Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

Thy Rod doth comfort me. This I confess to flesh and blood it seems a Paradox; it seems strange: What, that the Rod of Correction should give comfort! If David had said, Thy Promises, Lord, they comfort me; or thy good Spirit, that doth comfort me, it had been no wonder; but that he should say, Thy Rod doth comfort me, how can this be? Is it usual for the Church to call pain comfort? how then doth David say, Thy Rod doth comfort me? Who can of such Thistles gather Figs? or of such Thorns gather Grapes? How can there be comfort from the Rod?

I shall show you that there is much consolation gathered out of Correction; Thy Rod doth comfort me. The Rod of God it is not like Moses's Rod when turned into a Serpent, but it is ⟨p. 32⟩like Jonathan's Rod, which had Honey at the end of it. The Rod of God, it is like Aaron's Rod, which brought forth buds, and blossoms, and Almonds, Numb. 17.8.

I shall shew you that there is much consolation gathered out of Correction; Thy Rod doth comfort me. The Rod of God it is not like Moses's Rod when turned into a Serpent, but it is ⟨p. 32⟩like Ionathan's Rod, which had Honey at the end of it. The Rod of God, it is like Aaron's Rod, which brought forth buds, and blossoms, and Almonds, Numb. 17.8.

Then the Question is this;