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

Therefore we must be exhorted to take off our hopes and fears from second causes, not to glory in an arm of flesh, or to droop when that fails us; not to say in our prosperity, our mountain is so strong that we shall not be shaken, nor in our sufferings, that our wound is incurable, or our grave so deep that we shall never be raised again. But to make the Name of the Lord our strong tower; for they who know thy name will trust in thee, and for direction herein we must learn to trust in God,

Therefore we must be exhorted to take off our hopes and feares from second causes, not to glory in an arm of flesh, or to droope when that failes us; not to say in our prosperity, our mountaine is so strong that we shall not be shaken, nor in our sufferings, that our wound is incurable, or our grave so deepe that we shall never be raised againe. But to make the Name of the Lord our strong tower; for they who know thy name will trust in thee, and for direction herein we must learne to trust in God,

First, Absolutely and for himself, because he only is Absolute and of himself. Other things as they have their being, so have they their working and power of doing good or evil only from him, Matth. 4.4, John. 19.11. ^aAnd therefore till he take himself away, though he take all other things away from us, we have matter of encouragement and rejoicing in the Lord still, as David and Habakkuk resolve, 1 Sam. 30.6. Habac. 3.17, 18. All the world cannot take away any promise from any servant of God, and there is more of Reality in the least promise of God, then in the greatest performance of the creature.

First, Absolutely and for himselfe, because he onely is Absolute and of himselfe. Other things as they have their being, so have they their working and power of doing good or evill onely from him,