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…

Fifthly, the longer it is before the Lord doth perform his ⟨p. 115⟩§5promises, the larger his mercies are when he doth bestow his blessings, when he prolongeth his seeding, he provideth a plentiful harvest: when he doth not presently give the reward, he taketh time to tell out much, that his gifts may be the greater.

Fiftly, the longer it is before the Lord doth performe his ⟨p. 115⟩§5promises, the larger his mercies are when hee doth bestow his blessings, whē he prolongeth his seeding, he prouideth a plentifull haruest: when he doth not presentlie giue the reward, he taketh time to tell out much, that his gifts may be the greater.

Encouragement to patience in all distresses, let us tarry the Use. 1 Lords leisure, and wait upon him, and he hath by word & writing, by seal, & oath undertaken to deliver us out of them. Our saviour promiseth that in the greatest troubles, when they should be most violently, & treacherously, & unnaturally persecuted, not only of foreign adversaries but of their domestical familiars, of their friends, of their kinsmen, of their brethren, of their own parents; yet not one hair of their heads should perish. Their hairs and heads might be cut off, and life might be taken away, but not lost, they should not be vainly bestowed, without good effect in a holy cause. Only he admonisheth us ¹to possess our selves with patience. If we keep all sound within, every thing shall be safe both within and without. And then we begin to lose our advantage when we leave the possession of our selves, and the power of our souls through distempers.

Incouragement to patience in all distresses, let vs tarie the Vse. 1 Lords leasure, and waite vpon him, and he hath by word & writing, by seale, & oath vndertaken to deliuer vs out of them. Our sauiour promiseth that in the greatest troubles, when they shuld be most violently, & treacherously, & vnnaturallie persecuted, not onely of forraine aduersaries but of their domestical familiars, of their friends, of their kinsmen, of their brethren, of their owne parents; yet not one haire of their heads should perish. Their haires and heads might be cut off, and life might be taken away, but not lost, they should not bee vainely bestowed, without good effect in a holy cause. Onely he admonisheth vs