A meditation of mans mortalitie Containing an exposition of the ninetieth psalme. By that Reuerend and religious seruant of God Mr. William Bradshavv, sometime fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge. Published since his decease by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and Pastor of Rotherhith.
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             A meditation of mans mortalitie Containing an exposition of the ninetieth psalme. By that Reuerend and religious seruant of God Mr. William Bradshavv, sometime fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge. Published since his decease by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and Pastor of Rotherhith.
             Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.
             Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.
          
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           A
           MEDITATION
           OF
           MANS
           MORTALITIE
           .
           CONTAINING
           AN
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Ninetieth
           PSALME
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           Reuerend
           and
           Religious
           Seruant
           of
           GOD
           M
           r
           WILLIAM
           BRADSHAVV
           ,
           sometime
           Fellow
           of
           Sidney
           Colledge
           in
           CAMBIDGE
           .
        
         
           Published
           since
           his
           decease
           by
           THOMAS
           GATAKER
           B.
           of
           D.
           and
           Pastor
           of
           ROTHERHITH
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Dawson
          
           for
           
             Fulke
             Clifton
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           on
           New-fish
           streete
           hill
           vnder
           Saint
           Margrets
           Church
           .
           1621.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           WORSHIPFVLL
           AND
           RELIGIOVS
           THE
           Lady
           GRACE
           DARCY
           ,
           encrease
           of
           all
           
             Spirituall
             grace
             and
             true
             comfort
             here
             ,
          
           with
           assurance
           of
           eternall
           glory
           and
           happinesse
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           
             GOOD
             MADAME
             ,
          
        
         
           These
           holy
           and
           heauenly
           Meditations
           were
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           them
           at
           first
           conceived
           upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           decease
           of
           that
           Religious
           
           Gentleman
           ,
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           your
           deare
           Father
           ,
           under
           whose
           roofe
           hee
           then
           lived
           .
           Since
           which
           time
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           giue
           you
           further
           occasion
           of
           Meditation
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           Author
           himselfe
           ,
           which
           I
           well
           know
           ,
           very
           feelingly
           affected
           you
           )
           by
           renting
           from
           you
           as
           it
           were
           the
           one
           halfe
           of
           your selfe
           ,
           that
           worthy
           Knight
           ,
           that
           was
           one
           flesh
           with
           you
           while
           he
           lived
           ,
           and
           continueth
           one
           spirit
           with
           you
           notwithstanding
           his
           decease
           .
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           thus
           by
           sundry
           crosses
           successiuely
           to
           exercise
           his
           graces
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           preach
           that
           vnto
           you
           by
           reall
           ,
           and
           those
           domesticall
           ,
           (
           I
           may
           well
           so
           call
           them
           )
           Sermons
           ,
           that
           this
           Discourse
           and
           Treatise
           mainly
           tendeth
           unto
           .
           Neither
           ought
           it
           at
           all
           a
           to
           dismay
           or
           discourage
           any
           of
           Gods
           Children
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           consider
           ,
           how
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           follow
           them
           with
           Crosses
           ,
           either
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           .
           b
           It
           is
           for
           our
           good
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           trained
           up
           in
           the
           schoole
           of
           afflictions
           .
           The
           Spirit
           of
           God
           pronounceth
           them
           c
           blessed
           ,
           that
           are
           corrected
           and
           instructed
           .
           
           And
           the
           very
           Heathen
           themselues
           haue
           held
           them
           d
           unhappy
           ,
           that
           had
           never
           tasted
           of
           any
           unhappinesse
           .
           Happy
           are
           wee
           that
           ever
           wee
           came
           into
           this
           Schoole
           ,
           so
           be
           wee
           proue
           not
           truants
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           c
           come
           better
           out
           of
           it
           then
           wee
           came
           in
           .
           Now
           this
           how
           it
           may
           be
           effected
           ,
           this
           blessed
           servant
           of
           God
           now
           with
           God
           ,
           having
           long
           beene
           experienced
           ,
           and
           well
           profited
           therein
           ,
           doth
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           speaking
           by
           Moses
           the
           Man
           of
           God
           ,
           here
           manifest
           .
           In
           regard
           whereof
           I
           haue
           the
           rather
           made
           choice
           to
           addresse
           that
           to
           your
           LADIESHIP
           ,
           which
           your
           wel-deserving
           both
           of
           the
           Author
           and
           his
           issue
           doth
           otherwise
           giue
           you
           good
           interest
           in
           ,
           and
           a
           just
           title
           unto
           .
           And
           so
           wishing
           unto
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           that
           shall
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           benefit
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Author
           was
           at
           first
           entended
           in
           it
           ;
           with
           thankfull
           acknowledgement
           of
           your
           great
           loue
           and
           kindnesse
           shewed
           both
           to
           him
           while
           hee
           lived
           ,
           
           and
           to
           his
           poore
           Widow
           and
           Fatherlesse
           ones
           since
           his
           decease
           ,
           I
           take
           leaue
           ,
           and
           rest
        
         
           
             Your
             LADIESHIPS
             to
             be
             commanded
             in
             the
             Lord
             THO
             :
             GATAKER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           MEDITATION
           OF
           MANS
           MORTALITIE
           .
        
         
           A
           GODLY
           MEDITATION
           ON
           PSALME
           90.
           
           A
           Prayer
           of
           Moses
           the
           Man
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           THis
           Psalme
           is
           
             a
             Meditation
             of
             Mans
             Mortalitie
          
           :
           An
           Argument
           that
           all
           of
           vs
           haue
           most
           feeling
           Occasions
           to
           thinke
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           affected
           withall
           .
        
         
           This
           Meditation
           is
           conceiued
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Prayer
           ,
           as
           is
           expressed
           in
           
             the
             Title
          
           ;
           and
           is
           apparent
           by
           
             the
             Psalme
          
           it selfe
           :
           For
           the
           Prophet
           directeth
           his
           speech
           vnto
           God
           ;
           and
           therein
           teacheth
           vs
           ;
        
         
           That
           our
           Meditations
           ,
           and
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           affections
           in
           and
           about
           this
           Argument
           ,
           should
           be
           holy
           and
           religious
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           fit
           to
           be
           presented
           to
           God
           himselfe
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           in
           our
           Meditations
           hereof
           we
           should
           withdraw
           our selues
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           GOD
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           were
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           make
           him
           acquainted
           with
           them
           :
           For
           this
           is
           a
           meanes
           to
           reape
           found
           and
           true
           comfort
           thereby
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           of
           this
           Meditation
           was
           Moses
           ,
           as
           appeares
           also
           by
           
             the
             Title
          
           ;
           Howsoeuer
           some
           vpon
           no
           good
           ground
           suppose
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Psalme
           of
           Dauid
           made
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Moses
           .
           And
           albeit
           it
           be
           not
           set
           downe
           or
           mentioned
           in
           any
           other
           of
           Moses
           his
           workes
           ;
           yet
           that
           no
           whit
           hindreth
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           may
           well
           be
           his
           ,
           as
           all
           Circumstances
           in
           it
           doe
           well
           fit
           thereunto
           .
           Neither
           indeed
           had
           any
           man
           after
           Moses
           more
           cause
           to
           meditate
           on
           this
           Argument
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           throughly
           affected
           therewith
           .
        
         
           Now
           Moses
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           is
           here
           described
           to
           be
           
             the
             Man
             of
             God
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           speciall
           and
           more
           then
           ordinary
           Seruant
           of
           God.
           So
           that
           it
           is
           as
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           said
           ;
           That
           famous
           and
           renowmed
           Seruant
           of
           God
           was
           in
           manner
           as
           followeth
           ,
           affected
           with
           the
           consideration
           of
           
             Mans
             Mortalitie
          
           ;
           and
           vpon
           the
           same
           penned
           this
           Psalme
           ,
           that
           other
           of
           Gods
           seruants
           might
           learne
           of
           him
           ,
           how
           in
           like
           manner
           to
           be
           affected
           therewith
           .
        
         
           Whence
           we
           learne
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           euery
           true
           Seruant
           of
           God
           hath
           and
           euer
           shall
           haue
           iust
           cause
           to
           meditate
           of
           ,
           and
           in
           most
           feeling
           manner
           to
           be
           affected
           with
           the
           consideration
           of
           this
           matter
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           greater
           and
           more
           worthie
           Seruant
           of
           God
           one
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           deeply
           will
           he
           be
           affected
           therewith
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           That
           this
           is
           a
           part
           of
           our
           speciall
           seruice
           ,
           wherein
           we
           shall
           shew
           our selues
           to
           be
           Men
           and
           Women
           of
           God
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           ,
           to
           meditate
           seriously
           hereon
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           affected
           herewith
           ;
           As
           the
           neglect
           thereof
           is
           a
           speciall
           signe
           of
           one
           that
           is
           no
           Man
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Seruants
           of
           God
           herein
           had
           neede
           not
           onely
           of
           generall
           Rules
           ,
           but
           of
           speciall
           patterns
           and
           directions
           ,
           how
           and
           in
           what
           manner
           to
           be
           haue
           themselues
           in
           this
           consideration
           ;
           least
           on
           the
           one
           side
           they
           be
           swallowed
           vp
           in
           the
           gulph
           of
           despaire
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           other
           side
           encouraged
           and
           hartned
           on
           to
           prophanenesse
           ,
           making
           that
           cursed
           and
           damnable
           use
           thereof
           ,
           that
           Epicures
           use
           to
           do
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Let
             vs
             eate
             and
             drinke
             ;
             for
             to
             morrow
             we
             shall
          
           
           
             die
             :
             Let
             vs
             be
             merrie
             while
             we
             may
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Psalme
           it selfe
           consisteth
           of
           
             
               1.
               
               A
               Preface
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 
                   A
                   Complaint
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Petition
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           Preface
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           prayseth
           God
           :
           and
           by
           praysing
           him
           laboureth
           to
           moove
           God
           the
           rather
           to
           hearken
           unto
           the
           Complaint
           and
           Petition
           ,
           that
           afterwards
           he
           is
           to
           make
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           this
           is
           a
           speciall
           meanes
           to
           make
           our
           Complaints
           to
           be
           regarded
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Petitions
           graunted
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           making
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           shall
           bring
           hearts
           possessed
           with
           the
           loue
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           mouths
           filled
           with
           his
           prayse
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           is
           no
           true
           Child
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           his
           soule
           neuer
           so
           deeply
           possest
           with
           sorrow
           and
           plunged
           
           in
           misery
           ,
           but
           he
           shall
           finde
           Arguments
           of
           the
           prayse
           and
           glory
           of
           God
           in
           the
           very
           middest
           of
           his
           misery
           .
           Neither
           will
           God
           find
           mercy
           to
           be
           mooved
           with
           their
           Complaints
           ,
           nor
           regard
           their
           Requests
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           apprehension
           of
           their
           miseries
           haue
           no
           hearts
           to
           conceiue
           ,
           or
           mouths
           to
           utter
           his
           prayse
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           would
           we
           mooue
           the
           Lord
           to
           Compassion
           in
           our
           misery
           ,
           and
           to
           graunt
           our
           requests
           ?
           Let
           us
           in
           the
           first
           place
           stirre
           vp
           our
           hearts
           ,
           to
           consider
           Gods
           goodnesse
           ,
           and
           prayse
           ,
           and
           to
           manifest
           the
           same
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           all
           Gods
           Iudgements
           ;
           els
           it
           will
           nothing
           boote
           us
           to
           begge
           ,
           or
           to
           complaine
           .
           Those
           therefore
           that
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           misery
           ,
           can
           finde
           no
           true
           and
           heartie
           matter
           to
           prayse
           and
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           rend
           the
           Heauen
           with
           their
           cryes
           ,
           and
           beg
           and
           aske
           from
           morning
           to
           euening
           ,
           yet
           cannot
           looke
           to
           receiue
           any
           comfortable
           answer
           at
           Gods
           hands
           .
           So
           that
           herein
           we
           should
           examine
           our
           hearts
           and
           affections
           .
           For
           looke
           with
           what
           measure
           of
           the
           loue
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           they
           are
           replenished
           ,
           in
           that
           measure
           may
           we
           hope
           that
           the
           Lord
           will
           hearken
           vnto
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           prayseth
           the
           Lord
           
             
               1.
               
               For
               his
               goodnesse
               towardes
               his
               people
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               For
               his
               worthinesse
               in
               himselfe
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           first
           he
           manifests
           his
           thankfull
           minde
           to
           God
           for
           his
           kindnesse
           passed
           ;
           in
           the
           other
           his
           hope
           &
           confidence
           in
           God
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               VERS
               .
               I.
            
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             hast
             beene
             our
             dwelling
             place
             in
             all
             generations
             .
          
           
             IN
             this
             first
             part
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             acknowledgeth
             ,
             That
             God
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             ages
             hath
             had
             a
             speciall
             care
             of
             his
             Saints
             and
             Seruants
             ,
             to
             prouide
             for
             them
             all
             things
             necessary
             for
             this
             life
             ;
             For
             vnder
             the
             name
             of
             
               dwelling
               place
            
             ,
             or
             
               Mansion
               house
            
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             vnderstandeth
             all
             helpes
             and
             comforts
             necessary
             for
             this
             life
             ,
             both
             for
             maintenance
             and
             protection
             .
             For
             the
             use
             of
             such
             houses
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             not
             onely
             to
             defend
             men
             from
             the
             iniurie
             of
             the
             Wether
             ,
             and
             to
             keepe
             safely
             ,
             within
             the
             walls
             and
             vnder
             the
             roofe
             ,
             all
             other
             things
             necessary
             for
             this
             life
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             a
             place
             of
             abode
             ,
             wherein
             men
             might
             the
             more
             commodiously
             prouide
             for
             all
             other
             things
             necessary
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             some
             Calling
             ,
             profitable
             to
             their
             neighbour
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             :
             But
             also
             to
             protect
             them
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             bruit
             Beasts
             and
             rage
             of
             enemies
             .
             Now
             the
             Prophet
             herein
             seemes
             to
             note
             a
             speciall
             and
             more
             immediate
             prouidence
             of
             God
             toward
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             of
             God
             :
             (
             For
             of
             all
             kind
             of
             people
             they
             seemed
             to
             be
             most
             forsaken
             and
             forlorne
             :
             )
             That
             whereas
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             seemed
             to
             haue
             their
             habitations
             &
             Mansions
             rooted
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             dwell
             vpon
             the
             earth
             ;
             to
             liue
             in
             Citties
             and
             walled
             Townes
             in
             all
             wealth
             and
             State
             ;
             Gods
             people
             were
             as
             it
             were
             without
             house
             and
             home
             .
             Abraham
             was
             called
             
             out
             of
             his
             owne
             Country
             ,
             from
             his
             fathers
             house
             ,
             where
             no
             doubt
             he
             had
             goodly
             buildings
             ,
             and
             
             large
             revenues
             ,
             and
             was
             commanded
             by
             God
             to
             liue
             as
             a
             Forreiner
             in
             a
             strange
             Country
             ,
             amongst
             sauage
             people
             ,
             that
             he
             knew
             not
             ;
             and
             to
             abide
             in
             Tents
             ,
             Boothes
             ,
             and
             Cabins
             ,
             hauing
             little
             hope
             to
             liue
             a
             setled
             and
             comfortable
             life
             in
             any
             place
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             liued
             his
             posteritie
             ,
             
               Isaac
               ,
               Iacob
            
             ,
             and
             the
             twelue
             Patriarks
             ,
             wandring
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             ;
             from
             thence
             translated
             into
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ;
             there
             liuing
             at
             courtesie
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             Tenants
             at
             will
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             slauery
             and
             bondage
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             beene
             better
             for
             them
             to
             haue
             beene
             without
             house
             and
             home
             .
             After
             this
             for
             fortie
             yeares
             together
             ,
             (
             at
             what
             time
             this
             Psalme
             was
             pen'd
             ,
             )
             they
             wandred
             vp
             and
             downe
             in
             a
             desolate
             Wildernesse
             ;
             Remoouing
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             and
             wandring
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             maze
             .
             So
             that
             of
             all
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             Gods
             owne
             people
             had
             hitherto
             liued
             as
             Pilgrimes
             and
             banished
             persons
             ,
             without
             house
             or
             home
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Prophet
             here
             professeth
             ,
             that
             God
             himselfe
             more
             immediately
             by
             his
             extraordinary
             prouidence
             ,
             for
             many
             ages
             together
             had
             protected
             them
             ,
             and
             beene
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Mansion-house
             vnto
             them
             ;
             That
             is
             ,
             The
             more
             they
             were
             depriued
             of
             these
             ordinary
             comforts
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             the
             more
             was
             God
             present
             with
             them
             ,
             supplying
             by
             his
             extraordinary
             and
             immediate
             Prouidence
             ,
             what
             they
             wanted
             in
             regard
             of
             ordinary
             meanes
             .
          
           
             The
             due
             consideration
             of
             this
             point
             may
             minister
             matter
             of
             great
             Ioy
             and
             Comfort
             to
             such
             children
             of
             God
             as
             are
             thoroughly
             humbled
             with
             the
             
             consideration
             of
             
               Mans
               Mortalitie
            
             in
             generall
             ,
             or
             of
             theirs
             ,
             that
             they
             relie
             and
             depend
             vpon
             in
             speciall
             :
             and
             it
             may
             serue
             as
             it
             were
             for
             a
             bottome
             ,
             and
             for
             brinkes
             to
             keepe
             their
             sorrow
             within
             bounds
             and
             compasse
             .
             For
             surely
             this
             cannot
             but
             bee
             a
             meanes
             of
             great
             sorrow
             and
             trouble
             of
             minde
             to
             them
             that
             liue
             and
             depend
             vpon
             others
             ,
             (
             especially
             when
             any
             feeling
             occasion
             shall
             be
             offred
             vnto
             them
             )
             to
             consider
             the
             mortalitie
             of
             these
             that
             they
             depend
             vpon
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             they
             receiue
             the
             comforts
             and
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             upon
             whose
             life
             and
             breath
             ,
             vnder
             God
             hitherto
             they
             haue
             enioyed
             their
             Mansion
             ,
             or
             dwelling
             places
             .
             Neither
             can
             it
             be
             lesse
             sorrow
             and
             trouble
             for
             these
             vpon
             whom
             others
             depend
             ,
             to
             consider
             their
             owne
             Mortalitie
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             haue
             wife
             and
             children
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             depending
             vpon
             them
             ,
             liuing
             and
             breathing
             as
             it
             were
             by
             them
             ;
             It
             cannot
             I
             say
             ,
             but
             goe
             neare
             their
             hearts
             ,
             if
             they
             loue
             those
             that
             are
             vnder
             them
             ,
             to
             thinke
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             but
             mortall
             and
             frayle
             flesh
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             not
             how
             soone
             they
             shall
             be
             called
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             they
             shall
             leaue
             them
             destitute
             of
             those
             comforts
             and
             helps
             which
             now
             they
             haue
             by
             them
             .
             Sorrow
             herein
             ,
             especially
             when
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             we
             shall
             be
             called
             to
             thinke
             of
             our
             Mortality
             ,
             can
             hardly
             keepe
             it selfe
             within
             bounds
             and
             compasse
             .
             But
             if
             we
             could
             meditate
             of
             that
             which
             the
             Prophet
             here
             speaks
             ,
             it
             would
             support
             and
             vphold
             vs
             ,
             and
             keepe
             our
             feares
             and
             sorrowes
             within
             bounds
             and
             compasse
             .
          
           
             Hence
             then
             we
             are
             to
             learne
             :
          
           
           
             1.
             
             That
             God
             is
             in
             all
             those
             meanes
             and
             comforts
             ,
             and
             stayes
             that
             we
             haue
             in
             this
             life
             :
             That
             we
             should
             not
             liue
             in
             any
             dwelling
             place
             ,
             vnder
             any
             person
             with
             any
             comfort
             or
             content
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             by
             the
             Prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Prouidence
             as
             Gods
             childe
             shall
             (
             if
             he
             rouse
             vp
             his
             thoughts
             )
             haue
             such
             a
             sence
             and
             feeling
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             see
             and
             feele
             God
             in
             the
             meanes
             :
             and
             shall
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             haue
             had
             a
             house
             to
             dwell
             in
             ,
             and
             other
             helps
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             nothing
             without
             God
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             he
             indeed
             that
             is
             his
             dwelling
             ,
             his
             liuing
             ,
             his
             maintenance
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             more
             that
             God
             withdraweth
             these
             meanes
             from
             his
             children
             ,
             the
             poorer
             and
             more
             vncertaine
             their
             states
             are
             in
             their
             houses
             and
             Farmes
             ,
             or
             places
             of
             abode
             ,
             the
             more
             shall
             they
             find
             the
             Lord
             to
             be
             himselfe
             all
             these
             vnto
             them
             .
             For
             his
             Prouidence
             herein
             is
             neuer
             more
             felt
             then
             when
             they
             are
             most
             destitute
             of
             all
             outward
             helps
             and
             meanes
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             is
             a
             Doctrine
             of
             comfort
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             regard
             of
             our selues
             ,
             but
             of
             those
             we
             shall
             leaue
             behind
             vs.
             Euery
             man
             cannot
             leaue
             his
             wife
             or
             children
             ,
             or
             seruants
             houses
             to
             dwell
             in
             ,
             though
             they
             desire
             and
             endeuour
             it
             neuer
             so
             much
             .
             Yet
             this
             may
             be
             a
             ●ay
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             and
             may
             moderate
             our
             griefes
             herein
             ,
             That
             God
             himselfe
             is
             a
             dwelling
             house
             vnto
             all
             〈◊〉
             ;
             and
             certainly
             will
             prouide
             for
             all
             his
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             shall
             be
             needfull
             and
             the
             more
             destitute
             and
             forlorne
             we
             leaue
             them
             ,
             when
             through
             mortalitie
             we
             shall
             be
             taken
             away
             from
             
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             will
             be
             an
             habitation
             and
             Mansion
             house
             vnto
             them
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             surer
             house
             then
             any
             of
             our
             houses
             of
             stone
             and
             clay
             :
             And
             this
             we
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             leaue
             our
             wiues
             and
             children
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             Gods.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             more
             experience
             we
             shall
             haue
             of
             this
             good
             Prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             more
             let
             vs
             be
             readie
             to
             giue
             the
             prayse
             and
             glory
             thereof
             to
             God
             :
             And
             shew
             our selues
             in
             our
             deepest
             thoughts
             of
             Mortalitie
             to
             be
             such
             as
             yet
             do
             acknowledge
             God
             to
             haue
             beene
             in
             all
             ages
             an
             habitation
             vnto
             his
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             times
             vnto
             vs.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Let
             vs
             delight
             onely
             in
             this
             Mansion
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             let
             nor
             loose
             :
             which
             will
             not
             leaue
             vs
             ,
             when
             we
             leaue
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             will
             abide
             by
             vs
             for
             euer
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             2.
             
             Before
             the
             Mountaines
             were
             brought
             forth
             ,
             or
             euer
             thou
             hadst
             formed
             the
             earth
             ;
             euen
             from
             euerlasting
             to
             euerlasting
             thou
             art
             God.
             
          
           
             THE
             second
             Argument
             of
             Gods
             prayse
             is
             from
             his
             worthinesse
             and
             excellencie
             of
             himselfe
             ;
             That
             he
             is
             a
             God
             eternall
             and
             immutable
             ;
             one
             that
             euer
             hath
             beene
             ,
             and
             euer
             shall
             be
             the
             same
             ;
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             no
             alteration
             ,
             nor
             shadow
             
             of
             change
             .
             He
             was
             God
             before
             the
             Mountaines
             were
             brought
             forth
             ,
             yea
             ,
             before
             the
             earth
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             be
             God
             for
             euer
             and
             euer
             :
             And
             those
             properties
             and
             qualities
             that
             are
             in
             him
             ;
             were
             euer
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             in
             him
             for
             euer
             and
             
             euer
             .
             This
             prayse
             of
             God
             doth
             fit
             that
             present
             Argument
             which
             the
             Prophet
             hath
             in
             hand
             :
             And
             tends
             to
             moderate
             and
             keepe
             in
             compasse
             immoderate
             sorrow
             that
             may
             arise
             either
             from
             the
             consideration
             of
             our
             owne
             Mortalitie
             ,
             or
             the
             Mortalitie
             of
             any
             other
             .
             For
             that
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             changes
             and
             alterations
             that
             we
             see
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             may
             discourage
             vs
             ,
             and
             breede
             distrust
             and
             diffidence
             in
             vs
             ,
             yet
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             the
             true
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             haue
             had
             a
             true
             feeling
             and
             sence
             of
             his
             loue
             and
             speciall
             Prouidence
             ouer
             vs.
             And
             if
             we
             haue
             once
             felt
             it
             indeed
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             cause
             but
             to
             hope
             for
             the
             continuance
             thereof
             .
             For
             as
             he
             is
             an
             eternall
             God
             ,
             so
             his
             loue
             is
             an
             eternall
             loue
             ;
             it
             was
             before
             all
             Worlds
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             for
             euer
             and
             euer
             .
          
           
             Is
             therefore
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             vpon
             thee
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             see
             and
             feele
             thy selfe
             to
             be
             mortall
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             see
             those
             thou
             dependest
             vpon
             to
             be
             such
             ?
             What
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             thinke
             therefore
             that
             God
             that
             did
             loue
             thee
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             his
             loue
             raised
             vp
             these
             and
             these
             meanes
             for
             thee
             ,
             is
             mortall
             also
             and
             mutable
             ?
             No
             :
             Though
             he
             change
             and
             alter
             the
             meanes
             ,
             and
             therby
             would
             haue
             thee
             to
             feare
             and
             tremble
             before
             him
             ;
             yet
             doe
             not
             thou
             for
             all
             that
             despaire
             ?
             Be
             thou
             still
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             :
             Let
             no
             changes
             either
             threatned
             or
             effected
             change
             thy
             minde
             and
             affection
             to
             God
             :
             and
             though
             God
             shall
             for
             a
             time
             humble
             thee
             ,
             and
             seeme
             for
             a
             time
             to
             thrust
             thee
             from
             thine
             house
             ,
             and
             all
             comforts
             of
             thy
             life
             ,
             to
             make
             thee
             to
             know
             thy selfe
             ;
             yet
             his
             affection
             is
             the
             same
             to
             thee
             that
             euer
             it
             was
             ;
             it
             
             can
             no
             more
             change
             then
             he
             doth
             change
             .
             And
             therfore
             as
             God
             out
             of
             his
             eternall
             loue
             hath
             heretofore
             beene
             good
             vnto
             thee
             ,
             so
             be
             thou
             assured
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             the
             same
             loue
             he
             will
             continue
             so
             to
             be
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             changes
             and
             alterations
             whatsoeuer
             .
          
           
             The
             particular
             description
             of
             Gods
             eternitie
             and
             immutabilitie
             fitteth
             this
             place
             and
             Argument
             .
             What
             more
             firme
             then
             rockes
             and
             mountaines
             !
             What
             more
             stable
             then
             the
             earth
             that
             neuer
             
             remooues
             out
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             nor
             moues
             in
             his
             place
             ?
             Yet
             that
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             eternall
             ,
             which
             was
             before
             they
             were
             made
             ,
             is
             more
             immouable
             then
             they
             .
             The
             greatest
             Mountaines
             vpon
             the
             earth
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             earth
             it selfe
             shall
             sooner
             be
             mooued
             and
             remoued
             ,
             then
             he
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             his
             nature
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             affection
             and
             disposition
             .
             And
             though
             wee
             had
             neuer
             such
             certaine
             dwelling
             places
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             though
             our
             houses
             were
             built
             vppon
             the
             firmest
             Rockes
             and
             highest
             Mountaines
             ;
             yet
             wee
             should
             not
             be
             sure
             ,
             except
             the
             Lord
             himselfe
             bee
             our
             dwelling
             place
             .
             Our
             confidence
             in
             such
             places
             is
             nothing
             without
             him
             .
             What
             sayth
             the
             Lord
             by
             his
             Prophet
             to
             the
             
               Edomites
               ,
               Obadiah
               3.
               4.
               
               The
               pride
               of
               thy
               heart
               hath
               deceiued
               thee
               thou
               that
               dwellest
               in
               the
               Clefts
               of
               the
               Rocke
               ,
               whose
               habitation
               is
               on
               high
               ;
               that
               sayth
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               Who
               shall
               bring
               mee
               downe
               ?
            
             Whereas
             if
             the
             Lord
             bee
             our
             dwelling
             house
             ,
             we
             
             are
             sure
             and
             safe
             .
             For
             hee
             is
             a
             Rocke
             ,
             a
             Castle
             ,
             a
             Fort
             ,
             a
             Secret
             place
             to
             all
             his
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VERS
             .
             3.
             
             Thou
             turnest
             man
             to
             destruction
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Returne
             ,
             ye
             Children
             of
             Adam
             .
          
           
             HIs
             complaint
             is
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             our
             mortalitie
             :
             and
             that
             mortalitie
             which
             is
             from
             God
             he
             setteth
             forth
             .
             1.
             
             By
             diuerse
             Comparisons
             ,
             2.
             
             By
             the
             cause
             that
             moueth
             God
             to
             make
             man
             see
             such
             mortalitie
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             the
             Prophet
             conceiueth
             of
             God
             as
             of
             
               a
               Potter
            
             ,
             that
             hauing
             of
             dust
             tempered
             a
             masse
             and
             framed
             it
             into
             a
             vessell
             and
             dried
             it
             ,
             doth
             presently
             ,
             within
             a
             minute
             of
             an
             houre
             after
             ,
             dash
             it
             againe
             in
             peeces
             ,
             and
             beat
             it
             to
             dust
             ,
             in
             passion
             as
             it
             were
             speaking
             vnto
             it
             ,
             
               Get
               thee
               to
               the
               dust
               againe
               .
            
          
           
             The
             word
             here
             translated
             Destruction
             ,
             signifies
             a
             Beating
             ,
             or
             Grinding
             ,
             or
             Pounding
             of
             a
             thing
             to
             Powder
             .
             And
             the
             Prophet
             seemes
             to
             allude
             to
             the
             third
             of
             Genesis
             ,
             where
             God
             speaks
             of
             
               Adam
               ,
               Dust
               thou
               art
               and
               to
               dust
               thou
               shalt
               returne
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             should
             
             say
             :
             O
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             that
             hast
             made
             and
             framed
             man
             of
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             thou
             beatest
             him
             to
             dust
             againe
             :
             And
             as
             thou
             madest
             him
             by
             thy
             Word
             alone
             ,
             So
             with
             thy
             Word
             thou
             suddainly
             turnest
             ,
             and
             beatest
             him
             againe
             to
             dust
             ;
             as
             a
             man
             that
             makes
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             presently
             marres
             it
             againe
             .
          
           
             Hence
             we
             learne
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             as
             it
             is
             God
             by
             whom
             we
             liue
             ;
             So
             it
             is
             he
             by
             whom
             and
             whose
             meanes
             we
             die
             :
             By
             what
             meanes
             soeuer
             men
             come
             to
             their
             ends
             ,
             whether
             by
             a
             timely
             or
             vntimely
             death
             ,
             God
             hath
             the
             maine
             stroke
             .
             The
             sword
             that
             takes
             away
             our
             life
             ,
             
             must
             goe
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             before
             we
             can
             die
             .
             It
             s
             hee
             that
             sayth
             ,
             
               Returne
               ,
               Oh
               sonne
               of
               man
               !
            
             before
             a
             man
             can
             returne
             to
             dust
             .
             So
             then
             let
             vs
             not
             so
             much
             regard
             the
             threats
             and
             brags
             of
             men
             :
             but
             let
             vs
             that
             feare
             death
             ,
             feare
             the
             Lord
             that
             gaue
             life
             .
             For
             he
             onely
             quickneth
             ,
             he
             onely
             killeth
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             doth
             it
             with
             a
             word
             ,
             against
             which
             is
             no
             resistance
             ,
             when
             that
             word
             is
             once
             come
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             all
             the
             dyet
             Physicke
             ,
             &
             helpe
             ,
             and
             prayers
             in
             the
             world
             that
             can
             saue
             the
             life
             ,
             And
             this
             he
             can
             doe
             suddainly
             ,
             in
             the
             twinckling
             of
             an
             eye
             .
             And
             therefore
             we
             should
             ,
             as
             wee
             loue
             our
             liues
             ,
             feare
             him
             ,
             and
             take
             heed
             how
             we
             offend
             and
             displease
             him
             ,
             that
             can
             with
             a
             word
             turne
             the
             strongest
             man
             into
             dust
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             style
             that
             God
             giueth
             to
             man
             ,
             when
             he
             calleth
             him
             out
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             is
             the
             Child
             of
             Adam
             ,
             and
             of
             Dust
             :
             as
             if
             he
             said
             ;
             Thou
             art
             but
             the
             Child
             of
             dust
             ;
             of
             dust
             thou
             art
             made
             ;
             thou
             art
             sprung
             from
             them
             that
             were
             but
             dust
             ,
             and
             which
             are
             all
             turned
             vnto
             dust
             ;
             goe
             thou
             also
             to
             dust
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             we
             should
             thinke
             seriously
             of
             the
             matter
             that
             we
             are
             made
             of
             ,
             and
             be
             humbled
             with
             the
             consideration
             thereof
             ;
             And
             herein
             iustifie
             the
             Lord
             in
             his
             dealing
             .
             For
             why
             may
             not
             he
             that
             hath
             made
             vs
             of
             dust
             ,
             turne
             vs
             againe
             vnto
             dust
             ?
          
           
             And
             this
             should
             teach
             vs
             to
             take
             heed
             how
             wee
             place
             our
             maine
             and
             principall
             hope
             in
             Man
             ,
             who
             is
             but
             the
             child
             of
             dust
             ,
             who
             must
             returne
             to
             dust
             
             as
             soone
             as
             God
             calls
             him
             ,
             and
             bids
             him
             returne
             .
          
           
             4
             This
             sheweth
             the
             absolute
             power
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             ouer
             these
             bodies
             of
             ours
             .
             A
             Potter
             
             hath
             not
             more
             power
             ouer
             the
             vessell
             of
             clay
             that
             he
             maketh
             .
             Which
             as
             it
             should
             teach
             vs
             to
             take
             heede
             how
             we
             murmur
             and
             repine
             against
             GOD
             for
             ought
             he
             doth
             in
             this
             kind
             :
             so
             it
             should
             likewise
             admonish
             vs
             ,
             to
             use
             our
             bodies
             whilest
             wee
             haue
             them
             ,
             and
             before
             wee
             and
             they
             returne
             to
             dust
             againe
             ,
             to
             his
             glory
             ;
             That
             so
             from
             dust
             they
             may
             be
             raised
             againe
             by
             him
             to
             immortalitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             4.
             
             For
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             in
             thy
             sight
             are
             but
             as
             yesterday
             that
             is
             past
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Watch
             in
             the
             night
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prophet
             sheweth
             further
             in
             this
             part
             of
             his
             complaint
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             as
             it
             were
             suddainly
             raise
             vp
             a
             man
             and
             breake
             him
             againe
             ,
             because
             that
             in
             his
             eyes
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             are
             but
             as
             yesterday
             that
             is
             passed
             ;
             and
             as
             a
             watch
             in
             the
             night
             .
             Now
             if
             it
             be
             so
             with
             God
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             eternity
             ,
             that
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             are
             but
             as
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             the
             fourth
             part
             of
             a
             night
             ;
             then
             surely
             in
             his
             eyes
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             though
             he
             should
             liue
             to
             threescore
             and
             ten
             ,
             is
             but
             short
             ;
             as
             short
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             make
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             marre
             it
             within
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             houre
             ,
             yea
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             same
             minute
             or
             moment
             almost
             .
          
           
             Hence
             we
             learne
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Not
             to
             measure
             length
             of
             time
             by
             the
             time
             we
             spend
             here
             ,
             though
             wee
             were
             sure
             to
             liue
             till
             eightie
             or
             a
             hundred
             yeares
             ,
             but
             to
             measure
             it
             by
             Gods
             eternitie
             ;
             to
             consider
             what
             it
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             theirs
             that
             liue
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             are
             in
             
             grace
             and
             fauour
             with
             him
             .
             For
             surely
             when
             they
             haue
             enioyed
             his
             presence
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             in
             all
             blisse
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             whit
             then
             weary
             thereof
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             but
             as
             if
             they
             had
             beene
             with
             him
             but
             an
             houre
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             is
             a
             terror
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
             for
             though
             they
             be
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             in
             hell
             ,
             yet
             with
             God
             it
             is
             but
             as
             yesterday
             .
             Which
             shewes
             the
             extreame
             folly
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             for
             a
             little
             pleasure
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             vncertaine
             ,
             and
             so
             momentary
             ,
             do
             so
             little
             regard
             eternall
             woe
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             consideration
             of
             this
             should
             perswade
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             vs
             for
             another
             end
             then
             to
             liue
             here
             .
             For
             we
             may
             not
             thinke
             he
             would
             with
             such
             endeuour
             make
             Man
             in
             his
             owne
             Image
             ,
             to
             destroy
             it
             suddainly
             againe
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             other
             purpose
             ;
             But
             he
             destroys
             man
             ,
             and
             makes
             him
             returne
             to
             dust
             againe
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             translate
             him
             to
             another
             condition
             of
             life
             .
             And
             therefore
             our
             life
             here
             is
             but
             a
             way
             to
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             5.
             
             Thou
             carryest
             them
             away
             as
             with
             a
             Floud
             —
          
           
             THE
             Prophet
             hauing
             before
             shewed
             what
             mortality
             God
             hath
             subiected
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Adam
             unto
             :
             how
             he
             doth
             make
             them
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             same
             houre
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             them
             ,
             marre
             and
             destroy
             them
             againe
             ,
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             in
             his
             sight
             being
             as
             yesterday
             ,
             or
             but
             as
             it
             were
             the
             eyghth
             part
             of
             a
             day
             .
          
           
             He
             proceedes
             now
             to
             set
             forth
             this
             condition
             of
             
             
             
             
             
             Man
             more
             plainly
             by
             three
             Comparisons
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             Comparison
             ,
             he
             resembles
             him
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             life
             to
             those
             things
             that
             are
             violently
             carryed-away
             in
             an
             Invndation
             .
             As
             we
             see
             in
             great
             and
             extraordinary
             floods
             &
             invndations
             ,
             all
             that
             is
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             Beast
             and
             Cattell
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             are
             within
             the
             force
             of
             the
             streame
             are
             carryed
             violently
             away
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             with
             man
             :
             God
             doth
             as
             it
             were
             set
             open
             certaine
             flood-gats
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             violent
             streames
             and
             inundations
             of
             waters
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             he
             sweepes
             him
             away
             .
             For
             (
             as
             he
             shewed
             vs
             before
             )
             the
             time
             that
             we
             liue
             here
             ,
             though
             we
             live
             more
             then
             the
             ordinary
             period
             of
             mans
             daies
             is
             with
             God
             but
             a
             very
             short
             time
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             watch
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             the
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             night
             .
             It
             continually
             flowes
             ,
             and
             flowes
             faster
             ,
             swifter
             ,
             and
             with
             greater
             violence
             then
             the
             strongest
             streame
             ;
             and
             it
             carryeth
             vs
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             course
             thereof
             wee
             cannot
             stay
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             the
             ebbing
             and
             flowing
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             the
             courses
             of
             the
             Sunne
             and
             Moone
             .
             Against
             this
             streame
             we
             cannot
             swimme
             ,
             but
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             striue
             against
             it
             ,
             the
             faster
             we
             shall
             be
             carryed
             away
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Hence
             the
             Prophet
             teacheth
             vs.
             
          
           
             To
             meditate
             seriously
             of
             the
             swift
             passage
             of
             our
             dayes
             ,
             how
             our
             life
             runnes
             away
             like
             a
             streame
             of
             waters
             ,
             and
             carryeth
             vs
             with
             it
             ;
             our
             condition
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             our
             life
             in
             this
             world
             being
             but
             as
             if
             a
             man
             that
             knowes
             not
             how
             to
             swimme
             ,
             should
             be
             cast
             into
             a
             great
             streame
             of
             water
             ,
             and
             headlong
             carryed
             downe
             in
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             may
             sprawle
             sometime
             ,
             lift
             vp
             his
             head
             or
             his
             
             hands
             ,
             cry
             for
             helpe
             ,
             catch
             hold
             of
             this
             thing
             and
             that
             for
             a
             time
             ;
             but
             his
             end
             will
             be
             drowning
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             but
             a
             small
             time
             that
             he
             can
             hold
             out
             ,
             but
             that
             as
             it
             carries
             him
             away
             ,
             so
             it
             will
             swallow
             him
             vp
             .
             And
             surely
             our
             life
             here
             if
             it
             be
             rightly
             considered
             ,
             is
             but
             like
             the
             life
             of
             such
             a
             person
             ,
             as
             is
             violently
             carryed
             downe
             a
             streame
             .
             All
             the
             actions
             and
             motions
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             and
             for
             it
             ,
             are
             but
             like
             vnto
             the
             striuings
             and
             struglings
             of
             a
             man
             in
             that
             case
             :
             Our
             eating
             ,
             our
             drinking
             ,
             our
             Physicke
             ,
             our
             sports
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             meanes
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             like
             his
             motions
             ,
             that
             is
             violently
             carryed
             downe
             the
             streame
             :
             When
             we
             haue
             done
             what
             we
             can
             ,
             die
             we
             must
             ,
             and
             be
             drown'd
             in
             this
             Deluge
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             of
             this
             consideration
             may
             be
             to
             teach
             us
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             vanitie
             of
             Men
             ,
             that
             thinke
             here
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             to
             build
             them
             euerlasting
             habitations
             ,
             and
             neuer
             to
             be
             remooued
             ;
             and
             that
             trouble
             their
             minds
             about
             nothing
             but
             how
             they
             may
             get
             sure
             houlds
             and
             tenures
             here
             .
             Alas
             what
             vanitie
             were
             in
             this
             man
             that
             is
             carried
             down
             a
             violent
             streame
             of
             water
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             hope
             to
             recouer
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             is
             sure
             ,
             howsoeuer
             for
             some
             small
             time
             hee
             breathes
             and
             hath
             his
             sences
             ,
             to
             bee
             drowned
             out
             of
             hand
             ,
             yet
             whilst
             he
             breaths
             and
             hath
             his
             sences
             ,
             to
             be
             thinking
             ,
             and
             fore-casting
             of
             building
             of
             houses
             ,
             of
             purchasing
             lands
             ,
             of
             planting
             orchards
             ,
             and
             of
             prouiding
             this
             thing
             and
             that
             thing
             for
             his
             use
             for
             fortie
             or
             sixtie
             yeares
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             vs
             in
             the
             want
             of
             the
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             for
             our selues
             and
             posteritie
             ,
             
             to
             be
             content
             to
             take
             it
             lesse
             to
             heart
             ,
             then
             worldly
             and
             couetous
             persons
             vse
             to
             doe
             .
             Who
             in
             feares
             and
             distrusts
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             how
             they
             shall
             doe
             when
             they
             are
             old
             and
             not
             able
             to
             worke
             ,
             how
             they
             shall
             liue
             when
             such
             and
             such
             friends
             be
             gone
             ,
             how
             their
             children
             shall
             do
             when
             they
             are
             dead
             ;
             many
             times
             in
             the
             abundance
             ,
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             of
             those
             things
             which
             others
             before
             their
             eyes
             doe
             want
             ,
             liue
             most
             miserably
             and
             vncomfortably
             ,
             yea
             ,
             a
             life
             worse
             then
             death
             ,
             and
             that
             onely
             for
             thinking
             of
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             whereas
             if
             these
             persons
             would
             thinke
             how
             mortall
             they
             ,
             and
             their
             children
             are
             ,
             how
             short
             a
             time
             they
             haue
             to
             liue
             here
             ,
             how
             they
             are
             carryed
             away
             as
             it
             were
             with
             a
             flood
             ,
             they
             and
             their
             children
             ,
             and
             all
             else
             ,
             these
             matters
             would
             neuer
             so
             much
             run
             in
             their
             heads
             ,
             neither
             would
             they
             vexe
             and
             trouble
             themselues
             and
             others
             so
             much
             about
             them
             as
             they
             do
             :
             But
             now
             we
             dreame
             of
             immortalitie
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             put
             from
             vs
             as
             much
             as
             we
             can
             the
             houre
             of
             our
             death
             ,
             So
             liuing
             and
             desiring
             to
             liue
             here
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             should
             liue
             euer
             here
             ,
             or
             there
             were
             no
             liuing
             els
             where
             .
             Were
             not
             they
             starke
             mad
             that
             seeing
             their
             children
             carried
             away
             with
             a
             flood
             ,
             strugling
             and
             breathing
             in
             the
             waters
             for
             life
             ,
             and
             readie
             to
             be
             drown'd
             ,
             and
             no
             hope
             of
             pulling
             them
             out
             ,
             would
             be
             carking
             and
             caring
             ,
             and
             vexing
             themselues
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             prouide
             for
             them
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             let
             Christians
             ,
             seeing
             their
             liues
             are
             so
             short
             ,
             here
             comfort
             themselues
             in
             their
             wants
             and
             their
             childrens
             ,
             and
             labour
             so
             that
             small
             time
             they
             haue
             to
             liue
             ,
             that
             after
             this
             short
             and
             transitorie
             life
             ,
             they
             
             and
             their
             children
             may
             liue
             eternally
             in
             Heauen
             .
          
           
             
               —
               They
               are
               as
               a
               sleepe
               .
               —
            
          
           
             THE
             second
             Comparison
             followeth
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Prophet
             compares
             the
             life
             of
             man
             &
             all
             the
             pleasures
             and
             sorrowes
             accompanying
             the
             same
             to
             a
             sleepe
             .
             Alas
             ,
             what
             sooner
             passeth
             away
             ?
             What
             is
             easier
             broken
             off
             then
             sleepe
             ?
             how
             short
             also
             are
             the
             pleasures
             and
             sorrowes
             that
             are
             in
             sleepe
             ?
             Surely
             the
             whole
             state
             and
             condition
             of
             a
             man
             in
             this
             life
             is
             but
             like
             the
             state
             and
             condition
             of
             a
             man
             in
             sleepe
             :
             all
             things
             fall
             out
             so
             like
             in
             either
             .
          
           
             Our
             life
             may
             be
             compared
             to
             sleepe
             in
             foure
             respects
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               regard
               of
               the
               shortnesse
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               regard
               of
               the
               easinesse
               of
               being
               put
               out
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               In
               regard
               of
               the
               many
               meanes
               to
               disquiet
               and
               breake
               it
               off
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               In
               regard
               of
               the
               many
               errors
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             first
             three
             ;
             sleepe
             is
             but
             short
             :
             and
             the
             sweeter
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             shorter
             it
             seemes
             to
             be
             .
             And
             as
             it
             is
             but
             short
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             though
             it
             should
             last
             the
             full
             swinge
             of
             nature
             :
             So
             the
             soundest
             sleepe
             ,
             is
             easily
             broken
             ;
             the
             least
             knock
             ,
             the
             lowest
             call
             puts
             men
             out
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             a
             number
             of
             meanes
             and
             occasions
             there
             be
             to
             interrupt
             and
             breake
             it
             off
             .
             And
             is
             not
             it
             so
             with
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             longest
             life
             short
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             shorter
             ,
             the
             sweeter
             and
             fuller
             of
             contents
             it
             is
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             easily
             taken
             away
             ?
             Are
             there
             not
             many
             meanes
             to
             bring
             vs
             vnto
             
             our
             ends
             ?
             Euen
             as
             many
             as
             there
             are
             to
             waken
             vs
             out
             of
             sleepe
             ?
          
           
             For
             the
             fourth
             ,
             how
             many
             errors
             are
             we
             subiect
             to
             in
             sleepe
             ?
          
           
             In
             sleepe
             the
             Prisoner
             many
             times
             dreames
             that
             he
             is
             at
             libertie
             ;
             he
             that
             is
             at
             libertie
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             in
             Prison
             ;
             he
             that
             is
             hungry
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             feeding
             daintily
             ;
             He
             that
             is
             in
             want
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             in
             great
             aboundance
             ;
             He
             that
             abounds
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             in
             great
             want
             .
             How
             many
             in
             their
             sleepe
             haue
             thought
             they
             haue
             gotten
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             shall
             be
             better
             for
             for
             euer
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             even
             in
             the
             hope
             of
             present
             possessing
             some
             such
             goodly
             matter
             ,
             or
             beginning
             to
             enioy
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             ioy
             ,
             they
             are
             suddainly
             awaked
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             is
             gone
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             golden
             fancies
             vanish
             away
             in
             an
             instant
             .
             So
             for
             euill
             and
             sorrow
             as
             well
             .
          
           
             And
             is
             it
             not
             just
             so
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Man
             ?
             Whose
             life
             passeth
             sooner
             away
             or
             swifter
             then
             theirs
             that
             haue
             most
             comforts
             and
             sweetest
             ?
             Whose
             life
             is
             longer
             then
             theirs
             in
             seeming
             ,
             that
             liue
             least
             at
             ease
             ?
             Who
             are
             ordinarily
             more
             bound
             ,
             more
             in
             trouble
             ,
             haue
             greater
             vexation
             ,
             and
             disquiet
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             haue
             most
             libertie
             and
             aboundance
             ?
             Who
             are
             freer
             and
             more
             at
             libertie
             ,
             and
             want
             least
             ,
             then
             they
             that
             haue
             least
             ?
             How
             ordinarie
             a
             thing
             is
             it
             for
             men
             in
             the
             most
             aboundance
             to
             bee
             least
             satisfied
             ?
             And
             in
             the
             poorest
             cottage
             to
             find
             the
             greatest
             content
             ?
             And
             how
             suddenly
             are
             men
             even
             as
             if
             they
             had
             beene
             in
             a
             dreame
             cut
             off
             from
             all
             their
             hopes
             ,
             all
             their
             delights
             and
             pleasures
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             world
             they
             enjoyed
             ?
          
           
           
             The
             use
             hereof
             then
             is
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             teach
             vs
             ,
             to
             account
             of
             the
             things
             that
             meerely
             concerne
             this
             life
             ,
             the
             profits
             ,
             the
             pleasures
             ,
             the
             honors
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             of
             dreames
             ;
             such
             as
             are
             transitorie
             ,
             and
             passe
             away
             as
             a
             sleepe
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             haue
             no
             certaintie
             or
             assurement
             of
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             we
             may
             be
             depriued
             of
             even
             as
             easily
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             be
             broken
             of
             our
             sleepe
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             watch
             and
             take
             heed
             how
             we
             looke
             to
             place
             any
             setled
             comfort
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             or
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             .
             For
             we
             shall
             find
             as
             many
             errours
             in
             it
             and
             the
             things
             thereof
             ,
             as
             we
             doe
             in
             sleepe
             .
             Men
             may
             fancie
             this
             and
             that
             ,
             but
             the
             issue
             will
             be
             nothing
             :
             no
             more
             then
             of
             him
             who
             going
             to
             bed
             hungry
             ,
             dreames
             he
             eates
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             Christians
             not
             to
             enuie
             ,
             and
             malice
             the
             comforts
             ,
             honors
             ,
             and
             prosperity
             of
             wicked
             men
             :
             for
             they
             are
             but
             as
             dreames
             :
             thou
             hast
             much
             cause
             ,
             hast
             thou
             not
             ?
             to
             enuie
             a
             poore
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             fare
             daintily
             in
             a
             dreame
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             should
             make
             vs
             thinke
             the
             lesse
             of
             the
             sorrowes
             and
             miseries
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             that
             either
             our selues
             or
             others
             endure
             .
             Our selues
             here
             are
             but
             as
             a
             sleepe
             .
             The
             sorrowes
             that
             we
             endure
             here
             ,
             especially
             for
             righteousnesse
             ,
             are
             but
             as
             a
             dreame
             .
             Our
             sleepe
             will
             soone
             end
             ,
             and
             our
             sorrowes
             will
             end
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             wee
             shall
             see
             that
             we
             were
             but
             deluded
             herein
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Neuer
             to
             thinke
             that
             we
             doe
             the
             actions
             of
             Men
             that
             are
             truely
             waking
             ,
             but
             when
             we
             doe
             the
             actions
             that
             concerne
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             where
             we
             shall
             euer
             watch
             ,
             and
             need
             no
             sleepe
             ;
             where
             wee
             
             shall
             euer
             reioyce
             ,
             and
             neuer
             be
             deluded
             .
          
           
             
               —
               In
               the
               morning
               they
               are
               like
               grasse
               that
               groweth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             6.
             
             In
             the
             morning
             it
             flourisheth
             ,
             and
             groweth
             vp
             :
             in
             the
             euening
             it
             is
             cut
             downe
             ,
             and
             withereth
             .
          
           
             THE
             third
             Comparison
             followeth
             ,
             wherein
             the
             life
             of
             Man
             is
             compared
             to
             grasse
             .
             That
             as
             it
             is
             with
             grasse
             ;
             A
             man
             shall
             see
             it
             flourishing
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             day
             cut
             downe
             and
             withered
             ;
             So
             is
             man
             ;
             This
             day
             flourishing
             and
             lustie
             ,
             and
             to
             morrow
             laid
             in
             the
             dust
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             morning
             well
             ,
             and
             before
             night
             hee
             and
             all
             his
             strength
             and
             glory
             vanished
             and
             gone
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             consideration
             of
             this
             should
             teach
             men
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             their
             glory
             and
             state
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             to
             thinke
             what
             a
             fading
             thing
             it
             is
             ,
             how
             soone
             it
             is
             cut
             downe
             and
             withered
             .
             And
             therfore
             we
             should
             take
             heed
             ,
             how
             we
             set
             our
             hearts
             vpon
             these
             transitorie
             things
             :
             for
             ,
             as
             Medowes
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             most
             pleasant
             ,
             and
             fullest
             of
             varietie
             of
             flowers
             ,
             they
             are
             then
             sodainly
             cut
             downe
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             beautie
             of
             them
             vanished
             ;
             So
             it
             shall
             be
             with
             all
             things
             that
             in
             this
             world
             wee
             delight
             in
             ,
             whether
             life
             ,
             or
             honor
             and
             riches
             ,
             though
             a
             man
             flourish
             neuer
             so
             much
             in
             them
             ;
             yet
             as
             it
             were
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             from
             them
             ;
             and
             then
             their
             hearts
             will
             be
             as
             gone
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             had
             their
             hearts
             before
             set
             on
             
             them
             .
             Let
             vs
             therefore
             learne
             to
             set
             our
             hearts
             vpon
             another
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             things
             thereof
             :
             and
             then
             we
             shall
             be
             sure
             neuer
             to
             loose
             that
             we
             loue
             .
             And
             let
             vs
             striue
             to
             be
             Plants
             in
             Gods
             house
             ,
             liuing
             Plants
             ,
             trees
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             Planted
             by
             the
             rivers
             of
             his
             Sanctuary
             .
             And
             then
             wee
             shall
             neuer
             be
             cut
             downe
             :
             Our
             leaues
             shall
             neuer
             fall
             ,
             our
             branches
             neuer
             wither
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Let
             vs
             learne
             so
             to
             loue
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             as
             matter
             that
             we
             must
             part
             with
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             no
             Lease
             or
             Assurance
             of
             for
             one
             day
             .
             And
             where
             God
             makes
             them
             instruments
             of
             comfort
             and
             helpe
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             if
             we
             enioy
             them
             day
             after
             day
             ,
             let
             vs
             blesse
             God
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             count
             euery
             day
             that
             he
             lends
             vs
             ,
             &
             euery
             blessing
             that
             he
             bestowes
             vpon
             vs
             day
             after
             day
             ,
             an
             aduantage
             vnto
             vs
             more
             then
             we
             deserue
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Let
             vs
             euery
             morning
             ,
             fit
             and
             prepare
             our selues
             for
             cutting
             downe
             .
             Though
             we
             be
             neuer
             so
             lustie
             ,
             and
             flourish
             neuer
             so
             much
             ,
             yet
             let
             vs
             consider
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             but
             as
             grasse
             ;
             and
             though
             this
             morning
             we
             flourish
             ,
             yet
             before
             night
             we
             may
             be
             cut
             downe
             and
             withered
             ;
             and
             all
             our
             glorie
             and
             comforts
             lie
             in
             the
             dust
             .
             It
             were
             well
             with
             vs
             if
             we
             so
             liued
             ,
             that
             when
             death
             shall
             come
             to
             cut
             vs
             downe
             ,
             we
             could
             not
             say
             ,
             
               I
               little
               thought
               that
               I
               should
               die
               so
               soone
               .
            
          
           
             And
             for
             others
             whose
             liues
             are
             deare
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             and
             whose
             deaths
             may
             bee
             a
             judgement
             vnto
             vs
             ;
             let
             vs
             so
             set
             our
             sinnes
             before
             our
             eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             a
             meanes
             to
             worke
             in
             vs
             an
             holy
             and
             religious
             feare
             of
             their
             death
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             these
             
             comforts
             and
             contents
             wee
             receiue
             from
             them
             ;
             And
             how
             strong
             and
             flourishing
             so
             euer
             wee
             shall
             see
             them
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             yet
             let
             vs
             thinke
             with
             feare
             ,
             that
             before
             euening
             they
             may
             be
             cut
             down
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             loose
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             comforts
             that
             depend
             vpon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             7.
             
             For
             we
             are
             consumed
             in
             thine
             anger
             ;
             and
             by
             thy
             wrath
             are
             we
             troubled
             .
          
           
             HItherto
             the
             Prophet
             in
             his
             complaint
             hath
             set
             forth
             by
             Comparison
             ,
             what
             great
             mortalitie
             God
             hath
             brought
             vpon
             the
             Children
             of
             Adam
             .
             Now
             here
             in
             this
             verse
             he
             sheweth
             the
             cause
             thereof
             ;
             The
             anger
             of
             God.
             Adam
             and
             all
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Adam
             haue
             offended
             him
             :
             and
             therfore
             he
             hath
             brought
             this
             universall
             mortality
             and
             deluge
             upon
             man.
             And
             this
             Anger
             of
             GOD
             hee
             sets
             forth
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               the
               cause
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               the
               greatnesse
               .
            
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             anger
             of
             God
             ,
             wee
             must
             not
             thinke
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             perturbation
             of
             minde
             in
             him
             ,
             whereby
             he
             indeed
             fretteth
             ,
             and
             is
             vexed
             within
             himselfe
             ,
             as
             men
             use
             to
             bee
             ,
             whose
             wrath
             and
             anger
             doth
             ordinarily
             more
             hurt
             &
             torment
             themselues
             ,
             then
             those
             they
             are
             angry
             withall
             .
             But
             it
             is
             in
             God
             an
             holy
             and
             just
             disposition
             ,
             to
             inflict
             deserued
             punishment
             upon
             his
             creature
             .
             Though
             God
             therefore
             haue
             absolute
             power
             of
             his
             owne
             free
             will
             to
             destroy
             the
             creature
             which
             hee
             hath
             made
             without
             any
             cause
             ,
             yet
             he
             doth
             not
             destroy
             
             man
             without
             some
             speciall
             cause
             ,
             and
             motiue
             therevnto
             .
             And
             this
             cause
             is
             not
             a
             pleasure
             and
             delight
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             should
             be
             a
             sport
             and
             pastime
             of
             God
             to
             make
             and
             marre
             so
             excellent
             a
             workmanship
             of
             his
             owne
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             with
             Children
             to
             kill
             Flies
             ,
             or
             Huntsmen
             to
             kill
             wild
             Beasts
             .
             Neither
             is
             any
             speciall
             profit
             ,
             or
             use
             ,
             any
             cause
             thereof
             ;
             As
             it
             is
             the
             cause
             ,
             why
             Husbandmen
             cut
             downe
             grasse
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             are
             angry
             with
             it
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             place
             any
             delight
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             but
             for
             necessary
             use
             and
             benefit
             .
             But
             the
             true
             and
             immediate
             cause
             is
             Anger
             ;
             that
             which
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             mortalitie
             in
             war.
             God
             hath
             beene
             prouoked
             by
             vs.
             And
             as
             a
             mightie
             King
             being
             prouoked
             by
             his
             subiects
             ,
             nothing
             followeth
             but
             death
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             with
             God.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Hence
             then
             we
             learne
             to
             labour
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             wrath
             and
             anger
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             sicknesse
             ,
             distresses
             ,
             old
             age
             ,
             death
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             mortalitie
             that
             we
             see
             in
             this
             world
             ;
             and
             vpon
             speciall
             occasion
             to
             acknowledge
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             should
             teach
             vs
             ,
             to
             feare
             and
             tremble
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             heed
             ,
             how
             we
             farther
             prouoke
             him
             to
             wrath
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             We
             should
             admire
             the
             goodnesse
             and
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             his
             wrath
             being
             so
             universall
             vpon
             all
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Adam
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             wrath
             he
             should
             remember
             mercy
             ,
             and
             raise
             those
             againe
             to
             life
             ,
             even
             to
             eternall
             life
             ,
             that
             in
             anger
             he
             hath
             wounded
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             We
             should
             labour
             more
             to
             see
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             in
             our
             accursed
             estate
             after
             this
             life
             .
             God
             doth
             but
             play
             with
             vs
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             in
             taking
             away
             
             our
             liues
             here
             .
             And
             if
             the
             first
             death
             be
             such
             a
             signe
             thereof
             ,
             what
             a
             signe
             therof
             is
             it
             in
             them
             in
             whom
             there
             appeare
             fearefull
             and
             prodigious
             fignes
             of
             the
             second
             death
             ,
             which
             is
             eternall
             ,
             wherein
             a
             man
             shall
             for
             ever
             die
             ,
             and
             yet
             neuer
             be
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             8.
             
             Thou
             hast
             set
             our
             iniquities
             before
             thee
             ;
             our
             secret
             sinnes
             in
             the
             light
             of
             thy
             countenance
             .
          
           
             THat
             wrath
             of
             God
             from
             which
             proceeds
             mortalitie
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             troubles
             and
             calamities
             and
             alterations
             of
             this
             life
             that
             attend
             vpon
             the
             same
             ,
             is
             set
             forth
             here
             ;
             1.
             
             By
             the
             cause
             ,
             2.
             
             By
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             cause
             is
             the
             remembrance
             of
             our
             sinnes
             not
             knowne
             onely
             but
             secret
             .
          
           
             Whence
             we
             learne
             ,
             that
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             is
             sin
             ,
             that
             first
             kindled
             that
             fire
             of
             GODS
             wrath
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             consumed
             on
             this
             wise
             .
             God
             is
             not
             angry
             with
             his
             creatures
             for
             nothing
             .
             But
             there
             is
             a
             just
             cause
             of
             that
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             from
             whence
             proceedes
             the
             mortalitie
             of
             mankinde
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             greater
             and
             more
             infinitely
             wise
             the
             Maiestie
             of
             God
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             must
             that
             cause
             bee
             that
             prouoketh
             him
             to
             wrath
             .
             It
             s
             weaknesse
             to
             be
             prouoked
             with
             a
             small
             matter
             :
             Weaknesse
             nor
             no
             propertie
             of
             weaknesse
             can
             befall
             the
             Almightie
             God.
             Sinne
             therefore
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             it
             is
             ,
             can
             be
             no
             small
             matter
             ,
             no
             trifle
             ,
             that
             prouokes
             the
             infinite
             Maiestie
             of
             God
             to
             wrath
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             a
             wrath
             as
             hath
             such
             deadly
             effects
             .
          
           
           
             The
             use
             of
             this
             then
             is
             .
          
           
             When
             we
             see
             any
             signes
             of
             Gods
             displeasure
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             (
             as
             which
             way
             almost
             can
             wee
             turne
             our
             eyes
             but
             we
             see
             it
             ?
             even
             the
             very
             prints
             of
             death
             ,
             how
             his
             footing
             is
             in
             euery
             Towne
             ,
             yea
             ,
             in
             euery
             House
             ?
             )
             presently
             to
             thinke
             of
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             greatnesse
             thereof
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             it
             a
             meanes
             to
             make
             vs
             haue
             it
             in
             great
             detestation
             ,
             in
             whom
             soever
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             our
             sinnes
             that
             haue
             prouoked
             God
             to
             this
             wrath
             .
             It
             was
             not
             the
             sinne
             of
             Angells
             ,
             that
             made
             God
             thus
             angry
             with
             mankinde
             :
             Nor
             the
             sinne
             of
             any
             particular
             persons
             that
             made
             him
             angry
             with
             them
             all
             .
             But
             it
             is
             our
             owne
             sins
             ,
             that
             haue
             done
             this
             :
             All
             of
             us
             ,
             euery
             mothers
             sonne
             haue
             our
             parts
             ,
             and
             haue
             joyned
             hands
             in
             prouoking
             the
             Lord
             to
             bring
             this
             universall
             mortalitie
             vpon
             the
             world
             :
          
           
             The
             true
             use
             therefore
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             to
             make
             of
             this
             ,
             Is
             not
             so
             much
             to
             thinke
             of
             sin
             in
             generall
             ,
             or
             of
             this
             or
             that
             bodies
             sinne
             ,
             when
             wee
             see
             the
             generall
             judgements
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             to
             see
             and
             looke
             after
             our
             owne
             sinnes
             ,
             wherein
             we
             haue
             trespassed
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             broken
             his
             Law
             ;
             and
             not
             rest
             till
             we
             haue
             found
             them
             out
             .
             Especially
             when
             the
             Lord
             by
             any
             speciall
             judgment
             shall
             come
             neerest
             vnto
             vs
             ;
             (
             As
             the
             Lord
             hath
             lately
             to
             this
             family
             :
             )
             If
             we
             hereupon
             doe
             not
             make
             a
             speciall
             inquisition
             after
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             Repentance
             make
             our
             peace
             with
             God
             ,
             wee
             haue
             cause
             even
             euery
             one
             of
             vs
             to
             feare
             a
             greater
             stroke
             ,
             though
             this
             hath
             made
             many
             of
             our
             hearts
             to
             ake
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             They
             are
             not
             onely
             our
             greater
             sinnes
             ,
             that
             haue
             prouoked
             God
             ;
             but
             all
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             great
             and
             small
             ;
             not
             our
             publicke
             onely
             ,
             and
             knowne
             sins
             ,
             but
             our
             speciall
             and
             hidden
             ones
             ;
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             hath
             his
             part
             herein
             .
             And
             if
             wee
             will
             not
             haue
             this
             wrath
             of
             God
             to
             pursue
             vs
             eternally
             ,
             we
             must
             learne
             hence
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             hate
             and
             forsake
             our
             greater
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             to
             repent
             of
             those
             that
             are
             great
             and
             notorious
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             our
             smaller
             sins
             ,
             of
             our
             lighter
             vanities
             also
             .
             Yea
             ,
             herein
             we
             should
             not
             content
             our selues
             with
             leauing
             those
             sinnes
             which
             other
             and
             our selues
             knowe
             to
             bee
             sinnes
             ;
             but
             we
             should
             seeke
             after
             our
             secret
             and
             hidden
             sins
             ,
             whither
             there
             be
             not
             some
             sinnes
             in
             vs
             that
             we
             nourish
             in
             our selues
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             to
             be
             sins
             .
             And
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             we
             should
             diligently
             search
             into
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             at
             rest
             till
             wee
             haue
             taken
             notice
             of
             them
             :
             and
             giue
             no
             leaue
             of
             continuance
             to
             any
             the
             least
             sinne
             ,
             but
             hate
             and
             forsake
             all
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             all
             our
             sins
             are
             present
             before
             GOD.
             Our
             great
             ,
             our
             small
             ,
             our
             knowne
             ,
             our
             secret
             sins
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             they
             are
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
             he
             knowes
             them
             ,
             he
             sees
             ,
             and
             beholds
             them
             .
             This
             should
             make
             vs
             the
             more
             afraid
             &
             ashamed
             to
             sinne
             ;
             because
             there
             is
             no
             sinne
             how
             secret
             soever
             ,
             but
             we
             doe
             it
             in
             the
             face
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             looking
             on
             .
             A
             seruant
             that
             hath
             any
             grace
             or
             loue
             in
             him
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             he
             may
             do
             behind
             his
             masters
             backe
             ,
             yet
             he
             will
             not
             doe
             that
             before
             his
             Masters
             face
             which
             may
             prouoke
             and
             displease
             him
             ;
             many
             things
             he
             doth
             priuately
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             thought
             they
             
             would
             come
             to
             his
             Masters
             knowledge
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             doe
             them
             :
             But
             there
             is
             no
             sinne
             ever
             so
             secret
             ,
             though
             committed
             in
             our
             Closet
             ,
             yea
             ,
             though
             in
             our
             owne
             breasts
             onely
             ,
             but
             he
             knows
             it
             ,
             and
             sees
             it
             ,
             and
             beholds
             the
             committing
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Further
             ,
             this
             noteth
             the
             hay
             nousnesse
             of
             all
             sin
             .
             For
             those
             trespasses
             that
             are
             committed
             before
             the
             face
             of
             a
             Gouernour
             ,
             are
             accounted
             contempts
             .
             So
             is
             euery
             sinne
             committed
             ;
             it
             is
             committed
             in
             the
             eare
             and
             eye
             of
             God
             :
             and
             is
             therefore
             the
             more
             grieuous
             and
             odious
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             God
             needs
             no
             other
             light
             to
             discerne
             our
             sinnes
             by
             ,
             but
             the
             light
             of
             his
             owne
             face
             .
             It
             peirceth
             through
             the
             darkest
             places
             :
             the
             brightnesse
             thereof
             enlightneth
             all
             things
             ,
             discouers
             all
             things
             .
             So
             that
             the
             sins
             that
             are
             committed
             in
             deepest
             darknes
             ,
             are
             all
             one
             to
             him
             as
             if
             they
             were
             done
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Sunne
             .
             For
             they
             are
             done
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             that
             shines
             more
             ,
             and
             from
             which
             proceeds
             more
             light
             then
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Sunne
             .
             So
             that
             this
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             make
             vs
             the
             more
             feareful
             to
             offend
             ,
             Hee
             sees
             vs
             when
             we
             see
             not
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             of
             his
             countenance
             shines
             about
             vs
             ,
             when
             we
             thinke
             our selues
             hidden
             in
             darkenesse
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             They
             are
             not
             onely
             then
             in
             his
             sight
             when
             they
             are
             a
             committing
             ,
             and
             whilst
             the
             deed
             is
             doing
             ;
             but
             euer
             after
             ,
             when
             the
             act
             is
             past
             and
             gone
             ,
             and
             forgotten
             ,
             yet
             then
             is
             it
             before
             the
             face
             of
             God
             ,
             even
             as
             if
             it
             were
             in
             committing
             :
             And
             how
             should
             this
             make
             vs
             afraid
             to
             sinne
             ?
             When
             our
             sinnes
             are
             not
             onely
             in
             his
             sight
             while
             they
             are
             a
             committing
             ,
             but
             so
             continue
             still
             for
             euer
             after
             
             they
             are
             past
             and
             done
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Gods
             sets
             our
             sins
             before
             him
             ;
             this
             shewes
             he
             is
             so
             affected
             with
             them
             ,
             hee
             takes
             them
             so
             to
             heart
             ,
             that
             he
             doth
             in
             a
             speciall
             manner
             continue
             the
             remembrance
             of
             them
             .
             As
             those
             that
             hauing
             had
             great
             wrong
             ,
             will
             store
             it
             vp
             ,
             or
             register
             it
             ,
             or
             keepe
             some
             remembrance
             of
             it
             or
             other
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             forget
             ,
             when
             time
             shall
             serue
             ,
             to
             bee
             quit
             with
             those
             that
             haue
             wronged
             them
             ;
             so
             doth
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             so-doing
             is
             a
             signe
             ,
             that
             he
             takes
             our
             sins
             deeply
             to
             heart
             ;
             which
             should
             teach
             vs
             to
             feare
             the
             more
             how
             we
             offend
             him
             .
             When
             God
             in
             any
             judgement
             of
             death
             ,
             or
             sicknesse
             ,
             or
             losse
             of
             friends
             shewes
             his
             wrath
             ,
             wee
             should
             thinke
             and
             meditate
             of
             this
             ;
             especially
             when
             he
             comes
             neerest
             vs
             ,
             
               Now
               the
               Lord
               lookes
               vpon
               my
               sinnes
               ;
               they
               are
               now
               before
               him
            
             ;
             and
             wee
             should
             neuer
             rest
             till
             wee
             had
             by
             repentance
             moued
             him
             to
             blot
             them
             out
             .
             Yea
             ,
             to
             this
             end
             we
             should
             our selues
             call
             them
             to
             remembrance
             .
             For
             the
             more
             we
             remember
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             God
             forgets
             them
             :
             the
             more
             wee
             forget
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             God
             remembers
             them
             ;
             the
             more
             we
             looke
             vpon
             our selues
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             turneth
             his
             eyes
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             also
             we
             are
             to
             manifest
             and
             acknowledge
             ,
             as
             here
             Moses
             doth
             vnto
             God
             himselfe
             by
             Prayer
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VERS
             .
             9.
             
             For
             all
             our
             dayes
             *
             goe
             backe
             againe
             in
             thy
             wrath
             .
             —
          
           
             HItherto
             of
             the
             cause
             of
             that
             wrath
             of
             GOD
             which
             moueth
             him
             to
             smite
             the
             world
             with
             such
             mortalitie
             .
             Now
             here
             he
             further
             sets
             forth
             the
             same
             by
             the
             effects
             and
             degrees
             thereof
             in
             respect
             of
             that
             present
             Argument
             he
             hath
             in
             hand
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             our
             dayes
             doe
             as
             it
             were
             goe
             backward
             in
             his
             wrath
             :
             That
             whereas
             God
             gaue
             vs
             being
             to
             liue
             ,
             our
             life
             and
             our
             being
             is
             nothing
             els
             but
             a
             going
             backward
             as
             it
             were
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             to
             nothing
             .
             Euen
             as
             if
             a
             stranger
             being
             suddainly
             rapt
             and
             carryed
             the
             mid
             way
             to
             his
             home
             ,
             where
             are
             all
             his
             comforts
             ,
             he
             should
             spend
             all
             the
             time
             that
             is
             behind
             ,
             not
             in
             going
             forward
             to
             his
             home
             ,
             but
             in
             going
             backward
             to
             the
             place
             from
             which
             he
             was
             suddenly
             brought
             .
             All
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Adam
             as
             soone
             as
             they
             haue
             being
             and
             liue
             are
             brought
             suddenly
             a
             great
             part
             of
             their
             way
             :
             And
             whereas
             they
             should
             goe
             forward
             and
             liue
             longer
             and
             longer
             ,
             they
             from
             their
             first
             beginning
             to
             liue
             goe
             backward
             againe
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             to
             nothing
             .
             This
             is
             the
             summe
             in
             effect
             with
             that
             which
             the
             Lord
             sayth
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Psalme
             ,
             Thou
             
             
               bringesi
               man
               to
               destruction
               ;
               saying
               ,
               Returne
               againe
               ye
               sons
               of
               Adam
               :
            
             As
             if
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             Thou
             makest
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             is
             made
             ,
             hee
             in
             thy
             wrath
             doth
             hast
             to
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             destruction
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             marred
             againe
             .
             Thus
             doe
             our
             dayes
             as
             it
             were
             goe
             backward
             ,
             and
             wee
             in
             them
             returne
             from
             whence
             we
             came
             .
          
           
           
             Our
             lesson
             then
             hence
             is
             this
             .
          
           
             That
             our
             life
             in
             this
             life
             is
             nothing
             els
             but
             a
             returning
             backe
             againe
             vnto
             death
             .
             Euery
             man
             ,
             whilst
             he
             is
             here
             ,
             walkes
             to
             the
             house
             of
             his
             graue
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             bee
             a
             little
             longer
             in
             going
             backe
             vnto
             the
             earth
             ,
             then
             he
             was
             comming
             from
             it
             ;
             yet
             he
             doth
             nothing
             while
             he
             is
             here
             but
             goe
             backe
             to
             it
             .
             Yea
             ,
             our
             dayes
             passe
             away
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             man
             ,
             being
             a
             childe
             should
             suddainly
             bee
             made
             a
             man
             ;
             and
             after
             that
             should
             presently
             goe
             backe
             againe
             ,
             and
             bee
             a
             child
             .
             So
             that
             though
             we
             haue
             here
             some
             time
             of
             growth
             and
             strength
             ;
             yet
             the
             more
             wee
             grow
             in
             strength
             and
             yeares
             ,
             the
             neerer
             we
             draw
             still
             to
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             we
             came
             .
             In
             so
             much
             that
             there
             be
             none
             of
             vs
             but
             are
             neerer
             to
             our
             end
             to
             day
             then
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             this
             houre
             then
             the
             houre
             that
             is
             past
             .
             And
             though
             some
             walke
             backward
             more
             slowly
             somwhat
             then
             others
             doe
             ;
             yet
             all
             goe
             one
             way
             ;
             and
             no
             bodie
             knowes
             how
             swiftly
             ,
             or
             how
             soone
             he
             shall
             come
             to
             his
             end
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             hereof
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             vs
             euery
             day
             to
             meditate
             and
             thinke
             seriously
             of
             our
             death
             ,
             and
             the
             graue
             .
             It
             is
             the
             place
             that
             wee
             are
             continually
             trauailing
             unto
             .
             All
             the
             dayes
             and
             yeares
             we
             liue
             ,
             goe
             backward
             as
             it
             were
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             carry
             us
             backward
             thither
             .
             So
             that
             which
             way
             soever
             our
             faces
             are
             ,
             we
             moue
             and
             goe
             thitherward
             .
             Since
             Adams
             fall
             all
             men
             are
             condemned
             and
             adjudged
             vnto
             one
             death
             at
             the
             least
             ;
             and
             our
             life
             here
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             going
             to
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             .
             How
             then
             
             should
             we
             not
             thinke
             of
             our
             end
             ?
             Is
             it
             possible
             for
             condemned
             Malefactors
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             going
             to
             the
             place
             of
             death
             ,
             to
             forget
             wher-about
             they
             go
             ?
             And
             yet
             though
             all
             our
             life
             bee
             nought
             else
             but
             a
             leading
             to
             death
             ,
             yet
             ordinarily
             nothing
             lesse
             troubles
             our
             minds
             ;
             and
             we
             so
             liue
             ,
             as
             if
             death
             should
             neuer
             come
             neare
             vs
             ,
             or
             we
             it
             .
             Nay
             ,
             though
             we
             see
             many
             both
             neare
             vs
             and
             farre
             off
             vs
             die
             before
             vs
             ,
             and
             wee
             know
             that
             our
             condition
             is
             the
             same
             ;
             yet
             we
             lay
             it
             little
             to
             heart
             ,
             as
             if
             wee
             alone
             were
             exempted
             from
             the
             common
             condition
             of
             all
             Adams
             issue
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             vs
             also
             ,
             whilst
             we
             do
             liue
             here
             ,
             to
             behaue
             our selues
             in
             that
             manner
             ,
             that
             wee
             may
             die
             with
             comfort
             .
             And
             this
             should
             bee
             it
             that
             in
             this
             life
             should
             most
             trouble
             us
             ,
             and
             about
             which
             we
             should
             most
             beat
             our
             braines
             ,
             how
             wee
             should
             so
             die
             that
             wee
             might
             eternally
             liue
             .
             But
             alas
             that
             which
             runs
             altogether
             in
             our
             minds
             whilst
             we
             liue
             here
             ,
             is
             about
             the
             meanes
             of
             our
             living
             here
             ,
             how
             we
             shall
             doe
             for
             this
             yeare
             and
             the
             next
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             yeare
             after
             that
             ;
             and
             how
             our
             children
             should
             do
             after
             us
             :
             never
             taking
             thought
             for
             the
             maine
             :
             which
             is
             as
             if
             parents
             and
             children
             being
             altogether
             drawne
             vpon
             a
             Sled
             ,
             or
             carryed
             in
             a
             Cart
             ,
             for
             diuers
             dayes
             to
             execution
             ,
             and
             the
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             being
             left
             them
             onely
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             thither
             ;
             they
             should
             never
             trouble
             their
             mindes
             about
             that
             that
             they
             were
             drawne
             unto
             ,
             but
             should
             bee
             carking
             and
             caring
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             doe
             ,
             and
             their
             children
             for
             this
             thing
             and
             that
             thing
             concerning
             this
             life
             .
          
           
           
             The
             second
             point
             is
             that
             our
             dayes
             goe
             thus
             backward
             in
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             :
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ;
             through
             the
             iust
             judgement
             of
             God
             vpon
             the
             sin
             of
             Man
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             our
             dayes
             thus
             returne
             and
             goe
             backward
             ,
             and
             passe
             away
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             is
             our
             lesson
             :
          
           
             That
             euery
             day
             whilst
             wee
             liue
             here
             is
             a
             day
             of
             wrath
             ;
             an
             euill
             day
             ,
             subiect
             to
             some
             judgement
             or
             other
             .
             
               Few
               and
               euill
            
             (
             sayeth
             old
             
               Iacob
               )
               be
               the
               daies
               of
               my
               Pilgrimage
               .
               All
               things
               vnder
               the
               Sunne
               are
            
             
             
               nothing
               but
               matter
               of
               vanitie
               and
               vexation
               of
               spirit
               .
            
             The
             best
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             haue
             found
             nothing
             here
             that
             this
             life
             and
             world
             hath
             brought
             forth
             ,
             but
             matter
             of
             sorrow
             .
             What
             day
             is
             it
             that
             passeth
             ouer
             our
             heads
             ,
             but
             wee
             might
             easily
             perceiue
             it
             (
             if
             we
             were
             not
             besotted
             ,
             )
             marked
             with
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             bringing
             with
             it
             some
             judgement
             and
             Memorandum
             or
             other
             of
             Gods
             anger
             for
             sin
             ?
             There
             is
             not
             a
             day
             nor
             houre
             that
             passeth
             ouer
             our
             heads
             ,
             but
             that
             wee
             might
             ,
             if
             wee
             looked
             about
             us
             ,
             and
             considered
             the
             judgements
             that
             some
             way
             or
             other
             cleaue
             to
             vs
             ,
             See
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             in
             some
             respect
             or
             other
             passed
             away
             in
             wrath
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             of
             this
             serues
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             reproue
             those
             that
             haue
             no
             sence
             and
             fecling
             thereof
             ;
             but
             so
             passe
             away
             their
             time
             and
             dayes
             whilst
             they
             haue
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             vnder
             no
             wrath
             and
             judgement
             at
             all
             ;
             But
             all
             were
             well
             and
             sure
             betweene
             God
             and
             them
             :
             That
             glory
             in
             their
             daies
             past
             ,
             how
             merrily
             they
             haue
             liued
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             comforts
             they
             haue
             had
             ;
             such
             as
             never
             felt
             any
             wrath
             of
             God
             past
             ,
             nor
             feare
             any
             to
             
             come
             ,
             but
             say
             ordinarily
             in
             their
             madd
             moods
             ;
             
               Away
               with
               sorrow
               ;
               let
               the
               world
               slide
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             should
             teach
             vs
             to
             labour
             euery
             day
             that
             passeth
             ,
             to
             marke
             and
             obserue
             wherein
             God
             hath
             manifested
             unto
             us
             his
             wrath
             for
             sinne
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             day
             but
             bringeth
             terrible
             remembrance
             thereof
             ,
             not
             in
             others
             onely
             ,
             but
             in
             our selues
             .
             So
             that
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             Revolution
             of
             times
             ,
             wee
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             a
             day
             ,
             nor
             an
             houre
             passed
             over
             our
             heads
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             mark'd
             with
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             by
             some
             judgement
             or
             other
             for
             sinne
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             passing
             of
             it
             away
             (
             it
             vseth
             to
             goe
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             )
             is
             in
             wrath
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             more
             our
             dayes
             that
             are
             gone
             ,
             are
             passed
             in
             wrath
             ,
             the
             more
             in
             those
             that
             are
             to
             come
             wee
             should
             labour
             to
             appease
             and
             pacifie
             that
             wrath
             ,
             and
             seeke
             after
             the
             meanes
             of
             our
             attonment
             with
             God.
             It
             s
             a
             desperate
             madnesse
             ,
             when
             wee
             shall
             perceiue
             that
             God
             for
             the
             time
             past
             hath
             shewed
             himselfe
             angry
             with
             vs
             ,
             to
             haue
             no
             care
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             to
             prevent
             further
             indignation
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             This
             should
             make
             the
             children
             of
             God
             that
             haue
             any
             grounded
             hope
             for
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             to
             lessen
             their
             stay
             on
             and
             delight
             in
             this
             life
             ;
             and
             delight
             in
             their
             hope
             and
             meanes
             of
             that
             life
             ,
             wherin
             never
             a
             day
             shall
             passe
             away
             in
             wrath
             ,
             but
             all
             in
             loue
             ,
             fauour
             ,
             and
             glory
             ;
             and
             wherein
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             life
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             returning
             to
             death
             ,
             but
             a
             going
             on
             from
             life
             to
             life
             ,
             and
             ioy
             to
             ioy
             ;
             when
             we
             shall
             liue
             to
             liue
             ;
             and
             the
             longer
             wee
             shall
             liue
             ,
             the
             longer
             we
             shall
             haue
             to
             liue
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             all
             happinesse
             and
             glory
             ,
             which
             daies
             and
             times
             shall
             
             never
             wast
             .
             Whilst
             we
             liue
             here
             ,
             (
             if
             we
             had
             hearts
             to
             consider
             of
             things
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             )
             there
             is
             never
             a
             day
             goes
             over
             our
             head
             ,
             but
             yeeldeth
             matter
             of
             sighing
             ,
             and
             groaning
             vnder
             some
             act
             or
             other
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             doe
             wee
             the
             best
             wee
             can
             .
             Yea
             ,
             let
             a
             man
             haue
             the
             greatest
             causes
             of
             comfort
             ,
             both
             for
             this
             world
             and
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             can
             afford
             ,
             or
             that
             any
             man
             euer
             had
             ,
             yet
             when
             he
             shall
             sum
             vp
             his
             accounts
             ,
             he
             shall
             find
             the
             dayes
             hee
             liues
             here
             are
             but
             dayes
             of
             euill
             ;
             and
             he
             shall
             see
             more
             cause
             of
             sorrow
             and
             mourning
             then
             of
             joy
             .
             Let
             this
             therefore
             win
             vs
             from
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             dayes
             thereof
             ;
             And
             let
             the
             bitter
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             here
             make
             vs
             the
             more
             seeke
             after
             the
             daies
             of
             eternitie
             ;
             wherein
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             sence
             thereof
             in
             the
             least
             crosse
             or
             affliction
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Wee
               spend
               our
               yeares
               as
               a
               tale
               that
               is
               told
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Prophet
             here
             further
             amplifieth
             the
             aforesayd
             effect
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             :
             shewing
             in
             what
             manner
             our
             dayes
             passe
             away
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             ,
             a
             meditation
             or
             thought
             that
             is
             conceived
             and
             gone
             .
             A
             tale
             is
             quickly
             told
             ;
             a
             word
             is
             soone
             spoken
             ,
             and
             a
             thought
             or
             meditation
             is
             soone
             conceiued
             .
             So
             are
             the
             yeares
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             especially
             if
             we
             compare
             them
             with
             things
             aboue
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             daies
             and
             yeares
             that
             we
             are
             to
             liue
             in
             heauen
             .
             So
             that
             let
             a
             man
             looke
             backe
             to
             the
             time
             passed
             ,
             and
             wisely
             judge
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             set
             to
             it
             the
             uttermost
             of
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             all
             will
             appeare
             to
             passe
             
             away
             from
             vs
             ,
             either
             as
             the
             time
             wherein
             a
             tale
             is
             told
             ,
             or
             those
             things
             passe
             away
             that
             are
             told
             in
             a
             tale
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             quickly
             and
             speedily
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             shewes
             the
             vanitie
             of
             them
             that
             make
             such
             a-doe
             for
             states
             ,
             and
             titles
             ,
             and
             tenures
             for
             this
             life
             .
             Oh
             they
             thinke
             it
             a
             goodly
             matter
             ,
             if
             they
             haue
             and
             hold
             a
             thing
             for
             so
             many
             liues
             ,
             and
             for
             theirs
             and
             their
             childrens
             liues
             .
             And
             yet
             alas
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             life
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             but
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             tenure
             for
             the
             space
             of
             a
             tale
             telling
             ,
             or
             a
             word
             spoken
             .
             And
             what
             madnesse
             then
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             most
             men
             shew
             ,
             to
             hazzard
             the
             one
             to
             get
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             they
             care
             not
             almost
             how
             they
             breake
             the
             Lawes
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             for
             it
             ?
             Surely
             the
             little
             faith
             and
             hope
             or
             none
             that
             we
             haue
             of
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             makes
             persons
             so
             dote
             and
             mad
             vpon
             the
             titles
             and
             tenures
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             which
             are
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             that
             our
             dayes
             and
             yeares
             are
             ,
             they
             passe
             away
             all
             alike
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             shewes
             also
             the
             vanitie
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             as
             though
             their
             dayes
             and
             yeares
             would
             never
             come
             vnto
             an
             end
             ,
             spend
             day
             after
             day
             ,
             and
             yeare
             after
             yeare
             in
             that
             they
             call
             pas-time
             :
             whereas
             time
             passeth
             away
             of
             it selfe
             swift
             enough
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             Gods
             wrath
             .
             It
             were
             more
             agreeable
             to
             reason
             ,
             if
             it
             could
             bee
             ,
             to
             use
             meanes
             to
             hold
             and
             continue
             time
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             passe
             it
             away
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Let
             this
             teach
             vs
             ,
             whilst
             we
             haue
             it
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             best
             use
             wee
             can
             of
             it
             .
             When
             our
             yeares
             are
             gone
             ,
             we
             cannot
             reuoke
             them
             .
             How
             soone
             they
             are
             gone
             ,
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             here
             teacheth
             ,
             and
             wee
             may
             feele
             by
             our
             owne
             experience
             .
             Therefore
             
             whilst
             we
             liue
             here
             ,
             let
             vs
             not
             so
             much
             trouble
             our
             thoughts
             about
             the
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             as
             about
             devising
             how
             we
             may
             imploy
             our
             time
             ,
             and
             spend
             our
             life
             to
             best
             purpose
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Though
             we
             are
             to
             count
             the
             shortnesse
             of
             our
             liues
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             misery
             thereof
             ,
             and
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             life
             which
             followes
             ,
             a
             blessing
             ;
             Yet
             in
             it selfe
             we
             should
             not
             so
             account
             of
             it
             :
             but
             tho
             it
             be
             miserable
             ,
             and
             the
             longer
             it
             is
             the
             longer
             it
             keepes
             vs
             from
             a
             better
             ;
             yet
             the
             very
             shortnesse
             of
             this
             miserable
             life
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             as
             an
             effect
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             :
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             a
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             wee
             know
             how
             to
             use
             it
             ,
             to
             liue
             long
             here
             ,
             though
             we
             should
             liue
             as
             miserable
             a
             life
             as
             any
             euer
             lived
             .
             Neither
             should
             wee
             endevour
             or
             desire
             to
             doe
             any
             thing
             to
             shorten
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             10.
             
             The
             dayes
             of
             our
             yeares
             are
             seuentie
             yeares
             :
             and
             if
             by
             reason
             of
             strength
             they
             be
             eightie
             yeares
             ,
             yet
             is
             their
             strength
             then
             labour
             and
             sorrow
             :
             for
             it
             is
             soone
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             we
             fly
             away
             .
          
           
             IN
             these
             words
             the
             Prophet
             proues
             that
             which
             he
             sayd
             before
             ,
             that
             wee
             spend
             our
             yeares
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             .
             
               The
               yeares
            
             of
             them
             which
             ordinarily
             liue
             the
             uttermost
             of
             their
             dayes
             is
             but
             
               threescore
               and
               ten
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               liue
               till
               eightie
               through
               strength
               ,
               yet
               is
               their
               strength
               then
               labour
               and
               sorrow
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Now
             if
             the
             longest
             period
             of
             dayes
             that
             men
             ordinarily
             liue
             ,
             be
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             longest
             time
             flyeth
             so
             fast
             ,
             then
             well
             might
             the
             Prophet
             
             say
             ,
             
               That
               our
               dayes
               passe
               away
               as
               a
               tale
               that
               is
               tould
               .
            
             For
             those
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             strength
             liue
             till
             
             eightie
             yeares
             ,
             either
             they
             are
             men
             that
             vnder-goe
             in
             this
             life
             many
             labours
             and
             trauels
             ,
             and
             then
             their
             very
             strength
             brings
             nothing
             vnto
             them
             but
             matter
             of
             labour
             and
             sorrow
             ;
             For
             ,
             the
             stronger
             a
             man
             hath
             beene
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             labours
             and
             trauels
             he
             hath
             vndergone
             ,
             the
             more
             full
             of
             aches
             and
             paines
             is
             his
             old
             age
             wont
             to
             be
             :
             Or
             they
             liue
             merrily
             and
             chearefully
             ,
             free
             from
             ordinary
             passions
             and
             grievances
             ;
             And
             then
             their
             life
             flyeth
             away
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             brought
             to
             these
             yeares
             ,
             their
             daies
             are
             but
             daies
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             them
             the
             rather
             ,
             because
             they
             cannot
             follow
             those
             delights
             then
             ,
             that
             formerly
             they
             haue
             done
             .
             Howsoeuer
             it
             be
             ,
             there
             are
             none
             cōmonly
             whose
             dayes
             haue
             seemed
             to
             them
             to
             passe
             swifter
             away
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             lived
             the
             longest
             ;
             None
             are
             lesse
             weary
             of
             life
             ,
             nor
             more
             unwilling
             to
             die
             commonly
             then
             they
             .
             The
             life
             therefore
             of
             such
             ,
             though
             full
             of
             never
             so
             much
             sorrow
             and
             trouble
             flyes
             away
             .
             And
             such
             is
             the
             loue
             that
             ordinarily
             we
             beare
             to
             this
             life
             ,
             that
             though
             death
             come
             not
             till
             eightie
             yeares
             ,
             yet
             it
             seemes
             then
             to
             fly
             vnto
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             Doctrine
             is
             plaine
             .
          
           
             That
             our
             dayes
             are
             now
             but
             seventie
             yeares
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ;
             The
             time
             ,
             that
             ordinarily
             man
             doe
             not
             passe
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             ;
             or
             if
             more
             ,
             their
             life
             after
             is
             but
             a
             Death
             ,
             and
             Death
             comes
             flying
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             then
             should
             teach
             vs
             also
             to
             remember
             
             our
             Creator
             betimes
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             youth
             .
             Alas
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             a
             hundred
             of
             us
             liue
             till
             sixtie
             or
             
             seuentie
             years
             ,
             or
             if
             we
             liue
             longer
             ,
             and
             haue
             spent
             that
             time
             in
             prophanenesse
             ,
             except
             the
             Lord
             shew
             more
             then
             ordinary
             mercy
             ,
             wee
             shall
             bee
             no
             more
             fit
             then
             to
             honour
             our
             Creator
             then
             so
             many
             dead
             men
             .
             The
             longest
             that
             wee
             can
             hope
             to
             liue
             and
             not
             be
             children
             againe
             is
             eightie
             yeares
             ;
             and
             then
             commonly
             we
             are
             as
             children
             againe
             mewed
             vp
             ,
             and
             our
             children
             are
             either
             Parents
             or
             Lords
             ouer
             vs
             ,
             vsing
             vs
             as
             innocents
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             shewes
             the
             strange
             folly
             of
             so
             many
             of
             us
             as
             are
             come
             to
             the
             height
             and
             middle
             of
             our
             Age
             ,
             yea
             ,
             to
             be
             fistie
             and
             vpward
             ,
             yea
             ,
             to
             be
             sixtie
             ,
             &c.
             
             Wee
             can
             talke
             of
             our
             dayes
             past
             ,
             and
             of
             things
             we
             did
             fortie
             yeares
             since
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             done
             but
             yesterday
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             though
             wee
             haue
             no
             reason
             to
             hope
             it
             should
             be
             as
             much
             as
             we
             haue
             spent
             ,
             and
             though
             wee
             may
             presume
             it
             will
             flie
             as
             fast
             away
             as
             that
             which
             is
             past
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             the
             parts
             ;
             yet
             we
             liue
             as
             though
             we
             had
             a
             100
             yeares
             ,
             yea
             a
             1060
             yeares
             to
             come
             .
             Yea
             ,
             You
             shall
             haue
             many
             that
             are
             of
             60.
             70.
             yea
             ,
             80.
             years
             ,
             that
             haue
             no
             more
             care
             to
             fit
             them
             to
             death
             ,
             but
             put
             the
             houre
             thereof
             as
             farre
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             in
             their
             freshest
             youth
             .
             If
             some
             liued
             a
             100.
             some
             500.
             some
             a
             1000.
             some
             10000.
             yeares
             amongst
             vs
             ;
             as
             now
             they
             liue
             some
             5.
             some
             10.
             some
             40.
             some
             60.
             some
             70.
             &c.
             there
             might
             bee
             some
             colour
             for
             this
             folly
             :
             but
             seeing
             one
             of
             500.
             liues
             not
             til
             60.
             one
             of
             5000.
             til
             80.
             one
             of
             100000.
             till
             a
             hundred
             :
             None
             till
             200.
             what
             madnesse
             it
             is
             then
             ,
             especially
             in
             those
             that
             haue
             passed
             the
             greatest
             time
             they
             can
             expect
             ,
             to
             haue
             no
             care
             of
             the
             
             houre
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             account
             they
             shall
             then
             make
             ,
             when
             their
             whole
             time
             is
             but
             short
             ,
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             :
             As
             you
             shall
             haue
             old
             men
             in
             a
             tale
             of
             lesse
             then
             an
             houre
             long
             ,
             runne
             over
             all
             their
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             11.
             
             Who
             knoweth
             the
             power
             of
             thine
             anger
             ?
             Euen
             according
             to
             thy
             feare
             ,
             so
             is
             thy
             wrath
             .
          
           
             THE
             Prophet
             in
             this
             11.
             verse
             ,
             concludes
             his
             Complaint
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             same
             complaineth
             of
             the
             dulnesse
             of
             Mankinde
             ,
             that
             whereas
             GOD
             shews
             such
             signes
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             they
             haue
             no
             sence
             or
             vnderstanding
             of
             the
             power
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             part
             of
             this
             verse
             ,
             is
             somewhat
             doubtfull
             :
             word
             for
             word
             in
             the
             Hebrue
             it
             is
             thus
             .
             
               And
               according
               to
               thy
               feare
               thy
               wrath
               .
            
             Our
             Translatours
             (
             as
             you
             heare
             )
             translate
             it
             otherwise
             ;
             and
             therin
             follow
             learned
             men
             that
             went
             before
             them
             .
             And
             the
             words
             ,
             if
             necessitie
             require
             it
             ,
             will
             beare
             such
             a
             construction
             ,
             and
             teach
             a
             profitable
             truth
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             That
             howsoeuer
             the
             wicked
             do
             not
             know
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ;
             Yet
             those
             that
             feare
             God
             ,
             know
             and
             vnderstand
             the
             same
             .
             But
             I
             had
             rather
             here
             take
             the
             words
             more
             simply
             ,
             and
             read
             them
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               Who
               knoweth
               the
               〈◊〉
               of
               thine
               anger
               ;
               and
               of
               thy
            
             
             
               wrath
               according
               to
               thy
               feare
            
             ?
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ;
             How
             rare
             a
             thing
             is
             it
             ,
             to
             finde
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             hath
             any
             true
             sense
             and
             vnderstanding
             
             of
             this
             thy
             mightie
             wrath
             ,
             or
             that
             makes
             any
             religious
             use
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             The
             first
             Doctrine
             we
             hence
             obserue
             is
             ;
          
           
             That
             Christians
             ought
             to
             marke
             and
             obserue
             the
             power
             and
             force
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             in
             all
             those
             particulars
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             sheweth
             it
             .
             It
             is
             not
             enough
             for
             vs
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             a
             mercifull
             God
             ,
             and
             louing
             ,
             and
             gracious
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             know
             also
             ,
             that
             hee
             is
             an
             angry
             and
             a
             wrathfull
             God
             :
             yea
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             exceedingly
             angry
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             prouoked
             the
             vnto
             .
             And
             therefore
             we
             must
             not
             onely
             consider
             ,
             and
             vnderstand
             the
             signes
             ,
             tokens
             ,
             and
             effects
             of
             his
             loue
             and
             kindnesse
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             the
             signes
             of
             his
             wrath
             also
             .
             For
             in
             both
             he
             manifests
             himselfe
             ;
             and
             from
             both
             he
             lookes
             to
             reape
             glory
             :
             and
             he
             is
             no
             lesse
             powerfull
             in
             the
             one
             then
             in
             the
             other
             :
             And
             in
             our
             liues
             and
             conversations
             there
             is
             as
             much
             use
             of
             the
             one
             as
             of
             the
             other
             .
             Yea
             ,
             a
             man
             shall
             never
             be
             able
             to
             discerne
             or
             make
             any
             good
             and
             true
             use
             of
             Gods
             loue
             ,
             That
             doth
             not
             first
             regard
             ,
             marke
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             vnderstand
             his
             wrath
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Doctrine
             is
             ;
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             know
             that
             God
             is
             angry
             ;
             but
             that
             his
             anger
             is
             powerfull
             ,
             hee
             is
             mightie
             in
             his
             wrath
             ,
             
               (
               Vanae
               sine
               viribus
               irae
            
             ,
             That
             anger
             that
             is
             without
             strength
             is
             nothing
             :
             )
             and
             therefore
             to
             bee
             feared
             and
             trembled
             at
             .
             Many
             of
             vs
             can
             talke
             of
             and
             obserue
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             in
             this
             or
             that
             particular
             :
             but
             we
             use
             to
             make
             a
             matter
             of
             nothing
             of
             it
             ;
             we
             are
             not
             ordinarily
             affected
             with
             it
             so
             much
             as
             with
             the
             anger
             of
             any
             man
             that
             
             hath
             but
             the
             least
             power
             to
             hurt
             vs.
             But
             the
             lesse
             we
             marke
             and
             know
             it
             here
             ,
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             know
             and
             feele
             it
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             Doctrine
             :
          
           
             That
             the
             greatnesse
             and
             force
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             shines
             and
             shewes
             it selfe
             in
             the
             mortalitie
             of
             mankinde
             aforesayd
             .
             So
             that
             if
             there
             were
             no
             other
             Argument
             to
             shew
             that
             God
             is
             angry
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             anger
             is
             exceeding
             powerfull
             ;
             The
             generall
             mortalitie
             of
             mankinde
             is
             sufficient
             to
             shew
             the
             same
             .
             Who
             can
             deny
             that
             hee
             was
             angry
             when
             hee
             drown'd
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             when
             he
             destroyed
             the
             first
             borne
             in
             Egypt
             ;
             when
             hee
             over-whelmed
             the
             hoste
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             in
             the
             red
             Sea
             ;
             when
             hee
             destroyed
             all
             his
             owne
             people
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             that
             came
             out
             of
             Egypt
             ?
             Verily
             if
             we
             could
             well
             consider
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             It
             can
             bee
             no
             lesse
             signe
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             that
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             after
             ,
             after
             some
             manner
             or
             other
             ,
             euery
             man
             in
             the
             world
             must
             die
             ;
             And
             that
             so
             many
             Ages
             before
             vs
             are
             dead
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             rare
             thing
             for
             any
             man
             to
             conceiue
             aright
             ,
             or
             to
             vnderstand
             that
             God
             is
             angry
             :
             or
             that
             there
             is
             any
             such
             feare
             in
             his
             anger
             .
             Many
             so
             liue
             and
             follow
             such
             courses
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             God
             could
             not
             be
             angry
             ,
             or
             that
             ,
             if
             hee
             were
             angry
             ,
             it
             were
             as
             easie
             a
             matter
             to
             please
             him
             ,
             as
             a
             childe
             .
             Hence
             when
             they
             haue
             over-shot
             themselues
             in
             any
             sinne
             ,
             if
             they
             say
             ,
             
               God
               forgiue
               me
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             
               I
               cry
               God
               mercie
            
             ,
             they
             thinke
             all
             is
             well
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             never
             heare
             more
             of
             the
             matter
             .
             When
             
             men
             trespasse
             against
             a
             man
             ,
             if
             they
             thinke
             they
             haue
             hindred
             themselues
             by
             it
             ,
             how
             carefull
             ,
             how
             diligent
             are
             they
             to
             pacifie
             his
             anger
             ,
             and
             to
             seeke
             to
             regaine
             his
             fauour
             and
             good
             will
             againe
             ?
             Whereas
             the
             neglect
             hereof
             to
             God-ward
             ,
             when
             they
             haue
             offended
             him
             ,
             sheweth
             euidently
             that
             they
             little
             regard
             his
             anger
             ,
             or
             esteeme
             it
             not
             preiudiciall
             at
             all
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             fift
             Doctrine
             ;
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             force
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ;
             but
             we
             must
             make
             a
             right
             use
             thereof
             :
             Wee
             must
             thereby
             bee
             stirred
             vp
             to
             feare
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             tremble
             before
             his
             Maiestie
             ;
             and
             take
             heed
             how
             any
             thing
             may
             either
             incense
             ,
             or
             continue
             his
             anger
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             should
             take
             heede
             also
             how
             his
             anger
             prouokes
             vs
             to
             anger
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             sinne
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             that
             may
             further
             prouoke
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             12.
             
             So
             teach
             vs
             to
             number
             our
             dayes
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             apply
             our
             hearts
             vnto
             wisedome
             .
          
           
             HItherto
             of
             the
             Prophets
             Complaint
             of
             the
             mortalitie
             of
             Mankinde
             .
          
           
             Now
             vnto
             this
             Complaint
             hee
             annexeth
             certaine
             petitions
             ;
             wherein
             he
             craueth
             of
             God
             such
             gifts
             and
             graces
             as
             are
             most
             needfull
             for
             men
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             mortalitie
             aforesayd
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             Petitions
             the
             Prophet
             prayeth
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               For
               divine
               Instruction
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               For
               divine
               Consolation
               .
            
          
           
           
             His
             Petition
             for
             divine
             Instruction
             is
             contained
             in
             this
             twelfth
             verse
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             foure
             thinges
             therein
             expressed
             :
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               gift
               desired
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               persons
               for
               whom
               it
               is
               desired
               ;
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               meanes
               whereby
               the
               gift
               desired
               may
               be
               obtained
               ;
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               end
               for
               which
               it
               is
               desired
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             gift
             and
             grace
             desired
             is
             that
             we
             might
             
               so
               number
               our
               dayes
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Now
             
               to
               number
               our
               dayes
            
             is
             rightly
             to
             judge
             and
             discerne
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             to
             liue
             in
             this
             world
             .
          
           
             This
             
               numbring
               of
               our
               dayes
            
             ,
             consisteth
             in
             these
             particulars
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             a
             due
             consideration
             of
             the
             uttermost
             time
             that
             we
             can
             hope
             to
             liue
             here
             ;
             which
             is
             but
             till
             we
             be
             70.
             or
             80.
             yeares
             of
             Age.
             Not
             one
             of
             fiue
             thousand
             liues
             longer
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             liue
             some
             few
             dayes
             or
             yeares
             longer
             ,
             his
             life
             is
             vnto
             him
             but
             as
             death
             :
             the
             world
             growes
             weary
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             hee
             of
             the
             world
             .
             So
             that
             we
             so
             liue
             here
             ,
             as
             men
             that
             make
             account
             to
             liue
             no
             longer
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             comparing
             the
             smallnesse
             of
             this
             number
             ,
             with
             that
             number
             of
             dayes
             that
             wee
             shall
             liue
             in
             another
             world
             .
             Alas
             ,
             what
             is
             eightie
             yeares
             to
             eternitie
             ?
             When
             we
             shall
             lie
             a
             thousand
             thousand
             yeares
             ,
             and
             bee
             as
             farre
             from
             death
             as
             the
             first
             day
             we
             began
             to
             liue
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             considering
             how
             much
             of
             our
             time
             is
             alreadie
             past
             ,
             that
             cannot
             be
             revoked
             :
             and
             that
             wee
             must
             deduct
             and
             draw
             out
             of
             that
             number
             of
             70.
             
             or
             80.
             some
             of
             vs
             haue
             spent
             of
             the
             maine
             summe
             10.
             20.
             30.
             40.
             yeares
             :
             and
             so
             the
             one
             and
             better
             halfe
             is
             gone
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             considering
             the
             vncertaintie
             of
             those
             dayes
             that
             are
             to
             come
             ;
             that
             there
             is
             not
             a
             day
             nor
             an
             houre
             that
             we
             can
             make
             any
             certain
             reckoning
             off
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             a
             day
             or
             an
             houre
             unto
             us
             :
             it
             is
             the
             present
             instant
             onely
             that
             we
             are
             sure
             off
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             making
             account
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             time
             past
             ,
             so
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             part
             of
             it
             shall
             be
             spent
             in
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             travaile
             ,
             and
             paine
             ,
             and
             distraction
             .
             So
             that
             if
             we
             shall
             deduct
             all
             those
             dayes
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             are
             come
             ,
             wee
             shall
             wish
             they
             were
             gone
             ;
             and
             before
             they
             doe
             come
             ,
             wee
             wish
             they
             might
             never
             come
             ,
             it
             wil
             diminish
             the
             maine
             summe
             exceedingly
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             point
             is
             the
             persons
             for
             whom
             this
             grace
             is
             desired
             .
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             desireth
             it
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Gods
             Children
             ;
             
               Teach
               us
            
             ,
             sayth
             he
             ,
             
               to
               number
               our
               dayes
            
             .
          
           
             Whence
             obserue
             we
             ,
             that
             it
             concerneth
             euery
             Child
             of
             God
             to
             be
             skilfull
             herein
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             numbring
             of
             his
             dayes
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             consider
             seriously
             of
             the
             shortnesse
             and
             uncertaintie
             of
             his
             life
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             to
             make
             reckoning
             and
             account
             of
             his
             time
             here
             .
             So
             that
             the
             fewer
             our
             dayes
             are
             ,
             the
             better
             use
             wee
             should
             make
             of
             them
             .
             The
             more
             uncertaine
             our
             time
             to
             come
             is
             ,
             the
             better
             we
             should
             imploy
             the
             time
             present
             .
             For
             those
             things
             that
             we
             number
             and
             reckon
             ,
             wee
             use
             to
             make
             reckoning
             off
             :
             And
             those
             things
             that
             we
             
             make
             reckoning
             of
             ,
             wee
             doe
             not
             negligently
             and
             carelesly
             spend
             .
             So
             that
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             teaching
             vs
             to
             number
             and
             reckon
             our
             dayes
             ,
             teacheth
             us
             therein
             to
             make
             reckoning
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             regard
             not
             to
             mis-spend
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             first
             this
             condemneth
             the
             practise
             of
             most
             men
             ;
             especially
             ,
             our
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             their
             Servants
             :
             who
             care
             not
             how
             they
             passe
             away
             day
             after
             day
             ,
             and
             weeke
             after
             weeke
             ;
             as
             though
             nothing
             were
             more
             troublesome
             to
             them
             then
             the
             day
             present
             .
             To
             day
             they
             wish
             for
             to
             morrow
             :
             when
             to
             morrow
             is
             come
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             wearie
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             devise
             this
             and
             that
             ,
             not
             to
             make
             use
             and
             benefit
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             but
             to
             spend
             it
             and
             passe
             it
             away
             with
             idlenesse
             :
             and
             they
             thinke
             that
             day
             is
             best
             spent
             ,
             that
             is
             most
             lightly
             ,
             and
             merrily
             flowne
             over
             their
             head
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             Gods
             children
             to
             repent
             them
             vnfainedly
             of
             so
             many
             dayes
             as
             haue
             passed
             over
             their
             head
             without
             profit
             :
             And
             it
             should
             teach
             them
             to
             make
             more
             use
             of
             the
             time
             to
             come
             :
             Even
             to
             resolue
             with
             themselues
             ,
             that
             no
             day
             to
             come
             shall
             passe
             away
             vainely
             and
             idly
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             will
             make
             some
             speciall
             use
             and
             reckoning
             of
             it
             :
             And
             therefore
             this
             day
             to
             thinke
             what
             good
             use
             they
             shall
             put
             the
             morrow
             to
             ,
             if
             God
             spare
             them
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             one
             day
             after
             another
             .
             But
             the
             Heathen
             Painter
             will
             rise
             vp
             in
             Iudgement
             to
             condemne
             many
             of
             vs
             Christians
             :
             If
             any
             day
             had
             passed
             ,
             wherein
             he
             had
             not
             done
             some
             worke
             belonging
             to
             his
             Art
             ,
             It
             is
             reported
             hee
             would
             haue
             sighed
             and
             sayd
             ,
             
               Oh
               this
               day
               haue
               I
               drawne
               never
               a
               
               lyne
               .
            
             What
             a
             shame
             then
             should
             it
             bee
             for
             any
             Christian
             to
             passe
             day
             after
             day
             without
             drawing
             any
             lyne
             ,
             or
             doing
             ought
             that
             to
             their
             Christian
             profession
             appertaineth
             ?
          
           
             The
             third
             Point
             ,
             to
             wit
             ;
             the
             meanes
             by
             which
             the
             Grace
             desired
             is
             to
             bee
             obtained
             ,
             is
             by
             being
             taught
             of
             God.
             So
             that
             it
             must
             be
             obtained
             ,
          
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               generall
               ,
               by
               Teaching
               :
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               speciall
               ,
               by
               divine
               Teaching
               ;
            
             
               3.
               
               This
               divine
               Teaching
               is
               to
               be
               obtained
               by
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               4
               This
               Prayer
               must
               be
               stirred
               vp
               by
               a
               sence
               of
               our
               mortalitie
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             first
             lessen
             hence
             then
             is
             this
             ,
             that
          
           
             The
             best
             of
             Gods
             children
             stand
             in
             need
             to
             bee
             taught
             to
             number
             their
             dayes
             .
             If
             Moses
             the
             great
             Prophet
             of
             God
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             desired
             to
             bee
             taught
             herein
             ,
             it
             shewes
             that
             he
             had
             not
             yet
             thoroughly
             learned
             it
             :
             and
             if
             hee
             had
             not
             ,
             who
             can
             say
             that
             he
             hath
             ?
             There
             is
             none
             therefore
             too
             good
             to
             be
             taught
             this
             :
             for
             certainly
             we
             shall
             the
             best
             of
             vs
             in
             our
             experience
             find
             it
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             very
             dull
             and
             ignorant
             in
             this
             dutie
             .
             And
             though
             we
             be
             taught
             to
             doe
             and
             practise
             it
             at
             some
             time
             ;
             yet
             often
             we
             are
             as
             farre
             to
             seeke
             in
             it
             as
             if
             we
             had
             neuer
             heard
             of
             it
             ;
             neuer
             thinking
             of
             our
             end
             ,
             how
             short
             our
             time
             is
             ,
             how
             many
             dayes
             we
             haue
             alreadie
             spent
             ,
             how
             few
             are
             to
             come
             ;
             but
             we
             commonly
             liue
             as
             though
             we
             had
             so
             many
             dayes
             to
             liue
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             vaine
             and
             idle
             to
             bestow
             time
             to
             number
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             wee
             might
             well
             spare
             the
             numbring
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             The
             second
             lesson
             ;
          
           
             That
             except
             God
             teach
             this
             dutie
             ,
             all
             other
             teaching
             is
             in
             vaine
             .
             It
             is
             not
             all
             the
             wit
             and
             learning
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             can
             truly
             teach
             it
             .
             Though
             Philosophers
             ,
             Orators
             ,
             and
             Divines
             should
             vse
             the
             utmost
             straine
             of
             their
             wits
             ,
             they
             cannot
             without
             a
             speciall
             ayd
             and
             helpe
             of
             God
             learne
             this
             lesson
             throughly
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             some
             way
             or
             other
             sayle
             in
             it
             :
             Those
             therefore
             ,
             that
             in
             any
             good
             measure
             haue
             learned
             it
             ,
             haue
             beene
             taught
             it
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             We
             should
             therefore
             trie
             our
             abilitie
             herein
             :
             and
             if
             we
             find
             that
             in
             some
             good
             measure
             wee
             are
             inabled
             to
             doe
             this
             dutie
             ,
             let
             vs
             acknowledge
             that
             wee
             haue
             therein
             received
             speciall
             grace
             and
             fauour
             from
             God.
             For
             without
             his
             speciall
             blessing
             and
             instruction
             ,
             wee
             shall
             never
             make
             any
             good
             and
             holy
             use
             of
             those
             dayes
             and
             times
             that
             we
             liue
             here
             ;
             but
             wee
             shall
             suffer
             day
             after
             day
             to
             passe
             over
             our
             heads
             without
             making
             any
             reckoning
             and
             account
             at
             all
             of
             them
             .
             This
             shewes
             the
             difficultie
             of
             this
             worke
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             lesson
             is
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             speciall
             meanes
             to
             moue
             God
             to
             teach
             vs
             to
             make
             reckoning
             and
             account
             of
             our
             dayes
             ,
             as
             matters
             of
             worth
             ,
             is
             Prayer
             .
             This
             the
             Prophet
             teacheth
             in
             his
             owne
             example
             ,
             and
             speaking
             in
             the
             person
             of
             all
             Gods
             people
             :
             So
             that
             those
             that
             haue
             a
             heart
             to
             call
             vpon
             God
             herein
             ,
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             finde
             God
             readie
             herein
             to
             assist
             them
             .
             If
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             to
             this
             purpose
             haue
             made
             a
             Prayer
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Moses
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             surely
             ,
             if
             Moses
             or
             any
             servant
             of
             God
             shall
             with
             a
             
             good
             heart
             make
             that
             Prayer
             ,
             they
             shall
             bee
             sure
             therein
             to
             obtaine
             their
             desire
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             lesson
             ;
          
           
             That
             to
             stirre
             up
             our
             Prayer
             to
             God
             ,
             herein
             we
             must
             be
             deeply
             possest
             and
             affected
             with
             the
             sense
             of
             our
             mortalitie
             .
             And
             surely
             ,
             if
             we
             did
             seriously
             consider
             that
             which
             hath
             beene
             taught
             vs
             in
             the
             words
             going
             before
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             but
             make
             us
             to
             pray
             earnestly
             to
             God
             for
             this
             grace
             :
             And
             there
             was
             neuer
             earnest
             Prayer
             made
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             went
             emptie
             away
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             and
             last
             point
             in
             this
             Petition
             is
             ,
             why
             and
             to
             what
             end
             we
             are
             to
             number
             our
             dayes
             thus
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               that
               so
               wee
               may
               apply
               our
               hearts
               unto
               wisedome
               :
            
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             may
             spend
             that
             small
             and
             uncertaine
             time
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             to
             liue
             here
             ,
             in
             those
             things
             that
             may
             bee
             most
             for
             our
             behoose
             and
             advantage
             .
             And
             how
             is
             that
             done
             ?
             surely
             ,
             by
             seeking
             for
             and
             pursuing
             after
             ,
             whilst
             we
             liue
             here
             ,
             the
             meanes
             of
             Gods
             fauour
             ,
             and
             life
             eternall
             .
             For
             therein
             consisteth
             true
             wisedome
             ;
             and
             this
             alone
             deserveth
             the
             name
             of
             Wisedome
             :
             all
             other
             severed
             from
             this
             ,
             or
             not
             subjected
             to
             this
             ,
             is
             but
             meere
             folly
             and
             madnesse
             ;
             though
             it
             be
             esteemed
             wisedome
             of
             those
             that
             are
             possest
             with
             the
             same
             folly
             and
             madnesse
             themselues
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             apply
             our
             hearts
             herevnto
             ,
             is
             to
             bend
             and
             spend
             the
             strength
             of
             our
             thoughts
             &
             affections
             that
             way
             :
             that
             as
             we
             see
             worldly
             minded
             men
             ,
             how
             their
             minde
             runneth
             altogether
             upon
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             humoring
             and
             pleasing
             of
             them
             that
             they
             looke
             for
             
             most
             from
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             streame
             of
             their
             affections
             floweth
             that
             way
             :
             They
             are
             never
             so
             merrie
             ,
             as
             when
             the
             world
             and
             the
             meanes
             of
             this
             life
             commeth
             in
             upon
             them
             :
             they
             are
             never
             so
             sad
             and
             heauie
             ,
             as
             when
             they
             haue
             lost
             ,
             or
             are
             in
             daunger
             to
             loose
             any
             thing
             thereof
             :
             All
             the
             power
             and
             faculties
             of
             soule
             and
             bodie
             are
             set
             on
             worke
             ,
             one
             way
             or
             other
             about
             them
             ;
             at
             least
             the
             very
             strength
             of
             them
             :
             So
             should
             our
             hearts
             and
             affections
             bee
             set
             upon
             and
             carryed
             after
             this
             true
             wisedome
             ,
             being
             seriously
             bent
             unto
             the
             speedie
             ,
             and
             earnest
             ,
             and
             constant
             pursuite
             of
             the
             grace
             and
             favour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             life
             everlasting
             ,
             and
             the
             meanes
             whereby
             they
             may
             be
             atchieved
             .
          
           
             Now
             hence
             in
             generall
             we
             learne
             ▪
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             till
             we
             come
             to
             number
             our
             dayes
             ,
             as
             is
             aforesayd
             ,
             all
             our
             labours
             and
             endevours
             are
             about
             nought
             but
             starke
             folly
             :
             such
             as
             we
             shall
             never
             reape
             any
             sound
             or
             solid
             fruit
             there-from
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             in
             the
             end
             shall
             be
             vanitie
             and
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             we
             should
             never
             thinke
             either
             our selues
             ,
             or
             others
             truly
             wise
             ,
             or
             to
             follow
             wise
             courses
             indeed
             ,
             till
             we
             haue
             learned
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             number
             our
             dayes
             .
             Yea
             ,
             till
             then
             ,
             the
             wiser
             wee
             are
             ,
             the
             greater
             fooles
             shall
             wee
             shew
             our selues
             ,
             though
             for
             our
             humane
             wisedome
             wee
             were
             fit
             to
             giue
             Princes
             counsell
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             for
             the
             Child
             of
             God
             in
             a
             slight
             manner
             to
             follow
             Wisedome
             ,
             but
             hee
             must
             set
             and
             apply
             his
             heart
             unto
             it
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             as
             a
             covetous
             man
             setteth
             and
             applyeth
             
             his
             heart
             to
             the
             getting
             of
             goods
             ,
             an
             ambitious
             man
             of
             honor
             ,
             a
             voluptuous
             man
             of
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             More
             specially
             we
             shall
             by
             this
             meanes
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             manner
             apply
             our
             hearts
             unto
             Wisedome
             ;
             when
             upon
             the
             serious
             consideration
             of
             our
             mortalitie
             &
             uncertaine
             estate
             here
             ,
             and
             the
             few
             daies
             we
             haue
             here
             to
             liue
             ;
             we
             shall
             carefully
             endevour
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             waine
             our selues
             by
             degrees
             from
             the
             loue
             and
             delights
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             things
             therof
             :
             since
             the
             time
             we
             haue
             to
             enjoy
             them
             is
             so
             short
             and
             uncertaine
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             greater
             bane
             to
             the
             soule
             then
             the
             loue
             of
             this
             world
             :
             and
             no
             better
             meanes
             to
             make
             us
             out
             of
             loue
             therewith
             ,
             then
             to
             number
             our
             dayes
             that
             wee
             haue
             to
             liue
             therein
             ,
             in
             manner
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             make
             no
             reckoning
             or
             account
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             thing
             concerning
             this
             life
             any
             further
             then
             it
             may
             further
             us
             unto
             the
             life
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             count
             all
             those
             dayes
             lost
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             spent
             in
             the
             furthering
             of
             us
             unto
             eternall
             life
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             judge
             the
             losse
             of
             any
             hope
             or
             certaintie
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             good
             change
             for
             any
             hope
             or
             certaintie
             in
             the
             next
             life
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             To
             keepe
             our selues
             free
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             we
             may
             ,
             from
             all
             distractions
             ,
             and
             from
             whatsoever
             may
             hinder
             us
             in
             the
             pursuite
             of
             this
             wisedome
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             To
             make
             no
             reckoning
             of
             more
             then
             the
             time
             present
             ;
             and
             therefore
             not
             to
             put
             off
             our
             Repentance
             ,
             or
             the
             pursuite
             hereof
             ,
             from
             this
             day
             to
             that
             day
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             were
             sure
             of
             so
             many
             and
             so
             many
             dayes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VERS
             .
             13.
             
             Returne
             ,
             ô
             Lord.
             —
          
           
             THE
             second
             Petition
             followeth
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Prophet
             prayeth
             for
             divine
             comfort
             and
             consolation
             ,
             by
             reconciliation
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             sweet
             effects
             and
             fruits
             thereof
             :
             that
             God
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             minister
             comfort
             unto
             him
             and
             to
             his
             Church
             by
             being
             pleased
             to
             be
             reconciled
             in
             mercy
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             giuing
             them
             a
             liuely
             sense
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Whence
             out
             of
             the
             Order
             that
             the
             Prophet
             vseth
             here
             ,
             we
             may
             note
             by
             the
             way
             ;
          
           
             That
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             for
             sinne
             wee
             must
             first
             desire
             wisedome
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             effectuall
             meanes
             thereof
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             true
             knowledge
             and
             understanding
             to
             do
             Gods
             will
             ,
             and
             to
             please
             him
             ,
             before
             we
             desire
             that
             he
             should
             be
             reconciled
             unto
             us
             ,
             or
             expect
             any
             drop
             of
             sound
             comfort
             from
             him
             .
             It
             is
             senselesse
             and
             against
             common
             reason
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             we
             should
             desire
             or
             hope
             for
             his
             favour
             ,
             and
             yet
             continue
             in
             our
             folly
             and
             wicked
             courses
             still
             .
             And
             yet
             this
             is
             the
             course
             that
             most
             men
             take
             ,
             when
             they
             lie
             under
             any
             judgement
             of
             God
             ;
             they
             can
             call
             for
             &
             hope
             for
             mercy
             and
             fauour
             ,
             and
             pray
             God
             to
             helpe
             them
             :
             but
             in
             the
             meane
             while
             they
             haue
             no
             desire
             nor
             purpose
             to
             seeke
             after
             true
             wisedome
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             sure
             and
             certaine
             meanes
             whereby
             to
             please
             God.
             But
             if
             ever
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             thou
             desire
             that
             God
             should
             be
             reconciled
             unto
             thee
             ,
             desire
             first
             that
             thine
             heart
             may
             bee
             applyed
             unto
             wisedome
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             in
             this
             Petition
             of
             divine
             Consolation
             he
             prayeth
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               For
               the
               grace
               of
               Reconciliation
               itselfe
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               For
               the
               feeling
               and
               effectuall
               fruits
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             The
             reconciliation
             of
             God
             to
             them
             is
             noted
             out
             principally
             by
             two
             termes
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Of
               returning
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Of
               repenting
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             Hee
             prayes
             the
             Lord
             to
             returne
             againe
             :
             therein
             resembling
             God
             to
             one
             that
             turneth
             his
             backe
             toward
             us
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             anger
             is
             gone
             away
             ,
             and
             departed
             from
             vs.
             Whence
          
           
             1.
             
             Wee
             may
             note
             a
             difference
             betweene
             Gods
             Child
             and
             the
             wicked
             .
             The
             wicked
             they
             in
             their
             heart
             desire
             the
             Lord
             in
             this
             life
             to
             goe
             farre
             from
             them
             :
             and
             they
             are
             best
             content
             when
             they
             thinke
             God
             farthest
             off
             them
             .
             But
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             are
             otherwise
             affected
             .
             This
             is
             their
             greatest
             misery
             and
             woe
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             is
             farre
             off
             them
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             hides
             his
             face
             from
             them
             .
             They
             are
             not
             so
             deeply
             affected
             with
             the
             absence
             and
             departure
             of
             any
             ,
             as
             of
             God.
             You
             shall
             see
             in
             many
             places
             of
             the
             Psalmes
             ,
             how
             Dauid
             complaines
             
             of
             nothing
             more
             then
             this
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             desire
             nothing
             more
             then
             the
             face
             and
             presence
             of
             God
             :
             so
             when
             God
             turnes
             his
             face
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             is
             departed
             ,
             they
             easily
             discerne
             it
             ,
             and
             haue
             lightly
             a
             sense
             and
             feeling
             of
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             as
             they
             are
             able
             to
             discerne
             and
             feele
             his
             presence
             ,
             so
             haue
             they
             a
             liuely
             sense
             and
             feeling
             of
             his
             absence
             .
             And
             those
             that
             never
             felt
             the
             one
             ,
             cannot
             possibly
             feele
             the
             other
             ,
             they
             that
             
             complaine
             not
             of
             his
             absence
             ,
             never
             felt
             his
             comfortable
             presence
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Note
             the
             effect
             of
             sinne
             even
             in
             Gods
             owne
             Children
             .
             It
             makes
             the
             Lord
             in
             their
             owne
             sence
             and
             apprehension
             to
             haue
             forsaken
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             gone
             away
             from
             them
             .
             And
             if
             he
             bee
             gone
             ,
             all
             blessings
             are
             gone
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             nothing
             can
             appeare
             but
             terrors
             and
             cursings
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             that
             he
             calls
             vpon
             the
             Lord
             not
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             to
             returne
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             come
             backe
             againe
             to
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             hee
             is
             gone
             :
             it
             shewes
             ,
             that
             Gods
             people
             haue
             had
             a
             sense
             of
             his
             presence
             ,
             before
             they
             felt
             his
             absence
             and
             departure
             .
             Those
             onely
             desire
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             bewaile
             his
             absence
             ,
             that
             haue
             had
             former
             experience
             of
             the
             sweetnesse
             and
             comfort
             of
             his
             presence
             .
             Till
             God
             shew
             vnto
             us
             his
             goodnesse
             and
             kindnesse
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             for
             us
             to
             desire
             his
             presence
             ,
             but
             still
             the
             more
             rather
             to
             hate
             it
             and
             flie
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Note
             a
             propertie
             of
             Gods
             childe
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             runne
             after
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             follow
             him
             the
             faster
             ,
             the
             faster
             he
             departs
             from
             him
             ;
             to
             seeke
             him
             the
             more
             ,
             the
             more
             hee
             hides
             himselfe
             ;
             to
             labour
             to
             please
             him
             the
             more
             ,
             the
             more
             hee
             sees
             him
             offended
             :
             And
             never
             to
             giue
             over
             ,
             till
             hee
             bee
             sure
             of
             Gods
             fauour
             :
             and
             not
             to
             feare
             that
             he
             will
             turne
             againe
             to
             their
             hurt
             ,
             but
             to
             their
             good
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Wee
             learne
             here
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             sence
             of
             our
             
             Mortalitie
             ,
             (
             especially
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             come
             neare
             unto
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             of
             late
             to
             this
             Family
             ,
             whence
             the
             members
             thereof
             are
             scattered
             ,
             
             &c.
             )
             wee
             should
             labour
             therein
             to
             see
             the
             Lords
             anger
             against
             vs
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             behold
             him
             as
             it
             were
             ;
             after
             a
             sort
             departed
             from
             us
             :
             and
             therefore
             wee
             should
             call
             vpon
             him
             to
             returne
             againe
             .
             And
             calling
             vpon
             him
             servently
             ,
             vpon
             such
             occasions
             as
             these
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             sence
             of
             his
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             sinnes
             the
             cause
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Lord
             will
             in
             mercie
             returne
             to
             vs
             againe
             ;
             And
             some
             way
             or
             other
             bring
             with
             him
             as
             great
             a
             comfort
             and
             blessing
             ,
             as
             hee
             hath
             taken
             away
             from
             us
             ,
             reparing
             in
             his
             blessed
             time
             the
             ruines
             and
             breaches
             thereof
             .
          
           
             
               —
               How
               long
               ?
               —
            
          
           
             THis
             is
             an
             argument
             to
             moue
             the
             Lord
             to
             returne
             ;
             as
             if
             hee
             should
             say
             ,
             Oh
             Lord
             nowe
             returne
             ;
             for
             ,
             thou
             hast
             beene
             a
             long
             time
             absent
             .
          
           
             Whence
             we
             learne
             ,
             that
          
           
             1.
             
             God
             vseth
             many
             times
             to
             be
             a
             long
             time
             absent
             from
             his
             Children
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             had
             utterly
             forsaken
             them
             ,
             and
             meant
             never
             to
             looke
             after
             them
             more
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             His
             children
             are
             sensible
             thereof
             ;
             and
             measure
             the
             time
             :
             And
             the
             longer
             he
             is
             away
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             desire
             him
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             A
             speciall
             meanes
             to
             make
             the
             Lord
             after
             his
             long
             absence
             to
             returne
             ,
             is
             to
             urge
             him
             herewith
             .
          
           
           
             
               —
               And
               let
               it
               repent
               thee
               concerning
               thy
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             HItherto
             of
             the
             first
             Act
             of
             Reconciliation
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             Returne
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             shew
             himselfe
             a
             louing
             and
             gracious
             God
             vnto
             them
             ,
             as
             formerly
             he
             had
             done
             .
          
           
             Now
             secondly
             ,
             he
             desireth
             that
             it
             would
             repent
             him
             :
             whereby
             wee
             are
             not
             to
             conceiue
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             can
             repent
             in
             any
             such
             manner
             as
             man
             useth
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             indeed
             grieued
             and
             troubled
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             wishing
             it
             had
             not
             beene
             done
             ;
             Or
             ,
             that
             in
             any
             thing
             his
             minde
             is
             altred
             and
             changed
             .
             
               God
               is
               not
               as
               man
               ,
               that
               he
            
             
             
               should
               repent
            
             ;
             Seeing
             hee
             doth
             not
             ,
             nor
             can
             doe
             nothing
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             for
             good
             ends
             ;
             and
             he
             ever
             obtaines
             his
             ends
             ;
             and
             he
             never
             doth
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             he
             doth
             it
             with
             that
             wisedome
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             done
             then
             left
             vndone
             .
             Repentance
             in
             God
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             surceasing
             of
             his
             former
             course
             ;
             When
             after
             hee
             hath
             corrected
             and
             chastened
             ,
             he
             shewes
             loue
             and
             mercy
             ,
             which
             vnder
             his
             chastisement
             did
             lie
             hid
             .
             Yet
             in
             euery
             such
             change
             ,
             the
             Lord
             seemeth
             to
             us
             ,
             to
             bee
             like
             a
             person
             that
             is
             sorry
             for
             that
             hee
             hath
             done
             ,
             performing
             such
             like
             actions
             ,
             as
             repenting
             persons
             use
             to
             doe
             in
             the
             like
             case
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             a
             Father
             ,
             after
             he
             hath
             corrected
             his
             child
             ,
             shewes
             no
             signes
             of
             sorrow
             for
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             childe
             continues
             stubborne
             ;
             but
             after
             that
             hee
             hath
             amended
             his
             fault
             ▪
             and
             is
             sorry
             for
             it
             ,
             the
             Father
             presently
             burneth
             the
             rod
             ,
             
             or
             by
             some
             such
             signe
             shewes
             as
             if
             hee
             were
             sorry
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             bestowes
             some
             gift
             on
             the
             child
             ,
             as
             if
             hee
             had
             done
             him
             wrong
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             indeede
             neyther
             so
             nor
             so
             ,
             but
             onely
             a
             testification
             of
             his
             loue
             more
             plainely
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             child
             ,
             that
             was
             hidden
             vnder
             correction
             before
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             as
             the
             child
             thinkes
             ,
             his
             Father
             hates
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             corrects
             him
             ,
             and
             repents
             his
             hatred
             ,
             when
             he
             ceaseth
             to
             correct
             ;
             So
             Gods
             children
             in
             a
             manner
             so
             conceiue
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             God
             is
             pleased
             that
             they
             should
             after
             some
             sort
             so
             esteeme
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Then
             God
             is
             sayd
             to
             repent
             ,
             when
             upon
             our
             repentance
             ,
             he
             ceaseth
             to
             correct
             and
             punish
             vs
             :
             For
             God
             doth
             not
             alwayes
             incessantly
             and
             continually
             beat
             his
             children
             ,
             but
             he
             vseth
             mercy
             and
             moderation
             in
             the
             correction
             of
             them
             :
             like
             a
             kind
             Father
             ,
             who
             though
             some
             time
             he
             beat
             his
             child
             till
             the
             bloud
             follow
             ,
             and
             the
             child
             therevpon
             can
             apprehend
             nothing
             but
             that
             he
             is
             a
             cruell
             and
             hard
             hearted
             Father
             ;
             yet
             those
             stripes
             are
             moderated
             with
             mercy
             ;
             hee
             will
             not
             breake
             the
             bones
             of
             the
             childe
             ,
             nor
             continually
             lie
             beating
             of
             him
             ,
             but
             will
             stay
             his
             hand
             ;
             especially
             then
             when
             he
             hath
             obtained
             his
             end
             ,
             that
             his
             childe
             is
             humbled
             and
             sorry
             for
             his
             fault
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             God
             doth
             not
             so
             onely
             ,
             but
             often
             as
             a
             louing
             Father
             or
             Mother
             useth
             to
             do
             ,
             he
             manifests
             a
             kind
             of
             wrath
             against
             the
             rod
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             corrected
             his
             childe
             ,
             That
             is
             ,
             those
             whom
             he
             hath
             raised
             vp
             to
             afflict
             his
             Children
             withall
             ,
             whom
             he
             calls
             
               the
               rod
               of
               his
               indignation
            
             ;
             he
             punisheth
             them
             as
             though
             
             he
             were
             angry
             with
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             instruments
             
             that
             he
             made
             or
             used
             to
             that
             end
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             God
             doth
             not
             so
             onely
             ,
             but
             if
             his
             childe
             be
             soundly
             humbled
             under
             his
             hand
             ,
             laboureth
             to
             see
             his
             fault
             ,
             and
             acknowledge
             it
             ,
             God
             will
             shew
             some
             way
             or
             other
             speciall
             kindnesse
             ,
             he
             will
             recompence
             his
             childe
             as
             it
             were
             for
             the
             hurt
             hee
             hath
             done
             him
             ,
             as
             though
             he
             had
             wronged
             him
             .
             So
             that
             God
             will
             never
             shew
             himselfe
             more
             kinde
             to
             any
             then
             to
             those
             that
             hee
             hath
             corrected
             ;
             He
             will
             double
             and
             treble
             his
             kindnesse
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Prophet
             in
             praying
             thus
             ,
             and
             teaching
             us
             to
             pray
             thus
             ,
             teacheth
             us
             to
             hope
             ;
             and
             embouldeneth
             us
             in
             all
             our
             afflictions
             or
             chastisements
             to
             craue
             this
             at
             Gods
             hands
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             unfained
             begging
             of
             this
             will
             bee
             a
             meanes
             of
             obtaining
             so
             much
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Therefore
             hence
             let
             vs
             learne
             lying
             vnder
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             though
             for
             a
             long
             time
             together
             ,
             not
             to
             despaire
             ,
             as
             though
             when
             God
             shewed
             himselfe
             once
             angry
             ,
             there
             were
             no
             hope
             or
             expectation
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             ever
             againe
             shew
             himselfe
             mercifull
             .
             Nay
             ,
             
               God
               is
               a
               God
               of
               mercy
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
             more
             wrath
             he
             shewes
             to
             his
             child
             ,
             the
             more
             mercy
             and
             grace
             he
             will
             shew
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             should
             not
             discourage
             vs
             that
             trust
             in
             God
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             enemies
             of
             Gods
             children
             afflict
             and
             vex
             them
             ,
             and
             triumph
             over
             them
             .
             
               God
               is
               a
            
             
             
               God
               that
               will
               repent
            
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             repents
             ,
             woe
             to
             them
             :
             for
             Gods
             children
             shall
             fare
             the
             better
             for
             the
             evill
             that
             is
             done
             vnto
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             the
             worse
             ,
             though
             they
             haue
             beene
             instruments
             of
             Gods
             owne
             wrath
             and
             indignation
             in
             those
             euils
             ,
             
             that
             his
             Children
             at
             their
             hands
             haue
             endured
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             is
             an
             holy
             grieuing
             and
             angring
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             vnder
             his
             hand
             we
             can
             so
             humble
             our selues
             ,
             that
             we
             make
             him
             as
             it
             were
             sorry
             and
             angry
             with
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             hee
             hath
             beaten
             vs.
             Wee
             haue
             no
             other
             meanes
             ,
             when
             God
             punisheth
             vs
             ,
             to
             grieue
             and
             vex
             him
             .
             Wee
             cannot
             make
             him
             any
             other-wise
             to
             repent
             of
             the
             euill
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             vnto
             us
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Concerning
               thy
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             these
             words
             is
             implied
             a
             motiue
             ,
             to
             stirre
             up
             the
             Lord
             to
             grant
             this
             request
             :
             as
             if
             hee
             should
             say
             ,
             Wee
             are
             thy
             servants
             ;
             ergò
             let
             it
             repent
             thee
             concerning
             vs.
             
          
           
             Note
             wee
             hence
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             vnder
             Gods
             correction
             his
             Children
             still
             remaine
             the
             seruants
             of
             God.
             Yea
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             corrects
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             studious
             they
             are
             to
             serue
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             onely
             way
             to
             make
             GOD
             repent
             him
             of
             the
             judgements
             hee
             brings
             on
             vs
             ,
             is
             to
             manifest
             and
             professe
             that
             wee
             are
             his
             servants
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             those
             that
             are
             not
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             ,
             haue
             no
             cause
             to
             hope
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             repent
             him
             of
             any
             evill
             toward
             them
             .
             But
             they
             are
             to
             expect
             rather
             evill
             upon
             evill
             ,
             and
             judgement
             vpon
             judgement
             ;
             till
             they
             come
             to
             everlasting
             judgement
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             VERS
             .
             14.
             
             Oh
             satisfie
             vs
             early
             with
             thy
             mercy
             :
             that
             we
             may
             reioyce
             and
             be
             glad
             all
             our
             dayes
             .
          
           
             HItherto
             the
             Prophet
             prayed
             for
             Reconciliation
             it selfe
             :
             now
             hee
             prayeth
             for
             the
             feeling
             and
             effectuall
             fruits
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             These
             feeling
             and
             effectuall
             fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             are
             a
             liuely
             sense
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             and
             a
             fulnesse
             of
             joy
             ,
             arising
             and
             issuing
             there-from
             .
             For
             the
             Childe
             of
             God
             can
             haue
             no
             hope
             of
             comfort
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             hope
             of
             Gods
             Reconciliation
             :
             nor
             hope
             of
             Gods
             Reconciliation
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             his
             mercie
             .
             And
             where
             there
             is
             a
             liuely
             and
             full
             sense
             of
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             there
             cannot
             but
             be
             sound
             ,
             solid
             ,
             and
             lasting
             joy
             and
             delight
             in
             that
             soule
             .
          
           
             Where
             note
             also
             ;
          
           
             That
             Gods
             children
             are
             not
             wont
             to
             content
             themselues
             with
             a
             meere
             fancie
             and
             imagination
             of
             Gods
             savor
             :
             but
             they
             are
             never
             at
             rest
             ,
             till
             they
             feele
             it
             in
             the
             signes
             and
             fruits
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             this
             mercy
             the
             Prophet
             prayeth
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               generall
               in
               this
               Verse
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               speciall
               in
               the
               next
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             generall
             there
             is
             a
             Petition
             ,
             and
             a
             reason
             thereof
             rendred
             .
          
           
             The
             Petition
             is
             for
             Mercy
             wherein
             hee
             prayeth
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               For
               the
               Grace
               it selfe
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               For
               the
               measure
               of
               it
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               For
               expedition
               in
               the
               granting
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             act
             or
             effect
             of
             Reconciliation
             is
             the
             
             worke
             of
             Mercy
             ;
             when
             the
             Lord
             manifesteth
             that
             he
             is
             affected
             with
             compassion
             towards
             those
             servants
             of
             his
             ,
             whom
             he
             hath
             formerly
             afflicted
             .
          
           
             Whence
             we
             note
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             cause
             to
             hope
             that
             God
             is
             reconciled
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             till
             he
             some
             way
             or
             other
             shew
             mercy
             vpon
             us
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             there
             can
             bee
             no
             unfained
             desire
             of
             mercy
             till
             we
             feele
             our
             owne
             misery
             ,
             and
             our
             just
             desert
             ;
             till
             we
             haue
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             vpon
             us
             for
             our
             sinnes
             :
             Our
             misery
             is
             his
             mercy
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             mercy
             ,
             where
             men
             feele
             not
             the
             want
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             begge
             it
             at
             Gods
             hands
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             desireth
             to
             be
             satisfied
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Whence
             wee
             note
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             nothing
             will
             satisfie
             Gods
             Children
             but
             Gods
             mercy
             .
             All
             is
             as
             nothing
             to
             them
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             they
             desire
             not
             onely
             mercy
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             content
             with
             it
             .
             They
             desire
             nothing
             but
             that
             ,
             making
             no
             doubt
             but
             that
             having
             that
             ;
             they
             shall
             haue
             all
             things
             together
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             they
             desire
             not
             some
             small
             drop
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             craue
             such
             a
             measure
             of
             it
             as
             may
             even
             fill
             and
             satisfie
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             his
             suite
             is
             that
             they
             may
             haue
             this
             mercy
             early
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             haue
             the
             sense
             and
             feeling
             of
             it
             betimes
             .
          
           
           
             Where
             obserue
             we
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             A
             difference
             betweene
             Gods
             children
             ,
             and
             wicked
             worldlings
             .
             Gods
             children
             desire
             to
             haue
             Gods
             mercy
             betimes
             :
             whereas
             the
             wicked
             put
             it
             of
             still
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ;
             they
             desire
             ,
             with
             Balaam
             Num.
             23.
             10.
             to
             haue
             it
             in
             the
             end
             ;
             but
             they
             care
             not
             for
             it
             early
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             those
             that
             will
             be
             satisfied
             earely
             with
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             must
             earely
             repent
             ,
             and
             earely
             seeke
             after
             it
             ,
             and
             earely
             desire
             and
             pray
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             followeth
             ,
             
               That
               we
               may
               reioyce
               ,
               and
               be
               glad
               all
               our
               dayes
               .
            
          
           
             Whence
             we
             note
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             Gods
             children
             may
             lawfully
             desire
             to
             rejoyce
             and
             be
             glad
             all
             their
             dayes
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             true
             joy
             and
             gladnesse
             springeth
             from
             the
             mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             assurance
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             Gods
             children
             desire
             no
             other
             joy
             or
             gladnesse
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             springeth
             from
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             15.
             
             Make
             us
             glad
             according
             to
             the
             daies
             wherein
             thou
             hast
             afflicted
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             yeares
             wherein
             wee
             haue
             seene
             evill
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             generall
             suite
             for
             mercy
             ,
             followeth
             a
             more
             speciall
             suite
             for
             the
             same
             :
          
           
             Wherein
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             speciall
             the
             Church
             calleth
             upon
             God
             himselfe
             to
             make
             her
             to
             rejoyce
             ;
             and
             that
             according
             to
             the
             degree
             and
             proportion
             of
             her
             former
             affliction
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Shee
             in
             her
             Prayers
             beggeth
             the
             speciall
             meanes
             thereof
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             we
             learne
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Church
             being
             humbled
             with
             the
             sense
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             no
             bodie
             can
             comfort
             her
             and
             reioyce
             her
             but
             God
             onely
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Fountaine
             be
             bitter
             ,
             how
             can
             the
             streames
             bee
             sweete
             ?
             If
             God
             the
             Fountaine
             of
             all
             Goodnesse
             afflict
             us
             with
             evill
             ,
             what
             hope
             can
             wee
             haue
             of
             God
             from
             any
             other
             ?
             If
             the
             Almightie
             wound
             vs
             in
             his
             wrath
             ,
             who
             can
             heale
             vs
             ?
             Or
             if
             any
             shall
             heale
             one
             wound
             ,
             shall
             wee
             not
             haue
             cause
             to
             feare
             two
             for
             that
             one
             ?
             To
             reioyce
             in
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             when
             God
             is
             angry
             with
             us
             and
             smites
             us
             ,
             is
             as
             if
             whilst
             wee
             are
             in
             the
             pawes
             of
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             and
             readie
             to
             bee
             deuoured
             ,
             wee
             should
             then
             bee
             delighted
             with
             the
             Friskes
             and
             Gambols
             of
             Apes
             and
             Munkies
             .
             To
             seeke
             for
             comfort
             and
             delight
             in
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             whilst
             God
             is
             angry
             with
             us
             ,
             is
             as
             vaine
             as
             if
             a
             man
             in
             his
             drought
             being
             kept
             from
             water
             ,
             should
             thinke
             to
             quench
             his
             thirst
             by
             drinking
             of
             Brine
             .
          
           
             The
             use
             hereof
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             should
             teach
             us
             in
             our
             miseries
             and
             afflictions
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             labour
             to
             see
             Gods
             hand
             in
             them
             ;
             That
             it
             is
             God
             that
             chasteneth
             and
             afflicteth
             ,
             and
             maketh
             vs
             sorrowfull
             ;
             And
             when
             wee
             see
             that
             ,
             it
             should
             teach
             us
             to
             flie
             to
             him
             for
             comfort
             and
             ease
             ;
             and
             never
             to
             expect
             it
             els-where
             .
             Yea
             ,
             herein
             wee
             should
             in
             our
             afflictions
             approue
             our selues
             to
             be
             Gods
             children
             ,
             if
             wee
             can
             seeke
             to
             him
             for
             ease
             and
             comfort
             that
             hath
             smitten
             vs
             ;
             And
             the
             contrary
             is
             a
             signe
             of
             a
             Gracelesse
             childe
             ,
             
             who
             at
             that
             time
             that
             he
             knowes
             his
             Father
             is
             exceedingly
             wrath
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             hath
             beene
             corrected
             by
             him
             ,
             will
             never
             seeke
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             sport
             and
             delight
             himselfe
             with
             the
             servants
             ,
             or
             with
             Dogs
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             comforting
             others
             that
             are
             afflicted
             under
             the
             sence
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             It
             should
             teach
             us
             to
             speake
             in
             that
             manner
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             discerne
             that
             God
             speakes
             in
             and
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             that
             comfort
             that
             wee
             desire
             to
             possesse
             them
             with
             ,
             is
             a
             divine
             comfort
             ,
             and
             hath
             his
             ground
             from
             Gods
             owne
             word
             .
             Else
             all
             comfort
             will
             bee
             but
             vaine
             .
             Yea
             ,
             wee
             shall
             shew
             our selues
             but
             lewd
             and
             prophane
             persons
             ,
             if
             wee
             shall
             endeuour
             to
             comfort
             Gods
             childe
             by
             any
             other
             kind
             of
             comfort
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             proceeds
             from
             God
             ;
             this
             being
             to
             teach
             them
             to
             despise
             God
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             a
             despising
             of
             ones
             Parents
             for
             a
             childe
             whilst
             his
             Father
             is
             wrath
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             is
             smiting
             of
             him
             ,
             to
             laugh
             at
             and
             be
             merry
             with
             others
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Gods
             childe
             in
             his
             sorrow
             should
             desire
             no
             other
             joy
             or
             gladnes
             ,
             but
             what
             God
             maketh
             him
             :
             as
             indeed
             no
             other
             joy
             can
             make
             him
             truely
             glad
             againe
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             proceedes
             from
             him
             that
             before
             made
             him
             sad
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             place
             we
             learne
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             signes
             and
             tokens
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             Gods
             childe
             may
             haue
             hopes
             and
             encouragements
             of
             joy
             and
             comfort
             even
             in
             God
             :
             That
             God
             that
             humbles
             his
             childe
             will
             comfort
             him
             ,
             if
             whilst
             hee
             is
             humbled
             hee
             shew
             himselfe
             to
             be
             the
             child
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             stubbornly
             carry
             
             himselfe
             under
             the
             rod
             ,
             but
             submit
             himselfe
             and
             pray
             unto
             him
             for
             comfort
             .
             For
             Gods
             spirit
             would
             never
             haue
             taught
             his
             Church
             to
             haue
             asked
             this
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             God
             herein
             would
             not
             be
             readie
             to
             yeeld
             to
             his
             child
             .
          
           
             The
             measure
             of
             joy
             that
             the
             Church
             craues
             from
             God
             is
             
               according
               to
               the
               dayes
               and
               yeares
               of
               their
               afflictions
               ,
            
             a
             joy
             answerable
             and
             proportionable
             to
             their
             affliction
             :
             that
             as
             God
             had
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             for
             many
             daies
             and
             yeares
             afflicted
             them
             ,
             so
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             send
             them
             answerable
             comfort
             .
          
           
             Whence
             by
             the
             way
             we
             may
             note
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             speciall
             affliction
             and
             calamity
             of
             Gods
             Church
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             seemes
             to
             be
             an
             occasion
             that
             mooved
             the
             Prophet
             to
             pen
             this
             Psalme
             concerning
             the
             frailtie
             and
             mortalitie
             of
             Man
             in
             generall
             ,
             teaching
             vs
             upon
             the
             like
             speciall
             occasions
             to
             meditate
             of
             this
             Argument
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             it
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             ,
             That
             God
             should
             humble
             and
             afflict
             his
             Church
             ,
             not
             for
             an
             houre
             or
             a
             day
             ,
             but
             for
             many
             dayes
             and
             yeares
             together
             sometimes
             :
             which
             should
             teach
             vs
             the
             more
             patiently
             to
             beare
             shorter
             afflictions
             ;
             and
             in
             our
             affliction
             from
             day
             to
             day
             and
             yeare
             to
             yeare
             waite
             the
             Lords
             leasure
             for
             deliverance
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             speciall
             poynt
             wee
             are
             to
             note
             is
             this
             ;
             That
             the
             Church
             in
             this
             doth
             imply
             an
             Argument
             to
             moue
             the
             Lord
             to
             make
             them
             glad
             ,
             yea
             to
             make
             them
             glad
             for
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             because
             they
             haue
             for
             a
             long
             time
             bin
             afflicted
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             Oh
             Lord
             thou
             knowest
             how
             many
             dayes
             wee
             haue
             beene
             afflicted
             ,
             yea
             ,
             how
             many
             yeares
             wee
             
             haue
             seene
             euill
             ,
             therefore
             accordingly
             make
             vs
             glad
             .
          
           
             Whence
             wee
             learne
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             a
             proportion
             betweene
             the
             afflictions
             and
             miseries
             of
             Gods
             children
             ,
             and
             their
             comforts
             .
          
           
             Are
             they
             greatly
             afflicted
             ?
             Surely
             they
             shall
             haue
             great
             gladnesse
             .
             Are
             they
             dayes
             ,
             moneths
             ,
             and
             yeares
             chastised
             ?
             They
             shall
             accordingly
             rejoyce
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             our
             afflictions
             are
             as
             it
             were
             a
             bond
             ,
             and
             doe
             tie
             the
             Lord
             to
             make
             vs
             glad
             .
             So
             that
             wee
             cannot
             use
             a
             more
             forcible
             reason
             then
             this
             to
             induce
             him
             therevnto
             .
             And
             why
             ?
             Surely
             because
             the
             Lord
             is
             a
             most
             mercifull
             and
             kind
             Father
             :
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             but
             please
             and
             delight
             his
             childe
             the
             more
             ,
             the
             more
             hee
             hath
             afflicted
             him
             ;
             especially
             ,
             if
             vnder
             his
             affliction
             hee
             shall
             shew
             himselfe
             a
             dutifull
             childe
             .
          
           
             This
             should
             teach
             us
             to
             be
             of
             good
             comfort
             in
             our
             greatest
             and
             longest
             afflictions
             ;
             yea
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             more
             comforted
             for
             them
             ,
             so
             we
             make
             true
             use
             of
             them
             .
             For
             these
             are
             tokens
             and
             sore-runners
             of
             great
             and
             lasting
             joy
             .
             If
             wee
             call
             vpon
             the
             Lord
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             long
             ere
             he
             heare
             vs
             ,
             yet
             at
             length
             he
             will
             heare
             vs
             ;
             and
             the
             longer
             it
             shall
             be
             before
             he
             heare
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             will
             glad
             vs
             when
             he
             heares
             vs.
             So
             that
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             make
             vs
             glad
             ,
             hee
             will
             pay
             vs
             usury
             ,
             nay
             ,
             use
             vpon
             use
             And
             wee
             should
             rather
             feare
             then
             otherwise
             ,
             when
             wee
             never
             saw
             any
             evill
             dayes
             ,
             or
             saw
             it
             but
             for
             a
             few
             dayes
             .
             For
             how
             glad
             and
             merry
             soever
             wee
             haue
             beene
             ;
             yet
             wee
             haue
             cause
             to
             feare
             that
             the
             Lord
             did
             never
             
             make
             vs
             merry
             .
             And
             our
             sorrow
             to
             come
             shall
             bee
             according
             to
             the
             dayes
             and
             yeares
             of
             that
             mirth
             which
             is
             not
             of
             the
             Lords
             making
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             16.
             
             Let
             thy
             worke
             appeare
             upon
             thy
             servants
             :
             and
             thy
             glory
             unto
             their
             Children
             .
          
           
             HItherto
             of
             the
             measure
             of
             Gladnesse
             that
             the
             Church
             desires
             .
          
           
             The
             meanes
             of
             Gladnesse
             followes
             ,
             which
             he
             craueth
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 In
                 generall
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 In
                 speciall
                 .
              
            
          
           
             In
             generall
             .
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 worke
                 of
                 GOD
                 may
                 appeare
                 upon
                 his
                 servants
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 his
                 glory
                 may
                 appeare
                 unto
                 their
                 Children
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               His
               worke
            
             in
             this
             place
             signifieth
             the
             issue
             and
             fruit
             of
             their
             afflictions
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Church
             prayeth
             here
             that
             God
             would
             manifest
             vnto
             her
             ,
             that
             good
             worke
             that
             he
             hath
             aymed
             at
             all
             this
             while
             in
             afflicting
             her
             .
          
           
             The
             very
             afflicting
             of
             his
             Church
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             God
             :
             but
             that
             more
             especially
             is
             his
             worke
             ,
             which
             by
             afflicting
             her
             hee
             propounds
             to
             effect
             .
             The
             Hewing
             ,
             Squaring
             ,
             and
             Sawing
             of
             Timber
             is
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             Carpenter
             :
             but
             his
             speciall
             worke
             indeed
             is
             the
             House
             ,
             that
             by
             meanes
             thereof
             hee
             worketh
             :
             So
             the
             melting
             ,
             refining
             ,
             and
             polishing
             of
             Siluer
             or
             Gold
             is
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             Gold-smith
             ,
             
             but
             more
             especially
             the
             Cup
             or
             Boule
             that
             by
             that
             meanes
             he
             frameth
             .
          
           
             Hence
             we
             may
             learne
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             God
             many
             times
             hideth
             the
             speciall
             end
             ,
             why
             he
             doth
             afflict
             vs.
             He
             beats
             his
             Church
             sometimes
             for
             a
             long
             time
             together
             ;
             and
             the
             Church
             neither
             can
             tell
             the
             speciall
             cause
             why
             ,
             nor
             what
             will
             bee
             the
             issue
             or
             consequent
             of
             it
             .
             Ordinarily
             Parents
             never
             correct
             their
             Children
             but
             before-hand
             they
             acquaint
             them
             with
             the
             particular
             fault
             ,
             and
             the
             child
             can
             gesse
             at
             the
             end
             that
             his
             Father
             aymes
             at
             :
             So
             doth
             God
             many
             times
             ,
             and
             his
             children
             also
             can
             see
             in
             the
             very
             rod
             of
             God
             ,
             their
             fault
             ,
             and
             what
             God
             aymes
             at
             in
             the
             same
             ;
             But
             sometimes
             they
             cannot
             for
             their
             liues
             for
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             though
             at
             length
             they
             shall
             see
             it
             .
             God
             puts
             them
             oft
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             he
             hammers
             them
             oft
             ouer
             and
             ouer
             againe
             :
             but
             what
             peece
             of
             worke
             the
             Lord
             will
             make
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             no
             more
             know
             somtimes
             then
             the
             iron
             vpon
             the
             Anveile
             knowes
             what
             the
             Smith
             will
             make
             of
             it
             ,
             whether
             a
             Locke
             or
             a
             Key
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Though
             the
             Church
             or
             Gods
             child
             do
             not
             yet
             see
             what
             the
             worke
             of
             God
             will
             bee
             ,
             yet
             how
             hardly
             soever
             God
             doth
             deale
             with
             them
             ,
             though
             he
             cast
             them
             never
             so
             oft
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             &
             hammer
             and
             beat
             them
             never
             so
             much
             ,
             yea
             ,
             though
             they
             haue
             an
             apprehension
             of
             his
             wrath
             therein
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Smith
             when
             hee
             beateth
             his
             iron
             ;
             yet
             the
             child
             of
             God
             presumeth
             that
             that
             worke
             〈◊〉
             God
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             will
             a
             good
             issue
             and
             blessed
             effect
             spring
             there-from
             .
             Hence
             they
             pray
             
             
             and
             desire
             earnestly
             to
             see
             the
             same
             :
             and
             prayer
             is
             a
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             is
             a
             speciall
             meanes
             to
             make
             them
             glad
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             manifest
             vnto
             them
             the
             blessed
             fruits
             and
             effects
             of
             his
             affliction
             .
             Yea
             ,
             till
             then
             they
             cannot
             be
             soundly
             made
             glad
             ;
             though
             the
             Lord
             should
             surcease
             to
             afflict
             them
             .
             But
             when
             that
             worke
             appeares
             ,
             then
             they
             cannot
             but
             bee
             glad
             ,
             yea
             ,
             so
             glad
             that
             they
             shall
             blesse
             the
             day
             that
             God
             did
             chastise
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             see
             the
             evill
             that
             God
             kept
             them
             from
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             he
             hath
             effected
             by
             the
             same
             .
             As
             Dauid
             Psal.
             119.
             71.
             
             
               It
               is
               good
               for
               mee
               that
               I
               haue
               beene
               afflicted
               .
            
             So
             that
             how
             bitter
             and
             sharpe
             soever
             thine
             affliction
             bee
             ,
             yet
             comfort
             thy selfe
             in
             this
             ;
             thou
             art
             vnder
             the
             Lords
             hammer
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             worke
             he
             aimes
             at
             is
             finished
             ,
             and
             appeares
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             glad
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             God.
             When
             therefore
             wee
             lie
             vnder
             any
             crosse
             ,
             let
             vs
             possesse
             our
             soules
             with
             patience
             ,
             till
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             Lord
             appeare
             ;
             and
             then
             wee
             shall
             be
             glad
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             in
             this
             Petition
             giues
             her selfe
             againe
             the
             title
             of
             Servants
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             persons
             both
             bound
             and
             readie
             to
             yeeld
             all
             obedience
             ,
             and
             to
             performe
             any
             seruice
             to
             God
             that
             hee
             shall
             put
             them
             vnto
             .
             So
             that
             this
             is
             an
             argument
             to
             moue
             the
             Lord
             to
             grant
             this
             request
             ,
             and
             a
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             it
             ,
             for
             one
             to
             be
             Gods
             servant
             even
             vnder
             affliction
             :
             for
             to
             none
             else
             shall
             ever
             this
             worke
             appeare
             to
             make
             them
             glad
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             adde
             vnto
             them
             crosse
             vpon
             crosse
             .
             So
             that
             the
             more
             seruiceable
             and
             dutifull
             we
             bee
             vnto
             God
             in
             our
             
             afflictions
             ,
             the
             more
             wee
             shall
             discerne
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             Lord
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             worke
             as
             shall
             make
             vs
             rejoyce
             according
             to
             the
             proportion
             of
             our
             afflictions
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             meanes
             in
             generall
             followeth
             .
             
               And
               thy
               glory
               vnto
               their
               Children
               ,
            
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             our
             children
             may
             see
             the
             glorious
             fruit
             of
             this
             affliction
             in
             vs
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             not
             bee
             discouraged
             thereby
             to
             serue
             thee
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             more
             hartned
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             see
             what
             a
             glorious
             worke
             thou
             hast
             wrought
             in
             and
             vpon
             vs
             by
             afflicting
             vs.
             
          
           
             So
             that
             by
             making
             good
             use
             of
             our
             affliction
             ,
             not
             onely
             our selues
             ,
             but
             our
             posteritie
             also
             shall
             fare
             the
             better
             for
             it
             ,
             the
             Lord
             will
             worke
             such
             a
             worke
             thereby
             as
             shall
             not
             onely
             make
             vs
             glad
             ,
             but
             make
             his
             glory
             shine
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             our
             Children
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             shall
             follow
             after
             vs
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             shall
             haue
             occasion
             to
             blesse
             God
             for
             vs.
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             
               the
               bloud
               of
               Martyrs
               is
               the
               seed
               of
            
             
             
               Gods
               Church
            
             :
             and
             that
             wicked
             persecutors
             are
             so
             crossed
             in
             their
             maine
             ends
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             end
             the
             contrary
             to
             their
             hopes
             falleth
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             VERS
             .
             17.
             
             And
             let
             the
             beautie
             of
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             bee
             upon
             us
             ;
             and
             establish
             thou
             the
             worke
             of
             our
             hands
             vpon
             us
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             worke
             of
             our
             hand
             establish
             thou
             it
             .
          
           
             THE
             more
             speciall
             meanes
             of
             Gladnesse
             followes
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             
               the
               beautie
               of
               the
               Lord
               her
               God
               bee
               upon
               
               her
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             That
             by
             this
             meanes
             shee
             may
             be
             purged
             from
             that
             corruption
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             prouoking
             the
             Lord
             vnto
             wrath
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             image
             of
             God
             thereby
             may
             bee
             renued
             more
             and
             more
             in
             her
             ,
             and
             may
             appeare
             so
             to
             bee
             to
             others
             .
             For
             then
             the
             beauty
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             upon
             vs
             ,
             when
             wee
             are
             like
             to
             him
             and
             resemble
             him
             in
             holinesse
             and
             righteousnesse
             ;
             when
             wee
             shine
             by
             his
             beames
             ;
             when
             our
             wills
             are
             conformable
             to
             his
             will
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             giue
             entertainment
             to
             all
             his
             Ordinances
             ;
             and
             when
             to
             this
             end
             he
             vouch
             safeth
             his
             Church
             all
             the
             ordinary
             meanes
             of
             saluation
             .
             Where
             this
             is
             wanting
             ,
             all
             other
             beautie
             and
             glory
             is
             but
             as
             a
             gold
             Ring
             in
             a
             swines
             snout
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             painted
             Sepulcher
             ,
             having
             nothing
             but
             filthy
             and
             loth
             some
             matter
             within
             it
             .
          
           
             Whence
             we
             note
             ;
             that
          
           
             Gods
             children
             afflicted
             ,
             count
             pietie
             ,
             religion
             ,
             and
             the
             feare
             of
             God
             their
             greatest
             beauty
             and
             ornament
             ;
             yea
             ,
             by
             afflictions
             God
             is
             wont
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             an
             higher
             estimation
             of
             these
             graces
             ,
             and
             a
             purer
             use
             of
             his
             ordinances
             then
             formerly
             they
             had
             .
             And
             then
             may
             we
             well
             deeme
             that
             our
             afflictions
             haue
             done
             good
             on
             vs
             ,
             when
             they
             haue
             brought
             us
             into
             a
             further
             measure
             of
             liking
             ,
             and
             high
             esteeme
             of
             spirituall
             graces
             ,
             and
             a
             greater
             conformitie
             unto
             God
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             
               the
               Lord
               would
               establish
               upon
               them
               the
               worke
               of
               their
               hands
               .
            
             By
             vouch
             safing
             a
             prosperous
             successe
             ,
             and
             good
             issue
             to
             their
             attempts
             and
             endeuours
             .
          
           
           
             Whence
             we
             obserue
             ;
             that
          
           
             Gods
             children
             can
             never
             hope
             to
             thriue
             or
             prosper
             in
             ought
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             God
             is
             offended
             with
             them
             ,
             or
             hath
             for
             their
             sins
             estranged
             himselfe
             from
             them
             .
             All
             that
             while
             they
             saile
             but
             against
             the
             wind
             ,
             &
             striue
             against
             the
             streame
             ,
             in
             whatsoever
             they
             attempt
             and
             put
             their
             hand
             unto
             :
             all
             is
             sure
             to
             goe
             crosse
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             nothing
             to
             bee
             established
             or
             brought
             to
             any
             good
             issue
             .
             They
             shall
             but
             doe
             and
             undoe
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             far
             ;
             when
             they
             haue
             wearied
             and
             tired
             out
             themselues
             ,
             though
             they
             should
             labour
             like
             Horses
             ,
             and
             even
             worke
             their
             hearts
             out
             ,
             from
             effecting
             of
             ought
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             when
             they
             first
             set
             hand
             to
             their
             worke
             ,
             till
             God
             vouch
             safe
             to
             turne
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             favour
             and
             assistance
             graciously
             to
             strengthen
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             establish
             their
             endevours
             upon
             them
             .
             Yea
             ,
             by
             afflictions
             God
             oft
             fitteth
             men
             for
             a
             blessing
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             which
             when
             we
             haue
             made
             that
             holy
             use
             of
             that
             we
             ought
             ,
             wee
             may
             well
             hope
             that
             God
             returning
             againe
             in
             mercy
             unto
             us
             ,
             will
             giue
             better
             successe
             then
             ever
             before
             to
             all
             our
             affaires
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A16614-e110
           
             a
             Prov.
             3.
             11
             ,
             17.
             
             Heb.
             12.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             b
             Lam.
             3.
             27.
             
             Heb.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             c
             Iob
             5.
             17.
             
             Psal.
             94.
             12.
             
          
           
             d
             Bias
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Infaelicem
             dicebat
             cum
             ,
             qui
             infaelicitatē
             non
             tulisset
             .
             Laer.
             Nihil
             mihi
             videtur
             infaelicius
             eo
             ,
             cui
             nihil
             unquam
             evenit
             aduersi
             .
             Demetrius
             Cynicus
             apud
             Senec.
             de
             provid
             .
             c.
             3.
             
             Hinc
             Amasis
             Polycrati
             ;
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Neminem
             unquam
             novi
             ,
             aut
             fando
             audivi
             ,
             qui
             non
             ad
             extremum
             funditus
             perierit
             ,
             postres
             omnes
             prosperègestas
             .
             Herodot
             .
             hist.
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             c
             Psal.
             119.
             67
             ,
             71.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A16614-e290
           
             Esai
             .
             22.
             13.
             1
             
             Cor.
             15.
             31.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             11.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             93.
             2.
             
             And
             78.
             69.
             
             Eccles.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             18.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             39.
             1
             
             Sam.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             146.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ▪
             
          
           
             Verse
             3.
             
          
           
             Genes
             .
             47.
             9.
             
             Eccles.
             2.
             11
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             19.
             35.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             power
             
          
           
             Psal.
             13.
             1.
             
             And
             27.
             9.
             
             And
             88.
             14.
             
             And
             143.
             7.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             delivered
             shortly
             after
             the
             ,
             decease
             of
             M
             r
             Alex.
             Redich
             .
          
           
             Num.
             23.
             19.
             1
             
             Sam.
             15.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esai
             .
             10.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             86.
             25
             ,
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             36.
             
          
           
             Iob
             1●
             .
             ●
             
          
           
             Sanguis
             Martyrum
             semen
             Ecclesiae
             .