1
Thes.
4.
18.
Wherefore
Comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
MAY
it
please
your
Attention
to
begin
with
the
accommodation
of
the
Text
to
the
Times
,
which
(
like
a
woman
in
Labour
)
cry
out
for
Comfort
:
sickly
Times
,
most
uncomfortable
Times
,
God
knowes
:
a
rare
thing
even
an
house
without
one
or
other
sicke
in
it
,
if
not
dead
out
of
it
.
Is
it
not
Time
then
to
exhort
you
to
comfort
one
another
?
The
Naturalists
write
of
a
pretious
Stone
[
a
](A01750-1550-b)
a
Caussin
parab.
.
Hist.
called
[
b
](A01750-1560-b)
b
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Thunder
.
Ceraunias
that
is
found
only
in
a
day
of
thunder
,
glistering
when
the
skye
is
overcast
with
darkenesse
:
such
a
qualified
Gemme
is
mutuall
Comfort
shining
most
brightly
in
the
gloomy
times
of
adversitie
,
when
God
thunders
from
Heaven
,
and
all
the
Earth
is
full
of
dark
,
sad
,
melancholly
sicknesse
,
that
consumeth
the
eyes
and
causeth
sorrow
of
heart
[
c
](A01750-1590-b)
c
Levit.
26.
16.
;
thus
when
the
heart
is
overcast
with
sorrow
,
and
the
eyes
clowded
with
dimnes
,
then
to
open
the
bowells
of
Consolation
one
to
another
is
the
most
comfortable
Christian
Sun-shine
.
Was
it
not
Time
then
to
exhort
you
to
comfort
one
another
,
when
there
is
vox
querelae
,
a
voyce
of
complaint
of
sicknesse
and
Mortality
in
our
Streets
,
and
in
our
houses
?
is
it
not
time
there
be
vox
Doctrinae
,
a
voyce
of
Instruction
preaching
Comfort
in
our
Churches
?
that
as
that
learned
[
d
](A01750-1620-b)
d
S.
Ierom.
Father
compares
the
Church
of
God
persecuted
,
and
yet
flourishing
,
to
the
Bush
out
of
which
Gods
glory
shined
to
Moses
;
the
[
e
](A01750-1670-b)
e
2
Cor.
4.
8.
9.
makes
of
seeming
Discords
.
We
are
troubled
on
every
side
with
sicknesse
,
yet
not
distressed
as
without
Hope
:
Perplexed
with
strange
,
new
Diseases
,
but
not
in
Despaire
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
premimur
,
non
opprimimur
,
pressed
under
,
not
trodden
under
,
and
oppressed
as
altogether
without
helpe
.
Persecuted
by
cold
and
hot
fits
,
but
not
forsaken
by
him
that
rebuked
Peters
Wifes
Mothers
Fever
.
Cast
downe
on
our
sick
beds
,
but
not
destroyed
,
but
raised
up
by
him
who
made
our
beds
in
our
sicknesse
:
devoute
David
often
harpes
upon
this
sweet
String
;
heare
one
admirable
lesson
[
f
](A01750-1730-b)
f
Psal.
118.
18.
,
The
Lord
hath
chastned
me
sore
,
but
he
hath
not
given
me
over
unto
Death
;
how
many
this
yeare
that
may
set
this
dolefull
Ditty
,
the
Lord
hath
chastened
me
sore
,
but
with
this
comfortable
close
,
but
he
hath
not
given
me
over
unto
Death
?
When
I
fall
,
I
shall
rise
,
when
I
sit
in
darknesse
,
the
Lord
shall
be
a
light
unto
me
[
g
](A01750-1770-b)
g
Mic.
7.
8.
.
Christians
cannot
looke
to
be
so
nice
and
tenderly
brought
up
as
not
to
endure
the
sight
of
their
heavenly
Fathers
rod
;
they
must
looke
to
fall
into
sicknesse
,
to
sit
in
Darknesse
,
to
be
chastened
sore
:
and
because
the
bitter
cup
of
trembling
cannot
passe
,
but
first
or
last
,
we
must
all
drinke
it
,
't
was
Davids
diet-drinke
,
and
Iob
took
it
all
off
,
we
are
not
better
then
they
,
and
who
is
too
good
to
pledge
his
Saviour
?
Wherefore
that
we
faint
not
under
the
rod
,
that
the
draught
overcome
us
not
,
let
us
sweeten
it
for
one
another
,
let
us
daily
strengthen
one
another
with
Cordialls
of
Comfort
against
the
evill
Day
,
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
Glance
but
upon
the
Coherence
yee
shall
quickly
perceive
this
Consolatory
Exhortation
of
Saint
Paul
to
be
very
opportune
and
most
seasonable
,
which
may
produce
this
Observable
.
That
the
seasonable
opportunity
of
Comforting
one
another
is
to
be
taken
.
Stale
Comfort
is
unacceptable
to
the
palate
of
the
Memorie
,
't
is
the
freshnesse
of
the
occasion
that
ingratiates
Comfort
to
the
Appetite
of
the
longing
soule
.
Comfort
may
come
too
late
,
and
although
it
be
never
so
good
of
it selfe
,
the
tarditie
and
latenesse
will
argue
the
Messenger
of
no
little
indiscretion
.
Justly
in
this
did
Tiberius
[
h
](A01750-1840-b)
h
Sueton.
in
vita
Tiber.
taxe
the
Indiscretion
of
the
Ilienses
comforting
him
long
after
the
Death
of
his
sonne
,
Paulò
seriùs
consolantibus
,
saith
the
Historian
,
something
too
late
reviving
the
obliterated
Memorie
of
his
Griefe
,
he
taxed
them
with
this
Sarcasme
:
Se
quoque
vicem
eorum
dolere
,
quod
egregium
civem
Hectorem
amisissent
.
That
he
also
was
sorry
for
them
,
because
they
had
lost
that
worthy
Citizen
Hector
;
one
dead
many
hundred
yeares
before
.
Time
eates
away
griefe
,
which
otherwise
would
eate
out
the
Heart
,
griefe
for
losses
is
commonly
worne
away
in
time
;
this
is
the
Reason
why
the
late
Comforter
is
a
Comforter
both
Miserable
,
and
Ridiculous
.
Miserable
,
by
Application
of
a
good
Remedy
to
a
very
ill
purpose
even
to
force
healed
wounds
to
bleed
a
fresh
.
Ridiculous
for
a
man
out
of
Time
to
doe
that
which
Time
it selfe
hath
done
before
him
:
unseasonable
Physicke
exasperates
the
Disease
,
when
as
give
it
but
Time
and
Patience
,
't
will
doe
well
enough
,
else
apply
a
timely
Consolation
.
Were
he
not
to
be
laughed
at
that
brings
a
Handkerchiefe
to
wipe
away
teares
already
dryed
?
But
better
late
,
then
never
:
nay
,
in
the
Case
of
Consolation
,
better
never
then
too
late
:
better
not
doe
that
which
is
good
,
then
to
do
it
,
when
't
will
doe
hurt
.
Whilst
the
Occasion
of
griefe
is
hot
,
strike
:
and
if
thou
canst
beate
upon
the
very
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
the
very
Instant
of
Griefe
,
say
not
to
thy
Neighbor
,
Goe
,
and
come
againe
to
morrow
for
Comfort
.
To
day
is
Gods
voyce
of
Comfort
:
To
morrow
may
be
the
Devils
of
being
swallowed
up
with
griefe
;
at
least
Delay
breeds
danger
,
and
the
Raven
of
Hell
still
puts
in
this
his
Caveat
against
Comfort
,
Cras
,
Cras
,
to
morrow
is
soone
enough
;
but
yee
see
that
the
Dove
from
Heaven
lighting
upon
St
Paul
did
inspire
him
to
set
downe
the
Time
present
in
my
Text
,
the
very
instant
of
the
time
present
,
no
deferring
of
the
matter
;
for
yee
are
not
now
to
seeke
for
Comfort
,
't
is
at
hand
in
these
words
,
Wherefore
Comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
In
these
words
I
finde
the
Art
of
Building
-
1.
The
specificall
Difference
of
this
from
other
Buildings
.
-
2.
The
Necessitie
of
this
Buildlng
in
a
Christian
Common-wealth
.
-
3.
The
Perswasives
inducing
to
goe
about
this
Building
to
studie
the
Art
.
-
4.
The
Disswasives
from
the
neglect
of
going
forward
with
it
.
-
5.
The
Materialls
of
this
Building
;
These
words
,
in
the
Text
.
-
6.
The
Habituall
Ability
to
make
good
use
of
this
Art
of
Comfort
.
-
7.
The
Actuall
Abilitie
to
make
good
use
of
it
in
the
Platforme
of
Comfort
set
up
according
to
the
exact
Rule
of
Gods
Word
.
-
8.
The
Strength
and
Duration
of
this
Building
.
1.
The
specificall
Difference
of
this
from
other
Buildings
:
'T
is
the
spirituall
comfort
in
this
life
,
whose
belly
is
his
God
[
i
](A01750-2110-b)
i
Phil.
3.
18.
,
whose
glory
is
his
Shame
;
and
such
was
the
glory
of
that
great
King
,
who
dyed
,
commanding
this
Epitaph
to
be
set
upon
his
tombe
,
Haec
habeo
,
quae
edi
;
this
I
have
,
that
I
have
eaten
:
it
seemes
all
the
rest
was
lost
to
the
brutish
swine
,
as
Tully
censured
him
a
little
more
sparingly
that
it
was
an
Epitaph
fit
for
an
Oxe
or
a
bruit
Beast
;
my
Belly
is
my
God
,
my
Stomach
is
my
Altar
,
my
Church
is
my
Kitchin
,
my
Priest
is
my
Cooke
,
this
the
voyce
of
these
brutish
men
,
who
finde
the
Possession
of
no
Comfort
from
any
thing
,
but
from
that
which
was
driven
into
the
Paunch
,
and
so
into
the
draught
.
But
Christians
that
study
the
right
Art
of
true
Comfort
have
another
language
,
our
spirituall
Comfort
is
left
us
,
when
our
life
is
about
to
leave
us
.
Spirituall
Comfort
is
raised
from
the
Creator
by
the
Mediation
of
the
Creature
,
or
from
the
Creature
by
the
working
of
the
Creator
in
the
Apprehension
of
the
Regenerate
Man
.
Thus
the
Holy
Ghost
is
the
first
Mover
of
spirituall
Comfort
,
as
the
Promises
of
Gods
Word
are
the
grounds
of
this
Comfort
,
and
our
Beleeving
hearts
are
the
seats
of
Comfort
,
so
the
Holy
Ghost
is
the
Head-worker
of
Comfort
,
and
the
Act
of
Comfort
wrought
is
to
strengthen
our
Hearts
:
therefore
[
k
](A01750-2150-b)
k
Rom.
1.
11.
and
12.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
to
be
established
and
strengthned
,
and
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
to
be
comforted
are
put
one
for
the
other
,
St
Paul
being
the
Interpreter
;
but
long
before
him
the
Prophet
[
l
](A01750-2200-b)
l
Isaiah
40.
2.
intimates
the
like
,
for
in
the
Hebrew
and
Greeke
Sept:
speake
comfortably
to
Ierusalem
,
is
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Hebrew
:
and
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Greek
:
both
imply
in
this
phrase
,
speake
to
the
heart
,
or
speake
comfortably
,
that
Comfort
is
the
Hearts
Peculiar
,
and
the
Searcher
of
the
Heart
the
Holy
Ghost
is
therefore
called
the
Comforter
[
m
](A01750-2250-b)
m
Iohn
16.
7.
by
an
Excellency
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
;
where
the
Spirit
of
God
is
made
knowne
to
us
by
a
name
in
the
New
Testament
not
heard
of
in
the
old
,
the
Comforter
within
a
man
;
the
naturall
man
may
have
outward
Comforts
,
a
Land
flowing
with
Milke
and
Honey
,
and
a
Table
with
a
fruitfull
Vine
and
Olive
Branches
about
,
but
the
Regenerate
Man
hath
a
soule
flowing
with
Milke
and
Honey
of
Comfort
,
because
the
Comforter
makes
him
fruitfull
,
as
the
Greeke
Father
[
n
](A01750-2270-b)
n
Cyrillus
Hierosoly
mitanus
.
gives
the
Etymon
of
it
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
;
called
the
Comforter
from
comforting
and
succouring
and
helping
our
Infirmities
,
hence
issues
the
act
of
spirituall
comfort
in
my
Text
differenced
from
carnall
Comfort
.
2.
Spirituall
Comfort
in
this
life
is
to
be
differenced
from
Eternall
Joy
in
the
life
to
come
.
The
Herald
of
Schoole-Divinity
ranks
Comfort
Aquinas
,
[
o
](A01750-2340-b)
o
2a
.
2ae
.
q.
28.
Gaudium
sie
habet
ad
Desiderium
,
ut
quies
ad
motum
.
The
soule
is
restlesse
in
her
Desire
,
but
quieted
in
her
Joy
;
now
Comfort
on
Earth
brings
some
Rest
for
the
soule
,
but
Joy
in
Heaven
is
the
only
absolute
Rest
.
Comfort
is
Rest
to
the
weary
for
a
time
,
and
a
way
to
enable
them
for
further
travaile
:
but
Joy
is
Rest
for
Eternitie
:
even
to
sit
down
,
and
rest
for
ever
,
that
is
Joy
in
Heaven
;
to
stand
and
take
a
draught
by
the
way
,
not
to
sit
by
it
,
that
is
Comfort
on
Earth
;
true
Joy
frees
from
all
sorrowes
,
wipes
all
teares
from
our
Eyes
:
but
it
may
be
true
Comfort
which
only
upholds
us
in
our
sorrow
;
and
dryes
up
our
teares
as
they
fall
.
Yet
fall
they
will
,
and
sorrow
we
shall
,
else
we
need
no
Comfort
,
for
it
must
be
a
necessitous
estate
that
stands
in
need
of
Comfort
;
thus
is
Comfort
differenced
from
Eternall
Joy
that
needs
nothing
.
Yea
and
thus
't
is
in
this
life
as
Nature
necessitates
the
spark
to
flye
upward
:
so
sinne
carries
us
downeward
to
the
Center
,
Misery
.
This
Center
is
every where
below
the
Moone
;
corrupt
Nature
is
the
Circumference
,
no
man
without
some
lines
drawne
from
,
or
drawing
him
to
Misery
;
Nulla
Dies
sine
linea
.
Every
Day
in
this
life
,
line
upon
line
,
line
upon
line
,
misery
upon
misery
,
misery
upon
misery
;
't
is
well
too
,
when
it
is
here
a
little
,
and
there
a
little
.
But
this
may
suffice
to
put
a
Difference
'twixt
spirituall
Comfort
in
this
life
and
eternall
Joy
in
the
life
to
come
,
and
by
this
ye
easily
perceive
my
passage
from
the
first
generall
Part
to
the
Second
,
which
is
the
Necessity
of
this
Building
in
a
Christian
Common-wealth
,
else
S.
Paul
would
not
have
used
so
serious
an
Exhortation
as
this
in
my
Text
;
Wherefore
Comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
The
Necessity
of
this
Building
in
a
Christian
Common-wealth
.
The
Necessity
is
threefold
.
1.
In
respect
of
One
another
in
the
Text
;
if
this
threefold
cord
is
not
strong
enough
,
I
shall
joyne
unto
it
the
fourth
Necessity
,
which
is
in
respect
of
the
Place
where
Comfort
is
ordained
by
God
to
be
preached
,
Gods
Temple
;
This
fourefold
Cord
is
that
that
tyed
me
to
study
,
and
preach
,
you
to
heare
,
and
learne
this
Necessary
Art
of
Building
Comfort
.
1.
In
respect
of
the
command
of
the
Contriver
,
and
Overseer
of
the
Building
,
God
:
the
God
Isai.
40.
1.
2.
Comfort
yee
my
people
,
comfort
yee
my
people
,
saith
my
God
,
nay
the
third
time
,
speake
comfortably
to
Ierusalem
.
2.
The
[
p
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p
Isaiah
61.
1
,
2
,
3.
The
Lord
hath
anointed
me
to
preach
good
tidings
,
vers.
1.
to
comfort
all
that
mourne
,
vers.
2.
to
give
the
oyle
of
Ioy
for
Mourning
.
ver.
3.
God
doth
anoint
his
Ministers
,
that
they
may
anoint
his
people
with
the
oyle
of
gladnesse
:
Every
Sermon
should
be
as
a
Feast
to
the
Hearers
,
and
Preachers
must
doe
as
the
Jewes
used
to
doe
in
their
Feasts
;
they
used
in
token
of
welcome
to
anoint
their
guests
,
Luk.
7.
46.
Mine
head
with
oyle
thou
didst
not
anoint
,
i.
thou
hast
not
bid
me
welcome
,
nor
cheared
me
;
but
Ministers
must
feast
poore
soules
powring
upon
their
heads
that
Alabaster
boxe
of
pretious
oyntment
,
the
word
of
Consolation
;
as
we
are
the
principall
Instruments
of
Comfort
,
we
must
cheare
them
up
and
bid
them
heartily
welcome
to
Gods
house
with
some
comfortable
Exhortation
like
this
of
St
Paul
in
my
Text
,
Comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
3.
In
respect
of
the
common
work-men
,
which
are
Gods
people
under
One
another
in
the
Text
.
Expositors
use
the
word
,
Invicem
,
by
course
,
each
Christian
when
his
course
comes
,
must
comfort
another
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
one
another
,
no
man
is
exempted
from
this
office
,
that
is
,
One
or
Other
;
as
the
Ministers
must
make
uses
of
Comfort
,
't
is
their
office
,
't
is
the
right
way
of
preaching
:
so
the
people
must
make
good
use
of
them
,
't
is
their
duty
,
't
is
the
right
way
of
hearing
to
lay
up
Comforts
in
store
,
both
for
themselves
and
others
,
to
be
able
to
bring
forth
both
new
and
old
,
as
occasion
serves
to
comfort
one
another
.
For
all
the
members
of
the
Militant
Church
are
but
of
two
sorts
.
1.
Those
that
are
comforted
,
but
in
feare
of
affliction
.
2.
Those
that
are
afflicted
,
but
in
hope
of
comfort
.
Wherefore
either
for
feare
,
or
hope
,
be
well
provided
with
comforts
before
hand
;
the
Virgin
Mary
had
not
been
left
so
compleatly
furnished
with
Comforts
after
her
Sonnes
death
,
had
She
not
laid
in
her
heart
those
sayings
that
She
heard
from
her
living
Saviour
:
imitate
the
blessed
Virgin
,
what
comfortable
saying
yee
heare
commit
it
to
safe
custody
in
your
hearts
,
for
yee
know
not
what
need
any
of
you
,
or
any
of
your
friends
may
have
of
it
in
the
day
of
sicknesse
;
or
at
the
houre
of
death
at
furthest
.
We
may
set
before
you
heavenly
treasure
,
&
shew
you
the
golden
pots
of
Manna
,
these
words
of
comfort
in
my
text
,
but
if
yee
will
be
enriched
by
them
,
yee
must
receive
by
the
hand
of
faith
,
and
distribute
them
by
the
tongue
of
comforting
;
then
yee
own
the
Pearles
,
when
they
are
yours
to
give
to
one
another
.
Why
to
heare
one
who
hath
the
tongue
of
comforting
,
(
as
Saint
Paul
had
in
the
words
before
my
text
)
enlightning
the
minde
,
rectifying
the
will
,
moderating
the
desires
,
quieting
the
affections
,
and
filling
the
soule
with
unspeakable
joy
is
or
would
be
a
great
delight
to
you
;
yet
nothing
to
that
ye
wil
find
,
when
by
the
wils
,
grace
of
God
working
upon
your
understandings
and
yee
shall
be
able
to
produce
all
these
divine
effects
(
upon
occasion
)
both
in
your selves
and
in
others
,
wherefore
't
is
needfull
to
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
4.
In
respect
of
the
place
,
where
comfort
is
ordained
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q
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q
Isaiah
61.
3.
the
house
of
mourning
for
the
dead
;
but
heere
the
oyle
of
joy
for
mourning
to
the
living
.
Sometimes
the
fittest
place
for
the
spirit
of
heavinesse
;
and
sometimes
the
fittest
place
to
change
that
,
to
put
on
the
Garment
of
praise
,
as
the
Prophet
continues
the
Allegory
,
to
have
our
hearts
,
lips
,
and
countenances
cloathed
and
adorned
with
the
large
roab
of
praise
of
our
God
,
who
still
comforts
us
according
,
or
farre
beyond
the
time
wherein
he
afflicts
us
,
wherefore
in
the
house
of
comfort
,
learne
we
how
to
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
The
Perswasives
inducing
us
to
goe
about
this
Building
,
and
to
study
this
Art
of
divine
Comfort
.
Now
to
presse
this
duty
hard
upon
us
.
1.
from
our
Christian
relation
one
to
another
in
the
Text
.
Who
Invicem
,
mutually
.
should
doe
this
good
office
of
comfort
,
but
members
of
the
same
body
?
As
Christians
in
the
mysti●●ll
body
of
Christ
,
if
a
thorne
be
in
the
foote
,
a
sharpe
affliction
in
the
meanest
member
of
Christ
,
why
out
of
a
Sympathie
,
the
backe
must
bow
,
the
strong
Christian
,
and
the
rich
man
,
rich
in
grace
must
put
to
his
helping
hand
to
pluck
it
out
,
and
the
eye
the
watchfull
Minister
must
be
busie
to
pry
into
the
hurt
,
and
ready
to
apply
a
wholsome
salve
,
a
word
of
Comfort
.
Againe
beloved
in
the
Lord
of
Heaven
,
are
we
not
fellow-travellers
to
heaven
?
why
then
as
good
travellers
cheere
up
one
another
both
by
word
and
by
example
;
especially
in
the
red
Sea
of
Affliction
,
the
wheeles
of
the
soule
are
taken
off
,
like
Pharaohs
Chariot
wheeles
,
they
drive
heavily
;
they
want
this
oyle
to
put
them
on
comfortably
.
Whence
is
it
that
so
many
droope
under
the
burden
of
so
many
cares
,
and
are
sore
battered
with
so
many
temptations
?
't
is
because
they
are
left
comfortlesse
,
onely
to
their
owne
spirits
.
Dead
stones
in
an
Arch
uphold
one
another
,
and
shall
not
the
living
?
't
is
the
worke
of
an
Angell
to
comfort
,
nay
it
pleaseth
Gods
Spirit
to
take
this
office
upon
him
,
to
be
the
Comforter
:
thus
also
one
Christian
Friend
may
become
an
Angell
,
nay
a
God
to
another
,
with
feeding
lips
and
a
healing
tongue
of
Comfort
;
the
very
leafes
,
the
words
of
the
tree
of
Righteousnesse
have
a
curing
vertue
in
them
,
strengthning
and
corroborating
the
heart
,
there
are
words
(
even
those
words
in
my
text
)
that
are
Cordialls
against
all
faintings
of
spirit
,
they
will
beget
new
spirits
in
a
man
,
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
such
words
.
Every
relation
wherein
we
stand
towards
others
are
so
many
bonds
and
sinewes
,
whereby
one
member
of
Christ
is
fitted
to
derive
comfort
to
another
through
love
the
bond
of
Perfection
,
Col.
3.
14.
we
can
attaine
to
no
perfection
of
comforting
without
love
,
if
ye
love
one
another
,
ye
will
comfort
one
another
,
yee
are
of
relation
neere
enough
,
that
is
the
chiefe
enforcement
of
this
duty
from
our
Christian
Sympathy
.
Now
very
briefly
of
other
Perswasives
which
have
their
force
too
,
and
no
doubt
but
if
they
all
concenter
and
meet
together
in
our
practise
,
there
will
quickly
be
comfort
sealed
up
to
one
anothers
soules
.
2.
Perswasive
,
others
may
comfort
wherefore
comfort
one
another
.
3.
Sorrow
is
a
gulfe
,
in
which
many
are
swallowed
up
Cor.
1.
4.
Let
us
give
to
others
as
we
receive
from
God
.
5.
By
comforting
others
we
to
comfort
one
another
.
Lastly
Depauperari
,
to
be
any
way
empoverished
;
now
the
want
of
comfort
is
a
miserable
poverty
of
the
soule
,
better
be
a
beggar
then
need
comfort
,
and
't
is
better
to
give
spirituall
almes
,
then
any
other
,
they
may
doe
more
good
.
Now
't
will
be
our
comfort
here
,
and
crowne
hereafter
,
a
double
recompence
,
God
and
man
shall
blesse
us
if
we
comfort
one
another
;
thus
blessed
is
the
man
that
gives
comfort
to
them
that
need
;
and
if
I
cannot
perswade
you
to
be
happy
,
give
me
leave
to
passe
from
the
Perswasives
to
the
Disswasives
.
The
Disswasives
from
the
neglect
of
going
forward
with
the
Building
of
Comfort
.
1.
'T
is
a
vilifying
and
slighting
of
an
Ambassador
sent
from
Heaven
,
his
Paul
?
and
what
shall
we
be
guilty
of
,
if
we
will
not
come
in
by
faire
entreaty
,
when
St
Paul
exhorts
us
but
to
doe
our
Duty
?
2.
'T
is
no
lesse
then
high
Treason
,
a
revolting
from
our
God
;
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
The
materialls
of
this
Building
,
these
words
,
in
the
these
words
.
Either
in
the
particular
relation
of
these
words
to
St
Pauls
former
Doctrine
:
or
in
the
generall
relation
to
the
whole
Word
of
God
,
Pars
prototo
,
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
,
or
any
the
like
words
of
comfort
out
of
Gods
Word
.
1.
These
words
in
the
particular
relation
to
St
Pauls
Wherefore
,
is
St
Pauls
inference
of
a
good
use
of
Consolation
raised
from
his
former
Doctrine
,
touching
the
estate
of
the
dead
in
Christ
;
a
blessed
change
they
make
that
dye
in
the
Lord
,
that
s
our
Christian
Hope
.
Give
hopelesse
menleave
to
tremble
at
Death
,
whose
portion
is
in
this
life
;
let
Gods
children
lift
up
their
heads
for
joy
towards
their
dissolution
,
and
solace
themselves
on
their
death-beds
,
as
Simeon
sings
his
Nunc
Dimittis
,
quasi
necesitate
teneretur
in
hac
vitâ
,
non
voluntate
,
St
Ambrose
descants
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r
De
bono
Mortis
.
as
if
the
Childe
of
God
staide
in
this
life
of
necessity
,
and
not
by
his
good
will
:
sure
I
am
St
Paul
by
his
good
will
,
would
faine
be
with
Christ
,
which
is
much
more
the
better
,
Phil.
1.
23.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
by
farre
very
[
s
](A01750-3530-b)
s
De
Mortalitate
.
,
Cum
mundus
oderit
Christianum
,
quid
amas
eum
,
qui
te
odit
?
&
non
magis
sequeris
Christum
,
qui
te
&
redemit
,
&
diligit
?
The
World
hates
a
Christian
,
Christ
doth
not
command
us
to
love
the
World
that
hates
us
,
but
rather
to
follow
Christ
,
who
is
our
Redeemer
and
best
Lover
too
.
Wherefore
,
if
yee
be
Christians
,
comfort
one
another
,
as
not
to
feare
the
death
of
your selves
;
so
not
to
mourne
immoderately
for
the
death
of
others
,
though
never
so
neare
to
us
,
that
dye
in
the
Lord
.
Here
I
shall
trouble
you
to
cite
the
forenamed
Father
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t
](A01750-3560-b)
t
S.
Cyprian
.
,
Hoc
nos
oftendamus
esse
quod
credimus
,
ut
neque
Charorum
lugeamus
excessum
:
&
cum
accersitionis
propriae
Dies
venerit
,
incunctantèr
,
&
libentèr
ad
Dominum
ipso
vocante
veniamus
,
Let
us
shew
our selves
to
be
the
same
in
our
life
,
that
we
are
in
our
Faith
,
that
we
may
not
over-mourne
for
our
dearest
friends
,
and
when
the
appointed
day
of
Gods
sending
to
any
one
of
us
shall
come
:
Come
,
let
us
goe
without
delay
and
willingly
to
the
Lord
,
who
himselfe
cals
us
.
Here
after
that
Father
,
before
I
fall
into
him
againe
,
I
can
quickly
tell
you
all
that
Oecumenius
doth
on
my
Text
,
't
is
to
interpret
my
Paul
,
that
yee
sorrow
not
even
as
others
that
have
no
hope
;
i.
As
the
Heathen
that
had
no
hope
of
the
Resurrection
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Oecumenius
holds
it
proper
for
such
onely
to
grieve
excessively
for
the
dead
,
who
have
no
hope
of
the
Resurrection
:
and
how
doth
it
traduce
hopefull
Christians
as
hopelesse
men
,
when
we
bewaile
as
utterly
lost
and
extinct
,
those
whom
we
professe
to
live
with
God
?
To
this
purpose
that
elegant
tongu'd
Father
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](A01750-3650-b)
v
S
Cyprian
de
Mortalit
.
.
Fidem
quam
sermone
&
voce
depromimus
,
cordis
&
pectoris
testimonio
non
probemus
:
Spei
nostrae
,
ac
fidei
praevaricatores
sumus
,
simulata
,
ficta
,
fucata
videntur
esse
quae
dicimus
,
nil
prodest
verbis
praeferre
virtutem
,
factis
destruere
veritatem
.
The
Profession
of
our
hope
of
the
Resurrection
to
life
,
is
but
varnished
over
and
dissembled
because
we
destroy
it
more
with
our
actions
,
then
we
doe
preferre
it
by
our
words
;
else
why
doe
we
take
on
in
such
a
grievous
manner
,
when
God
takes
our
Friends
away
from
us
?
I
know
that
where
hearts
have
been
knit
together
by
God
,
they
cannot
be
rent
a
sunder
without
exceeding
great
griefe
,
as
Iacobs
could
not
from
Rachel
,
nor
Davids
heart
from
Ionathan
.
I
also
know
that
our
Lord
and
Master
himselfe
wept
for
Lazarus
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x
](A01750-3720-b)
x
Iohn
11.
35.
.
I
finde
no
fault
with
naturall
affection
,
much
lesse
with
Christian
compassion
,
let
Nature
have
her
course
,
but
let
Religion
set
her
bounds
:
let
us
water
our
plants
of
sincere
affection
and
compassion
,
but
not
drowne
them
by
sorrowing
as
others
doe
that
have
no
hope
:
I
finde
no
other
fault
,
but
that
St
Paul
findes
in
the
proofe
of
the
Doctrine
,
of
which
my
Text
is
the
use
,
when
mourning
exceeds
They
mourned
70.
dayes
,
Gen.
50.
3.
he
but
seven
dayes
,
vers.
10.
All
that
I
speak
is
to
condemne
those
,
who
are
too
little
like
Rachel
in
serving
the
living
God
,
but
too
much
like
Rachel
in
weeping
for
the
dead
.
She
would
not
bee
comforted
;
but
these
hopelesse
Mourners
cannot
truly
urge
the
Reason
that
Rachel
did
;
because
they
are
not
;
for
we
know
that
they
are
living
with
God
that
dye
in
the
Lord
;
we
know
that
the
good
theefe
was
on
the
day
of
his
death
with
Christ
the
Lord
in
Paradise
:
and
as
't
is
a
comfort
to
know
where
they
are
,
so
't
is
a
further
comfort
to
know
what
they
doe
;
they
follow
the
Lambe
wheresoever
he
goes
:
and
is
it
not
a
height
of
comfort
to
know
what
they
say
?
they
cease
not
to
cry
day
and
night
Holy
,
Holy
,
Holy
,
they
are
still
a
singing
Halleluiah
,
and
shall
not
we
give
over
weeping
on
Earth
for
them
,
who
shall
never
give
over
singing
in
Heaven
?
shall
we
refuse
to
be
comforted
,
because
they
are
not
on
earth
,
who
are
and
enjoy
all
the
comforts
in
Heaven
?
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
,
and
with
the
words
of
that
judicious
Father
[
y
](A01750-3870-b)
y
S.
Aug.
serm.
35.
de
divers
.
.
Contristamur
in
nostrorum
mortibus
necessitate
amittendi
,
sed
cum
Spe
recipiendi
:
inde
angimur
,
hinc
consolamur
:
inde
infirmitas
afficit
,
hinc
fides
reficit
.
The
necessity
of
loosing
our
friends
,
that
cuts
us
,
but
the
hope
of
receiving
them
againe
,
this
heales
us
:
that
is
our
griefe
,
this
is
our
comfort
;
wherefore
against
the
losse
of
our
deerest
friends
,
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
As
Apothecaries
make
singular
use
even
of
the
dust
of
gold
:
so
the
Jewish
Rabbins
those
Apothecaries
of
the
Hebrew
simples
make
profession
,
that
great
Mountaines
hang
upon
the
smallest
Jods
in
the
Bible
.
Then
surely
a
discourse
like
a
Mountaine
for
largenesse
,
but
above
a
Mountaine
for
fruitfulnesse
may
be
raised
from
this
conjunctive
particle
in
my
Text
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Itaque
,
Wherefore
;
and
to
make
it
so
,
I
passe
from
the
particular
relation
of
these
words
to
S.
Pauls
former
Doctrine
,
I
passe
unto
the
generall
Relation
of
these
words
to
the
whole
Word
of
God
,
Pars
pro
toto
,
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
,
or
these
words
.
with
any
the
like
words
of
Comfort
out
of
Gods
Word
.
In
the
Greek
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
these
Ratiocinations
,
Arguments
rather
then
bare
words
,
so
it
is
that
Scripture
words
are
the
strongest
Reasons
to
evince
and
perswade
Comfort
;
the
true
Hearts
ease
growes
only
in
Gods
Paradise
,
in
Gods
Word
.
There
may
be
some
Tulip
of
Comfort
,
some
colour
,
bark
,
or
flowre
in
the
words
,
and
writings
of
men
,
but
the
very
pith
and
marrow
of
comfort
effectuall
for
all
the
soules
Maladies
is
no where
to
be
found
but
in
the
Word
of
God
,
in
these
words
.
As
it
was
said
of
the
words
spoken
by
the
Word
,
God
,
Christ
Jesus
,
that
Hee
taught
with
Authoritie
,
and
not
us
the
Scribes
[
z
](A01750-4010-b)
z
Matth.
7.
vers
ult.
,
the
Scribes
taught
poore
,
jejune
,
heartlesse
matter
unprofitable
,
uncomfortable
;
and
their
forme
of
teaching
was
without
Majesty
,
without
any
command
,
but
our
Saviours
both
Matter
and
Forme
of
teaching
carried
Authority
with
it
;
the
unusuall
unheard
of
Majesty
of
the
words
accompanyed
with
matter
most
profitable
and
most
comfortable
,
did
command
his
Auditors
.
Now
Christ
hath
still
left
the
same
Matter
to
us
,
't
is
true
of
all
the
Word
of
God
,
that
it
comforts
as
having
Authority
,
and
not
as
the
Scribes
,
not
as
humane
writers
,
who
would
usurpe
upon
this
Authority
,
which
is
the
absolute
Prerogative
of
Gods
Word
;
so
that
the
maine
point
is
this
,
Only
Gods
Word
hath
full
power
and
Authority
to
comfort
mans
heart
.
1.
à
Causa
.
2.
à
Subjecto
.
3.
à
Doctrinae
certitudine
.
1.
From
the
Efficient
cause
,
Isaiah
59.
21.
This
is
my
Covenant
with
them
,
My
Spirit
that
is
upon
thee
,
and
my
words
which
I
have
put
in
thy
mouth
,
where
Gods
Word
is
the
Counsellor
,
Gods
Spirit
is
the
Comforter
.
2.
à
Subjecto
,
the
Subject
of
Gods
Word
carries
with
it
the
greatest
and
most
infallible
Authority
of
Comforting
,
because
't
is
the
onely
Store-house
of
true
Comfort
,
in
it
is
that
supreme
Treasure
,
the
Mediator
Christ
Jesus
,
that
dyed
to
reconcile
us
to
God
,
Rom.
5.
10.
That
is
the
Fountaine
of
all
Comfort
,
Beda
,
but
Christ
is
the
roote
and
juycy
oyle
;
and
what
though
many
Expositors
[
a
](A01750-4140-b)
a
Ribera
in
Zechar.
4
12.
make
the
two
Olive
branches
Enoch
and
Elias
converting
the
Jewes
to
be
Christians
,
yet
that
cannot
be
but
by
preaching
and
emptying
out
the
golden
Oyle
that
makes
a
cheerefull
countenance
,
a
joyfull
Convert
to
Christ
,
so
that
still
Christ
is
the
Fountaine
of
saving
soule-suppling
Oyle
.
A
sealed
Fountaine
to
the
world
,
but
for
Gods
Word
to
reveale
it
and
set
it
open
.
Indeed
Tully
and
Seneca
writ
Seneca
.
large
discourses
of
Comfort
,
but
St
Augustine
ravished
with
Tullies
style
,
yet
one
thing
discomforted
so
farre
as
not
to
care
so
much
for
Tully
,
Quia
Nomen
Christi
non
fuit
ibi
.
That
Treasurie
of
Comfort
,
the
name
(
Jesus
)
of
Christ
not
once
to
be
found
in
all
Tully
.
And
surely
had
Seneca
been
so
well
acquainted
with
S.
Paul
,
as
some
will
have
him
,
being
of
Neroes
houshold
,
then
Seneca
might
have
learnt
to
have
knowne
nothing
for
his
Soules
comfort
,
but
Christ
Iesus
and
him
crucified
:
and
not
have
stood
so
much
upon
those
common
Pleas
of
Comfort
against
death
,
as
he
doth
Eâ
lege
nascimur
,
the
Law
of
being
borne
[
b
](A01750-4360-b)
b
Rom.
8.
.
That
is
Comfort
indeed
.
And
not
to
grieve
for
the
Death
of
friends
as
without
Hope
of
the
Resurrection
of
the
Dead
,
that
is
the
very
point
S.
Paul
treats
of
in
my
Text
.
The
wisest
of
the
Heathen
judged
it
the
best
We
have
heere
no
abiding
Citie
,
but
we
looke
for
one
that
is
to
come
[
c
](A01750-4420-b)
c
Heb.
13.
14.
.
The
Greek
is
,
we
seek
out
,
we
look
out
earnestly
for
one
to
come
;
and
that
we
may
not
loose
all
our
looking
,
our
Saviour
directs
us
where
to
look
for
it
[
d
](A01750-4430-b)
d
Iohn
14.
2.
,
In
my
Fathers
house
are
many
Mansions
,
't
is
my
Fathers
house
,
&
't
is
your
Fathers
house
as
ye
are
in
me
:
that
is
the
Comfort
,
and
to
fill
up
the
comfort
,
they
are
Mansions
there
,
places
of
aboad
there
,
but
Innes
here
,
or
rather
Tents
,
or
Booths
,
moveable
.
Everlasting
habitants
there
,
Luk.
16.
9.
but
nothing
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
3.
And
briefly
,
à
Doctrinae
certitudine
.
Only
Gods
Virtute
,
the
strength
and
vertue
of
Gods
Word
accompanied
Veritate
,
the
whole
Truth
of
solid
Comfort
that
is
communicable
to
mankinde
,
is
sincerely
and
truly
Complemento
,
in
fulfilling
,
and
in
the
Heaven
and
Earth
shall
passe
away
,
but
my
words
shall
not
passe
away
[
e
](A01750-4590-b)
e
Matth.
24.
35.
:
there
shall
be
a
revolution
and
a
passing
away
too
of
all
things
in
this
world
,
but
this
very
Word
of
God
,
that
all
things
shall
passe
away
,
this
Word
shall
not
passe
away
;
no
,
nor
any
one
Word
of
comfort
in
Christ
Jesus
shall
ever
passe
away
,
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
But
what
good
doth
the
bare
knowledge
of
the
Materialls
without
Habituall
and
Actuall
Abilitie
to
use
them
?
1.
The
Habituall
Abilitie
to
make
good
use
of
comfort
one
another
in
all
meeknesse
of
spirit
:
the
invisible
spirit
descending
visibly
upon
the
sonnes
of
men
in
the
liknesse
of
fiery
tongues
must
enable
us
to
give
light
and
warmth
of
comfort
to
one
another
.
If
it
be
urged
,
that
Faith
is
the
only
strong
Conveyance
and
true
Receiver
of
spirituall
Comfort
.
'T
is
quickly
satisfied
,
that
even
Faith
also
is
the
gift
of
the
Spirit
.
The
Comforter
gives
us
Faith
to
take
Comfort
from
him
,
else
we
can
take
none
at
all
,
so
that
in
the
conclusion
,
't
is
the
Comforter
that
workes
all
in
all
in
us
.
For
as
it
was
said
of
the
Masse
and
Chaos
[
f
](A01750-4710-b)
f
Gen.
1.
2.
,
Tohu
,
vavohu
,
an
emptie
,
vast
,
solitary
,
solitude
;
'T
was
without
forme
and
voyde
,
darknesse
(
that
is
a
Privation
of
Light
)
was
upon
the
Face
of
the
Earth
,
before
the
Spirit
of
God
moved
upon
the
Face
of
the
Waters
.
The
soule
of
a
naturall
man
is
like
the
earth
,
lumpish
,
sad
,
without
forme
and
voyde
of
comfort
,
darknesse
of
discontent
is
upon
the
face
of
the
man
inward
and
outward
;
a
vacuity
,
a
vast
solitary
Privation
of
comfort
;
untill
the
Spirit
of
God
move
upon
the
face
of
the
waters
(
that
is
)
the
swelling
,
tumultuous
,
restlesse
thoughts
,
and
comfortlesse
apprehensions
.
The
Hebrew
is
an
apt
Metaphor
,
Rachaph
,
Incubare
;
from
birds
that
sit
brood
on
their
Egges
to
sustaine
and
cherish
them
:
the
Spirit
of
God
doth
not
only
forme
and
sustaine
the
thoughts
of
man
from
vanishing
into
nothing
;
but
also
nourish
,
and
cherish
,
and
foster
them
,
to
support
a
regenerate
man
in
the
comfortable
estate
of
well
being
,
a
Christian
.
Not
a
thought
of
comfort
can
rise
in
the
heart
,
but
first
hatched
by
the
Spirit
of
God
:
we
are
quite
voyde
and
empty
,
not
the
least
Motion
of
Comfort
,
before
the
Spirit
of
God
move
upon
our
thoughts
.
Beloved
,
at
the
first
coming
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
Acts
2.
2.
a
rushing
mighty
winde
Caesar
,
the
Worlds
Conquerour
;
yet
by
his
leave
,
as
great
as
he
was
,
he
was
not
the
Seas
Commander
,
nor
the
obeyed
rebuker
of
the
Winds
,
and
Waves
,
as
he
is
whom
we
carry
in
our
tossed
breasts
;
cheere
thy
thy self
with
a
Paracletum
vehis
;
thou
carriest
the
Comforter
in
thy
heart
,
the
rebuker
of
heart-risings
,
the
Lord
controller
of
Troubles
,
the
commander
of
stormy
swelling
afflictions
,
the
Conqueror
of
temptations
.
Whose
very
conquest
is
a
mighty
comfort
to
the
conquered
Soule
,
because
his
Conquest
is
atchieved
by
Love
,
for
as
the
Holy
Ghost
proceeds
from
the
Father
and
the
Sonne
per
modum
Amoris
,
as
the
Schoole
speakes
,
so
the
Spirit
workes
in
us
by
way
of
Love
;
sweetly
St
Bernard
styles
the
Holy
Ghost
,
Osculum
Patris
,
&
filii
,
the
kisse
of
the
Father
and
the
Sonne
;
God
the
Father
kisseth
by
his
Sonne
,
but
we
feele
not
this
kisse
,
untill
God
the
Sonne
kisseth
us
by
his
Spirit
.
Now
what
more
comfortable
to
a
chast
wife
,
then
a
sweet
kisse
from
her
Husband
?
so
prayes
the
Bride
,
Cant.
1.
2.
Let
him
kisse
me
with
the
kisses
of
his
lips
,
and
she
gives
a
reason
why
She
would
be
kissed
,
for
thy
love
is
better
then
Wine
,
more
comfortable
then
wine
;
that
is
,
(
to
close
this
)
let
Christ
unite
himselfe
to
his
Church
with
this
sweet
expression
of
his
speciall
favour
,
even
by
his
Spirit
to
seale
up
the
lips
of
our
hearts
,
our
thoughts
,
to
the
most
comfortable
day
of
Redemption
.
Thus
have
we
seene
the
Spring-head
whence
flowes
the
Habituall
Abilitie
of
all
true
Comfort
.
The
actuall
Ability
to
make
good
use
of
this
Art
of
comforting
,
in
the
Platforme
of
Comfort
set
up
according
to
the
exact
Rule
of
Gods
Word
,
implyed
in
these
words
in
the
Text
.
Justly
reprehended
are
they
,
who
take
the
wrong
way
of
Comfort
,
Play
bookes
and
fabulous
stories
,
forsaking
this
Fountaine
of
living
waters
;
they
dig
pits
that
can
hold
no
water
,
no
true
refreshment
of
comfort
.
The
God
of
all
consolation
did
cause
his
Word
to
be
written
for
our
Comfort
,
shall
we
frustrate
the
End
why
it
was
written
?
He
that
made
mans
heart
best
doth
know
what
Maladies
and
what
Cordialls
to
give
;
let
us
follow
his
Prescripts
,
away
with
all
other
shallow
sandy
comforts
of
the
worlds
Mountebanks
,
which
the
weary
soule
cannot
rest
and
build
upon
,
David
a
King
could
not
want
the
comforts
of
this
life
,
yet
he
disclaimes
them
all
in
comparison
of
Gods
Word
[
g
](A01750-4950-b)
g
Psal.
119.
50.
.
This
is
my
Comfort
in
my
affliction
,
for
thy
Word
has
quickned
me
,
Gods
Word
did
revive
Davids
dead
spirits
.
David
did
look
out
for
comfort
,
but
found
none
but
this
[
h
](A01750-4990-b)
h
Psal.
119.
82.
,
mine
eyes
faile
for
thy
Word
,
saying
,
when
wilt
thou
comfort
me
?
Debiles
effecti
sunt
animae
meae
Oculi
[
i
](A01750-5010-b)
i
Euthymius
in
Psal.
119.
.
The
Eyes
of
my
soule
faile
me
,
my
desires
faile
with
looking
out
for
Comfort
,
which
makes
me
cry
,
when
wilt
thou
comfort
me
?
David
thought
it
long
till
God
did
comfort
him
.
It
seemes
David
had
forgot
the
right
way
to
comfort
himselfe
,
till
he
went
this
way
to
worke
.
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k
Psal.
119.
52.
I
remembred
thy
Iudgements
of
old
O
Lord
,
and
have
comforted
my selfe
.
Now
as
St
Paul
exhorts
,
Be
ye
followers
of
me
,
as
I
am
of
Christ
;
so
be
yee
followers
of
me
as
I
am
of
David
,
for
I
know
words
especially
prevaile
,
when
they
are
uttered
more
from
the
bowels
,
then
the
braine
,
and
from
our
owne
Experience
:
which
made
Christ
himselfe
a
more
compassionate
High
Priest
.
Therefore
out
of
compassion
I
shall
now
comfort
others
,
with
the
same
pretious
Comforts
,
wherewith
I
have
comforted
my selfe
out
of
Davids
Psalmes
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l
Psalmus
,
Angelorum
allectio
:
alacer
Animae
Ordo
ac
status
:
clypeus
insuperabilis
:
Euthymius
.
Praef.
in
Psalmos
.
.
He
that
hath
the
key
of
David
opening
and
no
man
shutteth
,
assist
me
effectually
to
open
unto
you
a
few
words
of
Comfort
out
of
the
Psalmes
of
David
.
The
truth
is
that
in
the
extremity
of
her
sicknesse
,
and
since
her
death
,
who
was
flesh
of
my
flesh
and
bone
of
my
bone
,
that
which
I
then
most
desired
was
to
repose
my
troubled
thoughts
,
and
to
compose
the
jarring
strings
of
my
heart
to
rest
;
which
at
last
I
pegged
up
to
some
concord
and
harmony
,
by
listning
to
the
sweet
Songs
of
Sion
set
to
Davids
well
tuned
Harpe
and
heavenly
tuned
Heart
.
For
my
Meditations
did
bring
together
foure
Verses
,
Psalmes
,
which
being
put
well
together
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
in
the
heart
of
man
,
are
sufficient
Materialls
to
raise
up
a
Platforme
of
the
strong
and
stately
Building
of
true
Christian
Comfort
.
The
foure
Verses
may
challenge
this
Methode
,
the
first
verse
is
the
Removing
of
the
Rubbish
.
The
Psalme
42.
last
verse
.
Why
art
thou
cast
downe
oh
my
soule
,
and
why
art
thou
disquieted
within
me
?
Hope
thou
in
God
,
for
I
shall
yet
praise
him
,
who
is
the
health
of
my
countenance
,
and
my
God
.
King
David
finding
his
soule
over
sensible
of
troubles
,
checks
and
chides
his
soule
sharply
for
it
,
with
why
and
why
?
and
this
chiding
goes
so
farre
as
to
lay
a
strict
charge
upon
his
soule
to
the
contrary
,
Hope
thou
in
God
,
for
why
should
that
soule
be
cast
downe
and
disquieted
,
that
can
Answer
that
Question
;
now
Lord
what
is
my
Hope
?
my
Hope
is
in
thee
[
m
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m
Psal.
39.
7.
It
was
the
last
verse
of
Scripture
I
heard
my
wife
speak
on
the
last
day
of
her
life
.
:
Hope
thou
in
God
:
and
this
charge
to
hope
in
God
is
grounded
upon
confidence
of
better
times
to
come
,
times
of
praising
God
,
for
I
shall
yet
praise
him
,
this
small
word
,
Adhuc
,
yet
,
't
is
the
strong
voyce
of
confidence
after
a
long
combat
.
1.
Vox
anhelantis
,
the
voyce
of
David
breathing
and
panting
under
the
conflict
of
troubles
and
disquietments
,
what
though
I
am
thus
now
for
the
present
,
I
shall
yet
praise
him
:
2.
Vox
triumphantis
,
the
voyce
of
David
getting
the
victory
over
all
his
troubles
,
and
triumphing
with
this
voyce
of
Joy
uttered
with
confidence
,
I
shall
yet
praise
him
.
And
this
confidence
is
strengthned
by
his
Experience
,
that
God
is
the
Health
of
his
countenance
.
Omnimodam
my
God
;
anima
mea
quid
perstrepis
in
me
?
Trem.
significantly
,
if
God
be
my
God
,
saith
David
,
Deus
meus
&
omnia
,
saith
that
confident
one
[
n
](A01750-5520-b)
n
Luther
.
,
As
bold
as
a
Lion
,
God
,
my
God
,
and
all
things
mine
.
If
God
be
with
me
,
what
can
be
against
me
so
farre
as
to
disquiet
me
?
whatsoever
is
against
me
,
it
will
be
with
me
for
my
good
,
if
God
be
but
my
God
,
which
is
the
2d
thing
in
the
Building
Psal.
73.
25.
Whom
have
I
in
Heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
upon
Earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee
.
This
is
an
expression
of
our
Faith
,
whom
have
we
in
heaven
but
thee
,
to
rely
upon
in
all
our
necessities
?
this
is
an
expression
of
our
affection
;
whom
have
we
in
heaven
but
thee
,
to
love
?
the
Giver
of
all
things
to
be
beloved
;
whom
but
thee
to
feare
?
the
Disposer
of
all
things
to
be
feared
;
whom
but
thee
to
desire
?
the
Satisfier
of
all
lawfull
desires
;
the
Foundation
must
be
but
One
,
whom
but
thee
?
and
,
none
on
earth
besides
thee
.
Yet
with
a
difference
,
other
Foundations
are
laid
deep
in
the
Earth
,
this
must
be
laid
high
in
Heaven
.
Whom
in
heaven
but
thee
?
and
,
none
on
Earth
besides
thee
,
as
the
Foundation
of
Comfort
:
but
we
may
For
whom
have
I
in
Heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
on
Earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee
.
The
Devoute
soule
that
layes
so
good
a
Foundation
as
this
may
goe
on
and
prosper
with
the
Building
of
Comfort
,
even
to
raise
the
Body
of
the
worke
to
Psal.
94.
19.
In
the
multitude
of
my
thoughts
within
me
,
thy
comforts
delight
my
soule
.
My
perplexed
thoughts
,
that
are
wreathed
one
within
another
with
the
many
sorrowes
of
my
heart
,
so
the
Sept:
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Though
there
be
a
great
multitude
of
vexing
griefes
in
my
heart
,
yet
the
plaister
is
large
enough
for
the
sore
,
thy
comforts
proportionable
to
my
Sorrowes
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
according
to
the
multitude
of
my
Sorrowes
thou
dost
proportion
out
thy
comforts
,
be
my
Sorrowes
what
they
will
for
quantity
or
quality
,
thy
comforts
can
extricate
and
rid
me
of
them
all
,
be
they
neere
so
intricate
and
enwrapped
,
as
branches
of
trees
returning
back
are
blended
and
entangled
,
so
the
Hebrew
in
the
Text
,
for
our
thoughts
in
Hebrew
come
from
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Redundare
,
David
.
These
,
or
nothing
,
can
truly
and
really
delight
the
soule
;
earthly
things
may
delight
the
body
that
is
made
of
earth
,
but
the
spirituall
soule
must
have
spirituall
things
to
delight
it
,
worldly
things
delight
not
the
soule
within
a
man
;
the
worldly
man
may
draw
a
curtain
betwixt
the
world
and
his
heart
,
and
seeme
the
only
merry
man
in
the
world
,
when
there
is
many
a
bitter
pull
in
the
heart
:
vides
laetitiam
in
ore
,
St
Ambrose
,
yee
may
heare
shouting
from
his
tongue
,
but
aske
what
cheere
within
,
like
a
poore
Taverne
with
a
bush
,
but
no
good
wine
within
;
as
merry
as
he
is
about
the
mouth
,
his
soule
finds
but
poore
entertainment
within
:
the
wine
of
the
wicked
has
lost
it
nature
,
to
cheere
the
heart
of
man
,
and
like
oyle
it
only
makes
him
have
a
cheerefull
countenance
,
but
the
wine
of
the
godly
comforts
the
spirits
within
a
man
;
Davids
merry
soule
,
was
given
from
God
,
thy
comforts
delight
my
soule
;
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Sept.
Thy
comforts
have
loved
August
.
Thy
Exhortations
Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
.
Now
we
have
seene
the
maine
Body
of
the
Building
of
divine
comfort
,
what
remaines
but
to
lay
on
Psal.
55.
22.
Cast
thy
Burthen
upon
the
Lord
,
and
he
shall
sustaine
thee
,
doe
but
thou
cast
thy
burthen
on
him
,
and
let
him
alone
to
sustaine
thee
;
this
Roofe
will
hold
out
against
all
weather
of
affliction
,
stormes
and
tempests
may
beate
,
but
God
is
able
to
beare
the
Burthen
,
which
we
cannot
beare
.
But
what
burden
may
we
be
bold
to
cast
upon
the
Lord
?
Any
,
either
the
greatest
burden
that
is
in
the
world
,
sinne
;
cast
thy
sinnes
upon
the
Lord
Jesus
:
or
the
lesser
burdens
,
crosses
,
troubles
,
and
losses
.
In
all
and
under
Iob
,
of
whom
S.
Augustine
speakes
thus
:
Haec
amisit
,
sed
illum
tenet
,
qui
abstulit
.
Iob
lost
his
goods
,
but
he
took
hold
of
him
,
who
took
them
away
,
The
Lord
gives
,
and
the
Lord
takes
,
saith
that
patterne
of
Patience
[
o
](A01750-6140-b)
o
Iob
1.
,
the
Lord
takes
,
and
no
matter
what
he
takes
from
us
,
so
long
as
we
have
him
still
,
that
takes
them
,
who
is
able
to
regive
them
with
advantage
.
It
was
S.
Chrysostomes
way
of
comforting
his
Auditors
at
Antioch
[
p
](A01750-6170-b)
p
S.
Chrysost.
Hom
4.
ad
Antioc
.
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
It
is
a
great
part
of
true
Piety
and
godlinesse
,
to
cast
thy
burthen
upon
the
Lord
,
and
he
will
give
thee
better
things
then
ever
thou
lost
;
the
like
Cordiall
the
judicious
Father
hath
[
q
](A01750-6200-b)
q
S.
August
.
in
Psal.
66.
,
quamvis
arca
exinanita
sit
auro
,
cor
tamen
plenum
est
fide
:
the
lesse
in
the
chest
,
there
may
be
the
more
in
the
heart
.
The
want
of
a
husband
m●y
fill
the
heart
with
her
best
husband
Christ
Jesus
.
The
losse
of
a
wife
may
make
the
stronger
contract
betwixt
the
soule
and
her
God
.
The
losse
of
a
childe
may
be
a
Testimony
to
my
heart
,
that
God
receives
me
as
his
childe
,
for
he
chasteneth
every
sonne
whom
he
receives
:
Vbi
multum
crucis
,
multum
lucis
,
that
Luther
.
man
of
crosses
ʳ
was
wont
to
say
,
the
more
affliction
from
God
,
may
prove
the
more
instruction
to
the
soule
.
The
reall
Alphabet
of
Christianity
is
speld
out
by
suffering
Christs
Crosse
;
and
not
by
reading
of
Christs
Sufferings
.
Faith
comes
by
hearing
,
and
by
feeling
too
,
by
suffering
,
that
is
the
best
triall
of
Faith
;
by
suffering
losses
we
learne
to
beleeve
what
God
can
doe
for
us
.
What
wicked
Cain
said
of
his
sinnes
,
they
are
greater
then
can
be
forgiven
;
no
childe
of
God
must
think
of
his
losses
,
they
are
greater
then
can
be
given
againe
:
sin
the
cause
of
all
losses
,
is
not
greater
then
can
be
forgiven
:
much
lesse
any
losse
,
the
effect
,
greater
then
can
be
given
againe
.
Cast
thy
burden
,
Pagn
ine
reads
it
,
Pondus
,
thy
heavy
crosses
,
and
waighty
losses
;
but
Montanus
,
Donum
,
The
eight
Part
is
the
strength
and
duration
of
this
The
Building
of
Comfort
not
only
stands
by
the
benefit
of
the
Foundation
that
sustaines
and
supports
it
:
but
the
strength
of
the
Building
is
much
augmented
and
encreased
by
the
benefit
of
the
contignations
that
knit
and
unite
the
Parts
together
;
and
also
of
the
butteresses
that
comprehend
and
embrace
them
without
.
The
Foundation
being
surely
laid
will
not
suffer
the
Building
of
Comfort
to
sinke
:
the
contignation
and
knitting
will
not
suffer
it
to
cleave
:
the
Butteresses
will
not
suffer
it
to
swerve
:
all
these
together
by
a
joynt
force
(
which
is
the
stronger
)
make
greatly
for
the
strength
and
duration
of
the
building
of
Comfort
.
Yee
see
the
Foundation
laid
before
in
it
proper
place
:
briefly
here
of
the
contignations
,
and
the
Butteresses
as
they
are
necessary
for
the
strength
and
duration
of
Comfort
.
1.
Gods
1.
Gods
Wisdome
is
absolute
,
and
transcendently
Comfort
yee
,
comfort
yee
my
people
,
Isai.
40.
1.
But
how
must
Director
,
no
Counseller
,
no
Instructer
,
no
Teacher
:
I
use
not
so
many
Synonymies
as
the
Prophet
doth
there
,
but
by
this
we
collect
that
the
all-wise
Disposer
of
all
things
good
or
evill
,
secret
or
manifest
,
universall
or
singular
,
necessary
or
contingent
,
must
needs
by
the
forceable
influences
of
his
Wisdome
dart
warmth
and
comfort
into
his
people
,
who
are
called
the
children
of
wisedome
,
because
they
are
able
both
by
reason
and
experience
to
justifie
all
the
wayes
of
wisedome
:
as
that
the
Reproach
of
Christ
is
better
then
the
pleasure
of
sinne
for
a
season
,
witnesse
Moses
:
and
one
day
in
the
Courts
of
God
better
then
a
thousand
elsewhere
,
witnesse
David
.
The
ground
they
build
upon
is
this
,
that
God
knowes
what
is
best
for
every
one
of
his
,
so
saith
David
,
Psal.
1.
The
Lord
knowes
the
way
of
the
Righteous
,
that
is
,
the
beames
of
Gods
Wisdome
in
acknowledging
their
miseries
are
so
settled
upon
them
,
that
they
are
wonderfully
comforted
and
refreshed
in
all
their
wayes
.
This
is
the
first
contignation
giving
strength
to
the
Building
of
Comfort
,
Gods
Wisedome
.
The
second
needs
little
Probation
,
for
all
strength
Who
hath
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand
?
and
meted
out
Heaven
with
the
spanne
?
and
comprehended
the
Dust
of
the
Earth
in
a
measure
?
and
weighed
the
mountaines
in
scales
,
and
the
hils
in
a
ballance
?
therefore
for
our
infinite
comfort
,
God
(
maugre
all
the
adverse
power
)
can
doe
whatsoever
he
will
,
as
having
his
Name
,
the
mighty
God
,
Isaiah
9.
6.
The
third
Contignation
of
the
building
of
comfort
,
Gods
Justice
,
is
so
absolute
,
He
can
doe
us
no
wrong
,
that
's
our
comfort
,
doe
what
he
please
:
the
sorest
chastisement
that
ever
childe
of
God
stood
under
,
was
but
his
just
Anger
against
him
,
even
the
way
of
his
displeasure
was
not
unequall
,
to
punish
our
sinnes
so
severely
in
his
own
Sonne
.
What
more
comfortable
then
this
,
that
all
affliction
is
but
Gods
just
pursuit
of
sinne
in
us
,
to
drive
sinne
out
of
us
,
and
us
out
of
ourselves
,
to
flye
wholly
to
our
God
?
Davids
meate
may
be
ashes
,
and
his
teares
mingled
with
his
drink
,
yet
this
proves
a
comfortable
repast
,
a
sweet
refreshing
,
by
reason
that
out
of
the
Eater
comes
meat
,
out
of
the
strong
comes
hony
,
out
of
Gods
Justice
against
sinne
issues
true
Comfort
.
Fourth
Contignation
,
Gods
Mercy
;
God
hath
not
the
Father
of
mercies
cannot
but
a
God
of
all
Consolation
,
as
St
Paul
joynes
them
together
;
so
the
childe
of
God
findes
by
Experience
,
the
Father
of
mercies
,
is
alwayes
the
God
of
all
Comfort
,
that
is
the
fourth
knitting
and
uniting
of
the
Building
of
Comfort
.
5.
Contignation
,
Gods
Truth
;
it
is
no
small
Comfort
Heb.
2.
17.
Christ
made
like
to
his
brethren
,
that
he
might
be
a
mercifull
and
faithfull
high
Priest
,
the
words
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
are
comfortable
words
,
not
only
to
compassionate
us
,
but
to
be
true
and
Faithfull
to
us
,
not
to
faile
,
Christ
will
never
faile
us
in
the
knitting
and
uniting
of
our
Comfort
within
,
if
we
doe
not
faile
our selves
in
setting
up
the
Butteresses
from
without
;
Christ
is
faithfull
,
if
we
be
not
faithlesse
.
There
are
three
speciall
Butteresses
of
the
Building
It
is
the
Lord
,
let
him
doe
what
seemeth
him
good
.
1.
Sam.
3.
Though
the
matter
concerned
him
and
his
so
nigh
,
yet
the
good
man
thought
that
he
had
nothing
more
to
doe
then
to
set
to
the
seale
of
his
approbation
of
Gods
Will
,
which
was
a
willing
Submission
to
it
.
It
is
the
Lord
,
it
becommeth
not
man
to
reason
with
him
,
why
he
doth
thus
and
thus
,
there
is
no
good
to
be
got
by
such
contention
,
all
the
Comfort
lyes
in
this
,
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart
the
mouth
must
speak
after
this
admirable
manner
;
It
is
the
Lord
,
let
him
doe
what
seemeth
him
good
.
Nay
,
a
greater
then
Eli
,
the
first
High
Priest
that
ever
was
,
Aaron
who
was
appointed
by
God
to
be
a
mouth
to
Moses
,
he
could
speak
so
well
;
yet
when
God
burnt
his
sonnes
for
offering
strange
fire
,
he
had
not
a
word
to
say
,
but
as
the
Text
saith
,
Aaron
held
his
Peace
;
by
holding
his
peace
in
this
case
,
Aaron
did
glorifie
God
more
then
if
he
had
spoken
with
the
tongues
of
men
and
Angels
;
Aaron
silencing
his
sorrow
by
subjecting
his
will
to
Gods
Will
,
did
shew
forth
his
inward
Comfort
.
Once
more
,
for
't
is
a
greater
then
Aaron
,
our
High
Priest
according
to
the
order
of
Melchisedech
was
never
without
Comfort
,
because
never
without
Submission
to
his
heavenly
Father
:
when
he
was
alone
,
and
none
to
comfort
him
indeed
,
he
prayed
(
bearing
our
infirmities
)
Let
this
cup
passe
from
me
,
but
with
a
pull
back
of
restraint
,
Not
my
Will
,
but
thy
Will
be
done
.
Ipse
erat
voluntas
&
Potestas
Patris
,
&
tamen
ad
Demonstrationem
sufferentiae
debitae
,
voluntati
se
Patris
tradidit
,
Tertull
.
Not
my
Will
,
but
thy
Will
be
done
.
This
is
a
strong
supporter
of
true
comfort
,
to
lay
our
hands
upon
our
mouthes
,
and
not
to
open
them
except
with
Iobs
thankfull
Eccho
,
Blessed
be
the
Name
of
the
Lord
,
O
happy
Comfort
!
and
well
upheld
,
to
blesse
God
in
all
things
by
freely
submitting
our
wills
to
His
Will
;
let
the
Lord
doe
what
he
will
,
and
let
us
be
sure
to
blesse
His
Name
for
it
,
that
is
the
first
Butteresse
of
Comfort
.
2.
Butteresse
,
and
a
very
strong
one
too
,
is
Right
Dives
,
he
may
say
,
Soule
,
soule
,
take
thy
rest
,
for
thou
hast
comfort
,
much
riches
of
comfort
,
laid
up
for
as
long
,
as
thy
Reason
is
rectified
and
is
guided
by
the
Word
of
God
,
and
the
whole
course
of
thy
affections
ordered
by
that
rectified
Reason
.
When
a
man
smothers
himself
under
sorrow
,
and
discontent
,
let
him
see
what
reason
he
hath
for
it
out
of
Gods
Word
:
when
a
man
rejoyceth
and
comforteth
himself
with
anything
,
let
him
see
what
good
reason
he
can
finde
for
it
:
beleeve
me
,
this
is
a
strong
bridle
and
curbe
to
stop
the
course
of
all
discontentednesse
and
uncomfortablenesse
in
our
Christian
journey
:
and
withall
a
very
strong
keen-metled
Spur
to
put
us
forward
in
the
free
course
of
true
Comfort
:
even
this
is
the
ready
way
,
to
try
all
things
that
we
doe
by
sound
Right
Reason
.
Now
that
the
two
former
Butteresses
may
stand
fast
,
and
the
whole
Building
continue
durable
,
we
must
not
faile
to
put
up
the
third
Butteresse
,
that
is
If
any
of
you
lack
wisedome
(
Iames
1.
5.
)
let
him
aske
God
,
and
he
will
give
it
him
.
Thomas
expounds
that
Text
to
this
purpose
now
in
hand
.
Si
quis
vestrum
indiget
Sapientiâ
,
To
day
thou
shalt
be
with
me
in
Paradise
:
dum
memoria
poscitur
,
regnum
concedit
,
saith
the
Father
.
God
the
Father
,
who
workes
victoriously
,
is
the
God
of
all
comfort
[
f
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f
2
Cor.
1.
3
,
4.
,
comforting
us
in
all
our
tribulation
and
in
any
trouble
,
Vers
.
4.
of
that
Chapter
.
2.
Because
,
Christ
is
the
Fountaine
of
all
comfort
to
us
,
so
our
consolation
also
aboundeth
by
Christ
.
Vers
.
5.
of
that
Chapter
.
3.
The
holy
Spirit
is
the
comforter
,
to
this
end
that
the
knowledge
of
the
truth
might
make
us
Conquerors
,
that
our
hearts
might
not
be
troubled
nor
afraid
[
t
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t
Iohn
14.
26.
and
27.
.
4.
The
whole
Scripture
was
written
for
our
comfort
,
that
we
through
comfort
of
the
Scriptures
might
have
hope
;
strong
comfort
,
and
strong
hope
[
v
](A01750-7350-b)
v
Rom.
15.
4.
.
5.
Because
of
the
immutability
of
Gods
Counsell
,
confirmed
by
an
oath
,
that
by
two
immutable
things
,
in
which
it
was
impossible
for
God
to
lye
,
we
might
have
a
strong
consolation
[
x
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x
Heb.
6.
17
,
18.
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
a
mighty
,
potent
,
firme
and
solide
Consolation
.
The
Greek
Epithet
is
so
expressive
.
6.
Consolation
never
goes
single
without
confortation
;
a
strengthning
power
of
the
Grace
of
God
accompanies
it
;
this
is
a
reparation
of
our
Christian
forces
,
and
a
congruous
fortification
against
all
evill
[
y
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y
Dan.
10.
17
,
18
,
19.
.
There
remained
no
strength
in
Daniel
,
untill
one
touched
him
,
and
said
,
O
man
greatly
beloved
,
feare
not
,
be
strong
,
yea
be
strong
;
and
when
he
had
spoken
unto
me
,
I
was
strengthned
,
saith
Daniel
;
Gods
comforting
of
us
is
a
strengthning
comfort
.
Beloved
,
this
is
a
strong
durable
Building
of
Comfort
,
for
no
Earth-quake
,
no
heart
quake
can
shake
the
foundation
of
it
:
no
Canon
shot
with
all
the
powder
and
power
of
hell
can
batter
down
the
walls
of
it
:
no
Tempest
of
affliction
can
beat
down
the
Roofe
of
it
:
no
theeves
,
though
they
be
subtile
evill
spirits
,
can
rifle
the
roomes
of
it
:
no
cruell
Land-lord
to
thrust
us
out
of
doores
;
but
a
loving
kinde
Lord
,
our
God
,
who
doth
all
to
keepe
us
within
doores
,
within
comfort
:
no
false
Neighbours
can
take
our
house
over
our
heads
:
no
envying
at
one
anothers
dwellings
:
here
are
severall
Roomes
of
comfort
for
young
,
and
old
,
rich
and
poore
,
well
and
sick
,
men
and
women
,
husbands
and
wifes
,
King
and
Subject
,
widowes
and
orphans
;
comfort
enough
for
all
beleevers
of
all
Families
,
Townes
,
Cities
,
Countries
,
Nations
and
Languages
under
Heaven
.
Now
where
can
I
better
lodge
my
discourse
then
in
this
strong
durable
Building
of
most
divine
comfort
?
and
so
I
shall
at
this
very
instant
,
if
ye
will
but
promise
me
,
to
doe
your
best
to
comfort
one
another
with
these
words
,
or
with
any
the
like
words
of
comfort
,
out
of
Gods
holy
Word
.
And
we
beseech
thee
O
Lord
,
to
teach
us
this
art
,
and
to
make
us
all
such
spirituall
Builders
,
that
we
may
not
be
cast
down
under
the
Burthen
of
temporall
losses
and
crosses
,
or
of
spirituall
temptations
,
but
that
every
one
upon
all
occasions
,
may
expostulate
the
matter
seriously
with
his
own
soule
,
Why
art
thou
cast
down
ô
my
soule
?
and
why
art
thou
disquieted
within
me
?
hope
thou
in
God
,
for
I
shall
yet
praise
him
,
who
is
the
health
of
my
countenance
,
and
my
God
.
Whom
have
I
in
heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
upon
Earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee
,
and
thy
Comforts
:
for
in
the
multitude
of
my
thoughts
within
me
,
thy
comforts
delight
my
Soule
.
Therefore
ô
my
soule
cast
thy
Burden
upon
the
Lord
,
and
he
shall
sustaine
thee
:
Even
so
O
God
of
all
Comfort
,
now
and
ever
sustaine
us
with
the
Comforts
of
thy
sacred
Word
,
and
of
thy
Holy
Spirit
.
Amen
.