The Godly Man's Picture

8 How patient have many of the Saints been, when the Lord hath broken the very staff of their comfort, in bereaving them of Relations; The Lord took away Jobs children, and he was so far from murmuring, that he falls a blessing, Job 1. 21. The Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. God fore-told the death of Eli's sons, 1 Sam. 2. 34. In one day they shall dye both of them; but how patiently did he take this sad news, 1 Sam. 3. 18. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good: See the difference between Eli and Pharaoh, Pharaoh saith, who is the ^*Lord? Eli saith, it is the Lord: When God struck two of Aaron's sons dead, Lev. 10. […] Aaron held his peace; patience opens the ⟨p. 172⟩ear, but shuts the mouth, it opens the ear to hear the Rod, but shuts the mouth that it hath not a word to say against God, Behold here the patterns of patience; and shall not we write after their fair Copies? these are heart-quieting considerations, when God sets a deaths-head upon our comforts, and removes dear relations from us.

8 How patient have many of the Saints been, when the Lord hath broken the very staff of their comfort, in berea•ing them of Relations; The Lord took away Iobs children, and he was so far from murmuring, that he falls a blessing, Iob 1. 21. The Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. God fore-told the death of Elies sons, 1 Sam. 2. 34. In one day they shall dye both of them; but how patiently did he take this sad news, 1 Sam. 3. 18. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good: See the difference between Eli and Pharoah, Pharoah saith, who is the