The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

3. Not to be discouraged though for a while the wickeds counsels seem to take place. ⟨p. 224⟩It is the Psalmists advice, Psal. 37. 7. Fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. When you hear how Gods cause is the present suffering cause, and seems to go down the wind; so many Churches of Protestants dissipated in Hungary, so many thousands abjuring their Religion in France: So much bloodshed in one place, so much power of the adversary in another, be not now dis-spirited: The Seas roar, and the waves thereof make a tumultuous noise, mountains come rolling down into the midst of the Seas; still there is a River to make glad the City of God: God sits upon the water-floods, God sits King for ever. […] Glory is concerned in all this, and he will not give it away: God is not asleep, though you are ready to think him so: He hath holy ends why he suffers all this, and will make a discovery of them seasonably: The pit is all this while digging for them, the sword is whetting, the arrows are preparing for the Persecutors; the Scene shall be turned, and a tragical end waits upon them: For, though hand join in hand, yet shall not the wicked go unpunished.

3. Not to be discouraged though for a while the wickeds counsels seem to take place. ⟨p. 224⟩It is the Psalmists advice, Psal. 37. 7. Fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. When you hear how Gods cause is the present suffering cause, and seems to go down the wind; so many Churches of Protestants dissipated in Hungary, so many thousands abjuring their Religion in France: So much bloodshed in one place, so much power of the adversary in another, be not now dis-spirited: The Seas roar, and the waves thereof make a tumultuous noise, mountains come rolling down into the midst of the Seas; still there is a River to make glad the City of God: God sits upon the water-floods, God sits King for ever. 〈…〉 Glory is concerned in all this, and he will not give it away: God is not asleep, though you are ready to think him so: He hath holy ends why he suffers all this, and will make a discovery of them seasonably: The pit is all this while digging for them, the sword is whetting, the arrows are preparing for the Persecutours; the Scene shall be turned, and a tragical end waits upon them: For, though hand joyn in hand, yet shall not the wicked go unpunished.