Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

First, Consider what God hath done, how he hath ⟨p. 331⟩dealt with others in this case when they were under temptations, when they were in the point and heat of trial. Look in Psalm. 22. there are diverse places in that ¹Psalm to this purpose, I will only name them. Not far from the beginning, Our Fathers trusted upon thee, and thou heardest them, and they were delivered. And so in the verse following there is a place to the like purpose, they cried to thee and thou deliveredest them, they trusted on thee and were not confounded. This was one means whereby David got this strength of the Lord, because the Lord always dealt so with other of his servants, all those trusted in thee and were delivered. They made thee their strength, they were strong in thee, and they found thy strength to support them. And so in other places, Psal. 119. 53. you shall find such a place David was greatly perplexed, and ²troubled much; but saith he yet nevertheless I called to mind the days of old, and was comforted within me. So I comforted my self by calling to mind the days of old.

First, Consider what God hath done, how he hath ⟨p. 331⟩dealt with others in this case when they were under temptations, when they were in the point and heat of tryal. Look in Psalm. 22. there are diverse places in that ¹Psalm to this purpose, I will onely name them. Not far from the beginning, Our Fathers trusted upon thee, and thou heardest them, and they were delivered. And so in the verse following there is a place to the like purpose, they cryed to thee and thou deliveredest them, they trusted on thee and were not confounded. This was one means whereby David got this strength of the Lord, because the Lord always dealt so with other of his servants, all those trusted in thee and were delivered. They made thee their strength, they were strong in thee, and they found thy strength to support them. And so in other places,