sweet a mother is loue, which whether she
suffer the weake, or exercise the strong, or re∣proue
the vnruly, while she giues diuerse
things to diuerse persons, she loueth them all
and euery one of them as her dearest children.
And shalt thou not, ô my soule, hold thy
God alwayes for a louing Father; frowne
he, smile he, giue he, take he, heare he thee,
appeare he not to heare thee, til this world
shall stand; the comfortable oracles shall
alwayes abide inuiolably true. The eyes of
the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his
eares are open to their cries. The lions do
lacke and suffer hunger, but they who seeke
the Lord shall want nothing which is good. All
things worke together for the best, to them
that feare God. And so, ô my soule, I must
assure thee, that thy God cannot but al∣wayes
heare thee, but alwayes helpe thee,
for he heareth thee, either so that he
granteth thee that which thou crauest, as
thou crauest it, or as good as thou crauest;
albeit not that same which thou wouldest
haue bene at; or a better then that is, or
could haue bene, which thou thoughst to
haue bene onely the best for thee. Anna
the mother of Samuel, maketh a sute to
her God, and is heard in euerie point as