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Answ. Answ. Let us comfort our selves against this with Gods promises: let us do as the covetous man in the Poet, who being mocked as he went in the streets, went home and looked into his closet, and there seeing his bags of gold, rejoiced in his wealth, and scorned all their reproaches, so when we are mocked and scorned of men of the world, let us look into the Bible, and we shall find bags of promises, true treasure, and therein let us rejoice.

Answ. Answ. Let us comfort our selves against this with Gods promises: let us doe as the coveteous man in the Poet, who being mocked as he went in the streets, went home and looked into his closset, and there seeing his bags of gold, rejoyced in his wealth, and scorned all their reproaches, so when we are mocked and scorned of men of the world, let us looke into the Bible, and we shall finde bags of promises, true treasure, and therein let us rejoyce.

Object. But it may be the poor soul will say, alas I cannot go to God by prayer to fetch comfort, or if I do pray, it is with so much coldness and deadness, as I cannot believe I shall obtain any thing.

Obiect. But it may be the poore soule will say, alas I cannot goe to God by prayer to fetch comfort, or if I doe pray, it is with so much coldnes and deadnes, as I cannot beleeve I shall obtaine any thing.

Answ. I answer though it be so, yet believe and thou shalt have thy desire, though it may be thou canst but chatter, and though others hearing thee, regard it not, yet God will say let me hear thee, and as a father loves to hear his child prattle, though others regard it not, so God loveth to ⟨p. 12⟩