The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…

This then if we often meditate upon it, will serve wonderfully for the comfort of all those children of God, whose case is so grievous, entangled with such perplexities, oppressed with such ruins both of body and estate, as they think it is impossible to get out, and to be repaired again, or if it might be, yet it will be a long time first. Oh but if we could believe Gods almighty power, all things are possible to God, & all things are possible to the believer, it makes no matter what the disease be, so God be the Physician, it skills not what distress a man be in, so God take in hand to help him, he can as soon and as easily cure the deadliest wound, as the lightest scar, & bring one out of the greatest misery with no means, as out of the least misery with all means; Oh but I am poor, owe much, and have nothing to pay it. No matter. So was the prophets wife, yet the little oil in the cruse held out to fill so many great empty vessels, that she was restored & made in a better estate than ever before; it is not to the purpose, how weak the means be, and how great the ruins be, so the great and strong God put to his hand to help. No man was ever more dejected then Nebuchadnezzar, from a King to be worse then a beggar, from a palace to the briars and bushes; from princely robes, to plain nakedness; from a man to a beast, from among men, to be among beasts; and yet none in less time and less means, advanced to an higher outward estate then he. And for the soul, so great sins, such hideous darkness in mind, and hardness of hart, such perverseness in will, such disorder and rebellion in affections? and what of all these? how shall one get out of so many sins? can one cry to God? can one lift up his ⟨image 97⟩hart to heaven, though he cried out of the bottom of the sea, and out of the fishes belly with Jonah, God will hear him and let him see the Sun; if he were in the dungeon tied with as many chains, and burdened with as many sins as he, yet God can and will, if he call in truth, bring him out of all, and set him in a better estate then ever he was before.

This then if we often meditate vpon it, will serue wonderfully for the comfort of all those children of God, whose case is so grieuous, intangled with such perplexities, oppressed with such ruines both of bodie and estate, as they think it is impossible to get out, and to be repayred againe, or if it might be, yet it will be a long time first. Oh but if we could beleeue Gods almightie power, all things are possible to God, & all things are possible to the beleeuer, it makes no matter what the disease be, so God be the Phisition, it skils not what distresse a man be in, so God take in hand to help him, he can as soone and as easily cure the deadliest wound, as the lightest scarre, & bring one out of the greatest misery with no meanes, as out of the least miserie with all meanes; Oh but I am poore, owe much, and haue nothing to pay it. No matter. So was the prophets wife, yet the little oyle in the cruse held out to fill so many great emptie vessells, that she was restored & made in a better estate thē euer before; it is not to the purpose, how weake the meanes be, and how great the ruins be, so the great and strong God put to his hand to help. No man was euer more dejected then Nebuchadnezar, from a King to be worse then a beggar, from a pallace to the briars and bushes; from princely robes, to plain nakednesse; from a man to a beast, from among men, to be among beasts; and yet none in lesse time and lesse meanes, aduanced to an higher outward estate then he. And for the soule, so great sinnes, such hideous darkenesse in minde, and hardnesse of hart, such peruersenesse in will, such disorder and rebellion in affections? and what of all these? how shall one get out of so many sinnes? can one cry to God? can one lift vp his