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A plain and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs…
A plain and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by R.B. for Roger Jackson, 1608London: printed by R.B. for Roger Iackson, 1608
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It standeth not with the will and wisdom of the Almighty ⟨p. 141⟩to exempt his servants wholly from troubles, and to free them altogether from fears: for they are ofttimes very needful and expedient, but it is most agreeable with his providence, and best for the praise of his power to preserve and deliver them when they are in distresses. Many are the promises which to this purpose are made by God, and manifold are the professions which holy men make of their confidence therein, both in the old and new testament. As for example, Job saith, though the Lord should 1slay me, yet would I trust in him still. And the Psalmist saith, God 2is our hope and strength, and help in troubles ready to be found. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be moved, and the mountains fall into the midst of the sea. Though the waters be troubled, 3and the mountains shake at the surges of the same. And saint Paul saith, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake are we killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nevertheless in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
It standeth not with the will and wisedome of the Almighty ⟨p. 141⟩to exempt his seruants wholly from troubles, and to free them altogether from feares: for they are ofttimes very needfull and expedient, but it is most agreeable with his prouidence, and best for the praise of his power to preserue and deliuer them when they are in distresses. Many are the promises which to this purpose are made by God, and manifold are the professions which holy men make of their confidence therein, both in the old and new testament. As for example, Iob saith, though the Lord should 1slaie me, yet would I trust in him still. And the Psalmist saith, God