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A Fourth Consideration

Consider the way of God towards all creatures, God caries on all creatures in a vicissitude of several conditions, as thus, we have not always summer, but winter succeeds summer, we have not always day, but day and night, we have not always fair weather, but fair and foul, the vegetive creatures do not always flourish, but the sap is in the root and they seem as if they were dead, there's a vicissitude of all things in the world, the Sun doth not shine always to us here, but there is darkness comes after light, now seeing God hath so ordered things with all creatures that there is a mixture of conditions; why should we think it much that there should be a vicissitude of conditions with us, sometimes in a way of prosperity, and sometimes in a way of affliction.

Consider the way of God towards al creatures, God caries on all creatures in a visicitude of severall conditions, as thus, we have not alwaies summer, but winter succeds summer, we have not alwaies day, but day and night, we have not alwaies faire weather, but faire and foule, the vegitive creatures doe not alwaies flourish, but the sap is in the root and they seem as if they were dead, there's a visicitude of al things in the world, the Sun doth not shine alwaies to us here, but there is darknesse comes after light, now seing God hath so ordered things with all creatures that there is a mixture of conditions; why should we think it much that there should be a visicitude of conditions with us, sometimes in a way of prosperity, and sometimes in a way of affliction.

A Fifth Consideration.