if he hath delivered us from the guilt of our sins, he will deliver us from the punishment of our sins. Let us then therefore be patient in trouble, constant in hope, rooted in love: let us wait and he will come, call and he will hear, believe and he will perform, repent us of our evil committed against him, and he will repent of his evils intended against us. He is over us by his providence, about us by his Angels, in us by his spirit, with us by his word, under us by his power, and upon us by his Sonne. In him is our help, from him is our comfort, by him is our victory, and for him is our trouble.a In thee have I trusted, saith a king:b who ever was confounded that trusted in the Lord▪ said a friend? and as Elkanah was toc Hannah in stead of many sons, so God is to his in stead of many comforters. Of other comforters, we may say as Job did of his friends:d Silly comforters are you all. They will leave us, as mice do a ruinous house▪ but the Lord (likee Ruth to Naomi) will never leave us, nor forsake us, Especially in the hour of death,f which is in remembrance bitter to great men: in that hour of death he will be with us, and command hisg Angels to take charge of our souls, theh earth to be as a bed for our ⟨image 6⟩bodies: that so the onei may go into glory, the other reserved in hope of like glory,k and be made one day like unto the glorious body of Christ Jesus. Thus, right Honourable, you have seen the righteous in affliction; asl Israel was in Babylon: and that the Lord likem Zerubbabel is ready to deliver them. Though in troubles Christs seems as in then ship to sleep, yet in deliverance he awakes as a man out of sleep, and as a Giant refreshed with wine. He will rebuke the waves and winds of troubles and persecution, and they shall fly before him as Sisera did beforea Debora, and theb Philistines before Jonathan and his servant. And as Christ asking the woman of her accuser she answered, There was none: so in the end ask a Christian of his troubles, and he will say, There are none.c He is a buckler for our left hand, and a sword in our right: he is an helmet on our head, and harness for our body. We shall look upon troubles, asd Israel did on the Egyptians, as thee Jews did on Goliath, and as the Grecians did on Hector, to triumph over them: and as the Angel said to Joseph.f They are dead that sought the child's life;
if he hath deliuered vs from the guilt of our sinnes, he will deliuer vs from the punishment of our sinnes. Let vs then therefore be patient in trouble, constant in hope, rooted in loue: let vs waite and he will come, call and he will heare, beleeue and he will performe, repent vs of our euill committed against him, and he will repent of his euils intended against vs. He is ouer vs by his prouidence, about vs by his Angels, in vs by his spirit, with vs by his word, vnder vs by his power, and vpon vs by his Sonne. In him is our helpe, from him is our comfort, by him is our victory, and for him is our trouble.a In thee haue I trusted, saith a king:b who euer was confounded that trusted in the Lord▪ said a friend? and as Elkanah was toc Hannah in stead of many sons, so God is to his in stead of many comforters. Of other comforters, we may say as Iob did of his frinds:d Silly comforters are you all. They will leaue vs, as mice doe a ruinous house▪ but the Lord (likee Ruthe to Naomi) will neuer leaue vs, nor forsake vs, Especially in the houre of death,f which is in remembrance bitter to great men: in that houre of death he will be with vs, and command hisg Angels to take charge of our soules, theh earth to be as a bed for our ⟨image 6⟩bodies: that so the onei may goe into glory, the other reserued in hope of like glorie,k and be made one day like vnto the glorious body of Christ Iesus. Thus, right Honorable, you haue seene the righteous in affliction; asl
- aPsal. 25.
- bJob. 5.Iob. 5.
- c1. Sam. 1. 8.
- dJob. 16. 2.Iob. 16. 2.
- eRuth. 1. 16.
- fEcc. 41. 1.
- gLuk. 16. 26.
- hIsa. 37. 2.
- iLuk. 23.
- kPhil. 3. 20.
- lP••l. 137.
- mZac. 4. 6.
- nMat. 8. 24.
- aJud. 17. 4.Iud. 17. 4.
- b1. Sam. 14
