The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

I have seen, that not always the swift getteth the course, nor the strong prevail in war, &c. This is that Judgement which threateneth ^oin the Law, I will break the staff of bread, by taking from it all power and virtue of nourishment, that in the middest of abundance, they shall even dye for famine. And in the Prophet ^pHOSEA, Though they eat, yet they shall not be filled: though they commit fornication, yet they shall not be multiplied. Over and beside all this, to have it yet more manifest, that the whole virtue is to be looked for from him, he dealeth sometimes utterly without all means, even in famine ^qit self preserving his alive. So Moses ^rtelleth the people, that God in their hunger fed them with Manna, which they nor their Ancestors never knew: to make known unto them, that man liveth not by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the month of JEHOVAH: that is, which God by his Commandments giveth power unto to nourish. And ^sHEZEKIAH in his Prayer acknowledgeth no less: O Lord, by these things (which thou speakest and doest) men do live, yea, in every one of these consisteth the life of my spirit: by these thou makest me whole, and keepest me alive: noting the miraculous deliverance from his sickness, only by the word that proceeded out of the mouth of the Lord. Hence ariseth that most glorious rejoicing of Faith, resting upon the Covenant and favour of God, in the middest of the want of all worldly helps. ^tThough the Fig tree should not bud, nor no increase be in the Vines, the work of the Olive lye, and none of the fields bring forth meat, the enemy cut away the flock from the Fold, and no herd be of the Bullocks: yet I will rejoice in JEHOVAH, and joy in the God of my salvation. Agreeable whereunto is that of the ^uPsalmist, These remember Horses; and they Chariots: but we will remember ⟨p. 100⟩