The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

I am no more in the World, but these are in the World, holy Father, through thine own name keep those whom thou hast given me; thus ⟨p. 51⟩you see how chary Christ was over them. And therefore his heart is exceedingly taken with his Church.

I am no more in the World, but these are in the World, holy Father, through thine own name keep those whom thou hast given mee; thus ⟨p. 51⟩you see how chary Christ was over them. And therefore his heart is exceedingly taken with his Church.

He will keep them from trouble, he will buy out their trouble with the troubles of the whole World, and their lives with the lives of thousands; you have a place for this, Isa. 43.3, 4. I gave Egypt for thy ransom, I gave Ethiopia and Seba for thee: God will give whole Kingdoms for his Church to preserve them from trouble. I have loved thee, therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. As if he had said, I stand not at it to give the heads of a thousand men, the lives of ten thousands to save thy life, to preserve thee. The Ram to save Isaac, he is chary of them; if not to keep them from trouble, yet to support them in trouble.

Hee will keep them from trouble, hee will buy out their trouble with the troubles of the whole World, and their lives with the lives of thousands; you have a place for this, Isa. 43.3, 4. I gave Egypt for thy ransome, I gave Ethiopia and Seba for thee: God will give whole Kingdomes for his Church to preserve them from trouble. I have loved thee, therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. As if hee had said, I stand not at it to give the heads of a thousand men, the lives of ten thousands to save thy life, to preserve thee. The Ramme to save Isaac, hee is chary of them; if not to keep them from trouble, yet to support them in trouble.