A plain and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Prouerbs…

First, the efficacy of the spirit, and the merit of Christ doth Reason. 1 free them from the first death, and give them a part in the first resurrection. Ephes. 2. 1.

First, the efficacie of the spirit, and the merit of Christ doth Reason. 1 free them from the first death, and giue them a part in the first resurrection. Ephes. 2. 1.

Secondly, the providence and power of God, doth shield §2them from the hurtful sword, which would bring them to an untimely end. And they can at all times open heaven gates, by the key of prayer, and have access to God in all distresses. ⟨p. 54⟩Haman was stored with riches, and advanced to dignity, and backed with great friends: and yet on a sudden with the turning of an hand his life, and power, and whole estate was overturned. And Mordecai was a poor man, a captive, maligned, and condemned, and came so near to the chaws of death, that after a sort it breathed upon him: yet being a righteous man, and crying to the Lord, he obtained a glorious deliverance. Jehoshaphat seemed to be in as great peril as Ahab, and Ahab was of as great wealth as Jehoshaphat, yet God gave direction to the hand of one archer, unwittingly to shoot, and to the arrow to light upon him, and to find a chink in his armour, and to hit him in such a place, as through which it pierced to his life. And contrariwise he persuaded the hearts of many others who pressed upon Jehoshaphat to withdraw their hands, and to let him alone in safety.

Secondly, the prouidence and power of God, doth sheeld §2them from the hurtfull sword, which would bring them to an vntimely end. And they can at all times open heauen gates, by the key of prayer, and haue accesse to God in all distresses.