A plea for the Godly

1. When they are humbled by sin, they have mean thoughts of themselves, and see so much corruption, that they think they have no grace: I, but here is comfort, God sees an excellency in them, though they can see none in themselves; he can distinguish between the grace in them, and the infirmity; and he judgeth of them, not by their worst part, but by their best^*. God prizeth his people, ⟨p. 102⟩notwithstanding their failings; a man values his Corn though it be mingled with Chaff.

1. *Subjectum àcnominatu• à praestanti• part.Subjectum àcnominatu• à praestanti• parte.

2. It is comfort when the righteous are humbled by affliction, Lam. 3. 16. He bath covered me with ashes. My outward comforts are as it were in the grave, and have ashes thrown upon them; the godly are apt to mistake and think God doth not care for them, because he afflicts them^*; Judg. 6. 13. If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us?

1. *[Greek or Hebrew]. Thucyd.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Thucyd.