Israels prayer in time of trouble with Gods gracious answer thereunto, or, An explication…

And as it dictateth patience in suffering evil, so in doing our duties, though we^c suffer contempt and reproaches for it. If we were to receive our rewards from men, their frowns might discourage us: but when we have done Gods will, God himself will be our reward, and make his promises a comfort unto us. Moses and Aaron, though their whole employments were for the good of Israel, were yet repaid with murmuring & discontent, and the people like children, qui cibum sumunt, sed flentes (to use the similitude of the Orator in Aristotle) repined at the food which their prayers obtained for them,² yet nothing dismayed them from their duty, Etiam post naufragium tentantur Maria. The woman of Canaan prays on when she is denied,³ and Jacob holds with his hands when his thigh is lamed: our first care must be to be in our way, to be doing our duties, & then though as (Solomon speaks) we should meet a Lion in our way, we must not be dismayed; for Angels are stronger then Lions, and he hath given his Angels charge over u•, to bear us in our ways, psal. 91.11. Yea, Whilst we are with him, he himself is ⟨p. 49⟩with us, 2 Chron. 15.2. so that the way of the Lord is the surest and safest walk that any man can have, The way of the Lord is strength to the upright, Prov. 10.29.

And as it dictateth patience in suffering evil, so in doing our duties, though we^c suffer contempt and reproaches for it. If we were to receive our rewards from men, their frowns might discourage us: but when we have done Gods will, God himself will be our reward, and make his promises a comfort unto us. Moses and Aaron, though their whole imployments were for the good of Israel, were yet repayed with murmuring & discontent, and the people like children, qui cibum sumunt, sed flentes (to use the similitude of the Orator in Aristotle) repined at the food which their prayers obtained for them,