointed for vs both Sommer and Winter, the spring, and likewise the fall of the leafe againe: So hath hee ordained a time of light, and a time of darkenesse, a time of saluation, and a time of destruction. And no man may say vnto him, Why doest thou thus? These things séeme good in his eyes, and therefore what art thou,