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This life would be little better then Hell, saith Bernard, were it not for the hope of Heaven; but the hope of your future happiness, which is discovered in the Gospel, may like Cork to the line keep your hearts aloft all waters and afflictions.

Now ye have a storm, but hereafter an everlasting calm, now ye are tossed too and fro, and weather beaten, but faith by the prospective glass of the Gospel, discovers land, and this without question may support your spirits.

Now ye have a storm, but hereafter an everlasting calm, now ye are tost too and fro, and weather beaten, but faith by the prospective glass of the Gospel, discovers land, and this without question may support your spirits.

Therefore when trouble comes, take heed of fetching your comfort from any creature. Alas, they are all puddle water, tis the word of grace which is the pure River of water of life, clear as ⟨p. 69⟩Chrystal, the River whose streams make glad the City of God.