[ 222] A great comfort to have a faithful Counsellor.
IF Iacob had not heard there was Corn in Egypt,* 1.1 in what a sad condition had he and his Family been, when all his provision was consumed in Canaan? If Io∣seph had not met with a man, that told him where his Brethren kept their sheep, when he was sent to them by his Father, he might as well have been devoured of a wilde beast indeed, as he was falsely reported to be: It is a great blessing to meet with a faithful guid when a man is out of his way: When a man is at a stand in his Religion, what he may hold, and what he may let go; what he may embrace, and what he may abhor; when he is puzled and cannot tell which way to turn him, whether to the right hand, or to the left; then to find such a faithful Counsellor as Iehosophat did of Micaiah touching War and Peace;* 1.2 such an Inter∣preter as the Eunuch did of Philip touching the interpretation of some hard place in Scripture, &c. this must needs be as sweet, and as welcome as a showre of rain in the time of drought; nay, as bread is to the hungry, and drink to the thirsty soul.