Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions

First, The life of Faith is a secure life, the only safe life: He shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be the ammunition of rocks: How securely doth he dwell, whose fortifications are impregnable, inaccessible rocks? rocks so high that none can scale them: In the Hebr. it is, He shall dwell in heights, or in high places: rocks so thick that no breach can be made in them, rocks within rocks; ammunition of rocks: and rocks so deep that none can undermine them: surely a people or person thus rocked on every side, need not fear storming. Object. I, but though rocks may be a good fence, they are but ill food, a man cannot feed on rocks; rocky places are barren, though impregnable; he may be starved, though he cannot be stormed! No, the words following relieves that fear also, Bread shall be given him; he shall have ⟨p. 63⟩bread enough, and it shall cost him nothing; it shall be given him: and whereas a rock is but a dry situation, without either springs or streams, and thereupon a man might be exposed to perishing for want of water, Thirst will slay as well as hunger; therefore it is likewise added, His waters shall be sure: He shall have waters which neither Summers heat nor Winters frost shall be able to dry up; never-failing waters shall fill his Cisterns from day to day; His waters shall be sure. Under such an excellent metaphor is the security of a life of Faith described; and this metaphor is expounded Isai. 26.1. Salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks: walls and bulwarks shall not be their Salvation, but Salvation their walls and bulwarks: how safely do they dwell who are walled about with Salvation it self? The bulwarks are Salvation, and that Salvation is Jehovah; for so it follows, Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting ⟨p. 64⟩strength; or the Lord Jehovah is the Rock of Ages: His place of defence is the ammunition of Rocks; and the Lord Jehovah is those Rocks, a Rock of Ages; Ages pass away one after another, but the Rock abides, and abides for ever: In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. He that rained Manna in the Wilderness, will give bread; and he that fetched water out of the Rock, will be a never-failing fountain, his waters shall be sure. Oh the security of a life of faith!

First, The life of Faith is a secure life, the onely safe life: He shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be the ammunition of rocks: How securely doth he dwell, whose fortifications are impregnable, inaccessible rocks? rocks so high that none can scale them: In the Hebr. it is, He shall dwell in heights, or in high places: rocks so thick that no breach can be made in them, rocks within rocks; ammunition of rocks: and rocks so deep that none can undermine them: surely a people or person thus rockt on every side, need not fear storming. Object. I, but though rocks may be a good fence, they are but ill food, a man cannot feed on rocks; rocky places are barten, though impregnable; he may be starved, though he cannot be stormed! No, the words following relieves that fear also, Bread shall be given him; he shall have