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Answ. I answer, It may be God dealeth with thee in this, as a mother with her children, who takes away the victuals from the children for a while, and puts it into the cupboard, but afterward she giveth it them again. So sometimes God taketh away these outward things, and locketh them up for a while in the cupboard, which is in the promise, and when he seeth it best for us, he giveth it to us again: and thus he did with Job, He took away all his outward ¹comforts, and left him so poor, as it is a proverb at this day (As poor as Job:) but after a while, God did not only restore unto him his former comforts, but ⟨p. 11⟩gave him double: And this was written for thy comfort, and the strength of thy patience: comfort thy self therefore, happiness is above the creature.

Answ. I answere, It may be God dealeth with thee in this, as a mother with her children, who takes away the victuals from the children for a while, and puts it into the cubbord, but afterward she giveth it them againe. So sometimes God taketh away these outward things, and locketh them up for a while in the cubbord, which is in the promise, and when he seeth it best for us, he giveth it to us againe: and thus hee did with Iob, He tooke away all his outward ¹comforts, and left him so poore, as it is a proverb at this day (As poore as Iob:) but after a while, God did not onely restore unto him his former comforts, but ⟨p. 11⟩gave him double: And this was written for thy comfort, and the strength of thy patience: comfort thy selfe therefore, happines is above the creature.

1. 1Job. 1, 15. &cIob. 1, 15. &c