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That though our strength and our flesh faile, yet God is the strength of our heart and our portion for ever, Psal. 73.2.
That when there is none help, to then his mighty arm that brings salvation, Isa. 59.16.
That for all this God is to them a Sun and
a shield, Psal. 84.11.
That in this estate his loving kindnesse is not taken from them, his faithfulnesse faileth not his Covenant standeth sure, Psal. 89.33, 34.
That he covers our head in the day of bat∣tell, Psal 104.7.
That for all this he holds us by our right hand, guides by his counsell, and receives us unto glory, Psalm 73.24.
That two insupport∣able Crosses shall not meet at one time, Isa. 27.8.
That be contends with us in measure, Isa. 27.8.
That he smites them not as he smites other men, Isa. 27.7.
That for all this they are not dispised nor ab∣horred, that his face is not hid from their cries and prayers, Ps 22.24.
That though we were in the valley of the sha∣dow of death▪ in a much worse estate, yet God is with us, Ps. 23.4.
Though God chasten us sore, yet he remits the sinne, Ps. 92.8.
That in the greatest of our afflictions, all our desire is with God, our groaning is not hid from him, Ps. 38.9.
That he considers our soul in trouble, and knows our soul in ad∣versitie, Ps. 31.7.
That even then when our spirit is overwhel∣med, he knows our path, Ps. 140.3.
That in all his peo∣ples afflictions he is af∣flicted, and the Angel of his presence saveth them, Isa. 63.10.
That when we wan∣der and are weak, that God will carry us in
his bosome and gather us, Isa. 39.11.
That even then our way is not hid from him, nor our judgment passed over from him, Isa. 40.27.
That when we faint and have no might, then he encreaseth strength and giveth power, Ps, 40.29.
That he wil not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoaking flax, Isa 42.3.
That in the very greatest afflictions God will be with us, Isa. 43.2.
That he defers his anger, and cuts us not away in it, for his names sake and his praise, Isa. 48.9.
That they are graven upon the palmes of his hands, that they are ever in his sight, Jsa. 49.16.
That in that time, Gods kindnesse doth, not depart from them, nor is the Covenant or his peace removed, Isa. 45.10.
That he will not make a full end, Jer. 46.28.
That he corrects in measure, Jer. 40.28.
That he wil not plow all the day to sow, that he will not be ever a threshing of his corne, Isa 12.10.
That his actions are all with discrerion not plagueing all the day long, Isa. 28.24.
That for all their miseries, yet they are held in Gods hand, Deut. 33.3.
That even then, God is their refuge, from a∣bove, and underneath they are in the everlast∣ing armes, Deut. 33.27
That for all this they
are set apart for God, Ps. 4.3.
That in the midst of their miseries God pit∣ties them, and com∣mands to speake peace unto them, Isa. 40.1, 2.
That Gods unchang∣ablenesse in affliction, causeth that we are not consumed, Lam. 3.22.
That as God wounds so he heals and cures, Job 5.18, 19.
That God will with the temptation, pro∣vide a way to escape, & bear it out, 1 Cor. 10.13.
That we are com∣forted in all our tribu∣lations, 2 Cor. 1 4.
That though we be distressed on every side yet we are not perplex∣ed to despaire; that though we be perse∣cuted and cast down, yet we are not forsaken nor destroyed, 2 Cor. 4.8.
That in their di∣stresses Gods grace is sufficient to uphold them, making his pow∣er perfect in their weak∣nesse, 2 Cor. 12.9.
That in the time of trouble he hides them in his pavilion, in the secret of his house, and sets them upon a rock, Ps. 27.5. Ps. 31.30.
That he knows our soul in adversity, Psal. 31.7.
That his favour in affliction appears when our crosses overwhelm us not, Psal. 41.11.
That even then he pi∣ties us as a father pities his children. Ps. 103.13
That God will not lay upon us more then is meet, &c. Job 8.20
That notwithstand∣ing of many sinnes and provocations, he re∣members our affliction when he heares our
cry, Psal. 106.44.
It is matter of hope to see God in it, Lam. 3.24.