to satisfie their unbelieving hearts their feares were above all the security God tendred as you see in the sixteenth verse and you see how God meets with them Take another place in Isay 7. You may reade of a confederacy between the King of Assyria and the King of Israel to come up against Iudah and Ierusalem And in the second Verse you read how the hearts of the men of Judah were moved even as the trees of the wood are moved with the winde Now in this their feare and danger God sends a Prophet to them to tell them he would bee their security if they would trust on him the third and fourth Verses Be quiet fear not neither be fainthearted I will helpe you Verse 7. But notwithstanding all this their feare prevailed against their faith whereupon God sends the Prophet againe in the tenth Verse and bids the King Ask a signe either in the depths below or height above That is if he desired to have his faith confirmed by any visible signe either in Heaven or Earth God would condescend so farre to the weaknesse of his faith to afford it to him but yet his feares prevailed against his faith and against all the security God offered and he puts all this off very cunningly Verse 12. I will not ask a signe neither will I tempt God One would thinke he spake well he would not tempt God in asking a signe he would beleeve on his bare word doth not Christ blame the Scribes and Pharisees for asking a signe but it is one thing to aske a signe when God doth not offer it and meerly out of temptation too as the Scribes Pharises did another thing to refuse a signe when God tenders it and that for the confirming of their faith That hee spake wickedly The 13. verse tels you Is it a small thing to weary men but yor will weary God also Indeed the meaning is he will not tempt God That is he will not trust God hee would not trust on Gods promise Gods security he would run to the arm of flesh provide the best means for his own safety for he would not trust on Gods security hee would rather trust to the provision feare could make then to the provisions faith could finde in God * In periculis non bebemus otiose pendere a divino auxilio sed omnia facere quae sunt in nostra potestate Quamvis credamus in Deum faciamus tamen quae facienda sunt ne praetermittentes ea Deum tentare videamur Aug. Sometimes we tempt God in trusting upon God in the neglect of means and sometimes we tempt God in the trusting upon means in the neglect of God so did he See 2 King 16.5 to the 10. verse And so you see feare is a heart infeebling sin it betrayes the succours which God tenders God and all God is too little to secure an unbelieving man 6. It doth gratifie the enemy our feares are our weaknings the enemies strengthnings 1. Our weaknings I say feare is an army in battalia against it selfe the heart doth arme the head and the head useth all its enginery to batter the heart the heart makes use of the head to heighten a danger and that againe layes battery against the heart to lessen that Hee needs no enemies without who hath a fearefull heart within how can he stand out against enemies from without that is not able to stand against it selfe This is the nature of fear where courage lessens difficulties and makes great things conquerable such a spirit looks through a lessening glass and sees great dangers to be small the heart still riseth above the difficulty This is the nature of feare it looks through a multiplying glasse and makes small dangers great and unresistable Assure your selves feare will make a man weake amidst all the provisions of strength your forts are nothing if you retaine your feares you will be naked in the midst of armes weak in the midst of strength fear is an armory of weapons against it selfe It is our weaknings 2. And it is the enemies strengthening your feares are their courage and your courage their feares It is said in Iudges 2. That Israels sin was Eglons strength so our sin of feare is the courage and strength of our adversaries you weaken your selves and strengthen them you disarme your selves and arme them you unweapon your selves and put weapons into their hands to destroy you It is a dangerous sin and therefore God would not suffer such to goe to war they were unfit for wars Deut. 20.8 there were two qualities that were to be casheered malitia molities wickednesse of life and fearfulnesse of heart the one makes our enemies weapons successefull and the other makes our owne uselesse 7. It is a sin that indangers our forsaking of the Cause of God Solomon saith 29 Prov. 25. Prov. 29.25 The fear of man worketh a snare if once base feare get the possession of the heart what snares wil they not expose a man unto I will name some to you 1. They will make a man shie to acknowledge the Cause of God You see Nicodemus and many of the Iewes of whom it is said They believed but durst not confesse him for feare of the Scribes and Pharisees 2. Fear will make a man-decline and bawk the Cause of God the Rulers were afaid to acknowledge Christ because of the Romans if they had done so the Romans would have come and taken away their place and nation 3. Fear will blind the understaning hinder us from decerning good from evil and evil from good It is a Maxime Sin in the affection will breed Error in the understanding a corrupt heart will cause a corrupt head feare in the heart will cause darknesse in the minde It is a hard thing for a man under the power of any sinfull passion either by-assed with corrupt affections or blinded with corrupt passions to judge of the truth and justnesse of any cause though it be never so evident Men in feare are apt to judge those things good which yet are evil and they themselves would so acknowledge if they stood upon even ground if the feares and dangers had not got the hill of them And I believe this is a great ground of mens judgings in these times They think if they should acknowledge things as they are they should be at great costs for the present and run great hazards for future and therefore they will rather smother the Light and Evidences they have then let in more to their danger and cost Thus our enemies make us drive their mills with our owne breath and doe their worke with our own hands a fair policie Pyrrhus used to say of Cyneas That he had gained more Cities with his eloquence then he himself had done with his sword It is wisdom to expect most venom where there is most Art the Spider hath much Art but yet a great deale of poyson 4. The fourth snare that this
apprehensions Which were two fold 1 Ad intra They were troubled 2 Ad extra They cryed out for feare We begin with the first The effect of this apprehension in themselves They were troubled But this was farre from Christs end he came to helpe them and not to terrifie them to relieve them not to disquiet them how came it to pass that they were troubled Certainly they were not affraid of deliverance that was that which they desired but they were terrified at the manner of Christs comming to deliver them Doct. Christ may come to helpe his people in such a way as yet the very means of helpe may be a terror to them I say Christ may come in such a way to deliver his people as yet the appearance of Christ may be a terror to them It is the speech of one upon this y Adest Christus ut eos juvet tâ—men ipsi horrent venientem Christ is comming here to helpe them and yet they feare his approach Thus it was with the children of Israel in Egypt Moses came to helpe them and yet they were afraid of his comming they saw things went worse with them then before and therefore they desired him to be gone and let them alone they would rather continue in their former bondage then indure the pains of a deliverance Exod. 5.21 God delivered Paul and Silas out of prison but it was by an earthquake a terrible way So God doth sometimes come to deliver his Church but yet by earthquakes by land-quakes by great commotions as is prophesied Rev. 11.13 and thought to be now in fulfilling This is a terrible way though a way of deliverance We reade in Ioel 2.21 Fear not O land bee glad and rejoyce for the Lord will doe great things for you It was a time of joy in respect of the deliverance God purposed to work for them but yet a time of feare in respect of the manner and way which God might take to deliver them You have an excellent Scripture for this Psal 65.5 By terrtble things in righteousnesse wilt thou answer us oh God of our salvation who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth The Saints had been praying and here they had some answer in their spirits an assured confidence that God would answer them yea and answer them in righteousnesse but yet by terrible things By terrible things in righteousnesse wilt thou answer us O God of our salvation If you looke into the word you shall finde the wayes of Gods deliverance of his Churches have yet for the most part beene terrible wayes Israel was delivered from their bondage in Egypt but yet the way was terrible the enemies pursued them they were to passe through the sea for their deliverance Daniel was delivered out of the hands of his enemies but the way was terrible he must be given into the pawes of hungry Lions to be delivered from the hands of cruell men The Three Children were delivered but the way was terrible by fire from fire Jonah was delivered but the way was terrible by a Whale which swallowed him up his devourer is his deliverer When Christ shall come to deliver his Church at the end of all things you read how terrible the way is Luke 21.25 c. There shall be signes in the Sunne and in the Moone and in the Starres and upon the Earth distresse of Nations the Sea and waters roaring mens hearts failing them for feare and for looking after the things that shall come upon the Earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken A very terrible way yet the way of deliverance as followes And when you see these things to come to passe then lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh Here was deliverance you see to the godly but yet the way of deliverance was a terrible way So that you see the Doctrine is plaine Christ may come to helpe his people in such a way that the very meanes of helpe may be a terror to them Vse I shall make the application which one doth upon this place a Non despondeamus animum tametsi quae nobis auxilio fore promittitur quandoque speciem quandam interitus afferant c. Cartw. in loc Let us not be discouraged or too much cast downe though those things which are used for our deliverance may carry the face of destruction with them Who will reject a Potion because it is bitter an Antidote because there is poyson in it As Physitians can order poysonous and distructive ingredients to physicall and usefull purposes so God can make those things which in themselves are evill for the good of his people The man-childe of deliverance is not brought forth without pangs ill humours long in growing are not removed without paine Sometimes the fiering of the prison hath been a deliverance of the prisoner A blow with a sword hath broken an Impostume in the head Those things which in themselves seeme hurtfull and distructive God is able to use them as helpefull and turne them to our comfort And therefore wee are not to bee too much cast downe God would have us to see deliverance even through destruction and comfort through confusion God doth often put his people to suck honey out of the Rock and oile out of the flinty Rock Dout. 32.13 Gloria habitat in rupibus Ciem Alex. Glory dwels in the Rocks and deliverance in difficulties And therefore let not your spirits sinke under the sad appearance of things But yet we have great cause to be humbled though you are not to be cast down to desperation yet are wee to be cast downe to humiliation that God must take such sad wayes to do us good that God should work us good by such terrible means wee have cause to bee humbled Had it not beene for our sinnes the deliverance of his Church might have been brought about in a more comfortable way reformation might have been setled in a peaceable way without blood But our sins have caused God to lay the foundation of Englands future good in Englands present misery And therefore we have cause to be humbled for it this day We hope God is travelling in the greatest of his strength to deliver his poore bleeding and languishing Church But the way is terrible to flesh and blood For this let us be humbled But yet though the meanes of salvation and deliverance be so terrible let us take heed that salvation it selfe become not a terror to us though the physick be terrible let health be desirable though the way God takes to reforme us be terrible yet let not reformation it selfe become a terror to us And so much for that doctrine and for this time The end of the fourth Sermon I Shall not carry you back to to the review of what I have spoken Vnto all that I have said Give me leave to adde this more It calls in for as good a share of our paines and of your
could overcome God he should overcome his brother When Hezekiahs troubles were increased then were his prayers also The like of David 2 Kings 19.14 Hester c. and should be so with us The troubles below should send us to seek for comfort above Difficulties are to grace as Bellowes to the fire to intend it and make it burne more vehemently It is said of Christ himselfe That being in an Agony he prayed more h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ardentius orabat extensius intensius orabat Luke 22.44 fervently not that he did not pray fervently at all times not that there could be any coldnes in that breast where heaven burnt so hotly But he exprest himselfe with more fervency or the expressions of Christ were according to the present condition he was then in And so it teacheth us when we are in Agonies as now we are even in an Agony of blood not wrestling with the wrath of God indeed but with the wrath of men the powers of darknesse * Qua fronte te audiria deo postulas cum te ipse non audias Cypr. de orat dom Then should we pray with all fervency yea i Vult Deus rogari vult cogi vult quadam importunitate vinci bona haec violentia est qua Deus non offenditur sed placatur Greg. in Psal 6. Poeni and wrestle with God by faith and promises Esay 27.5 by his own might and joyne teares with prayers humiliation with supplication Therefore doth God increase our troubles that we might increase our duties both the number and the weight of them the length and the strength of them Mighty necessities call in for mighty wrestlings ingage that God who is stronger then the strongest wiser then the wisest interest that Christ who can both over-plot and over-power all his adversaries who is fuller of mercy then they can be of wrath against us Reas 4. God doth increase our troubles when hee comes to remove them that he might increase our deliverances So much as comes into a trouble to increase that so much shall come into a deliverance to heighten that The same proportion God observeth in difficulties the same he also observes in deliverances God will make the rises of his people proportionable to their castings down where he layes the foundation low there he intends a proportionable structure of mercy to raise the building high They who sow in teares shall reape in joy their harvest shall be as glorious as their seed time hath been uncomfortable You see the difficulties of the Children of Israel which were so much inlarged in Egypt and at the Red-sea did all come into the inlargement of their deliverance If the strait had not been so great the inlargement had not beene so glorious if the trouble had not been so sad the deliverance had not been so joyfull Reade the story and you shall finde that those things which were additions to their troubles were also made additions to their deliverance By this meanes they had a fuller and compleater deliverance as I have shewed before When so many potent nations joyned together against Iehosaphat it did much increase the difficulty when so many potent Kings united all their strength and power together But yet looke and you shall finde this also increased their deliverance By that meanes they were delivered of all their enemies at once they strook them off at one blow as you reade 2 Chr. 20.1 2 3.22 23 24 c. If God had ruin'd them in the rise broken in pieces their counsels c. neither had their destruction beene so grievous nor his peoples deliverance so glorious But now suffering them to bundle themselves together and God delivering as hee shewes his mercy towards his own so he gets glory out of the other Reade also Iosh 9.1 2 3. and Iosh 10.4 5 6 7 c. Reas 5. God doth increase our troubles when he comes to remove them that he might increase our thankfulnesse therefore doth God bring us into troubles i Quo miserior in Angustiis eo gratior in liberationibus â—anto jucundior confolatio quanto amarior tentatio Musâ— that being delivered our hearts might be more inlarged with praises Moses troubles were heightned at the Red Sea that Gods praises might be also raised when he came to the shoare And so they were Nothing doth more swell a mercy and deliverance then our necessity of it The greater the necessity the greater the mercy And proportionably as our thoughts are raised with the esteeme of the mercy so are our hearts raised in the returnes of praises Men sensible of their wants to pray for mercy wil be sensible of their injoyments in praises to God for them It is a sad thing when God must bee forced to make us miserable that hee might make us thankfull If we could be more thankefull under deliverances God would not make us so miserable under pressures If our hearts could be but more weighty in praises Gods hand would not be so heavie in pressures This is a sad thing when God is inforced to increase our stripes double our blowes adde to our troubles when we are under them that he might adde to our praises when wee are got out of them Christians You have had experience of many mercies of a late mercy the deliverance from that treacherous plot and bloody designe upon this City God blasted it Are you thankful What are daies of praises without hearts of thankfulnesse Do not your hearts dye underthe injoyment of this mercy Well take heed lest our unthankfulnesse for this occasion God to bring us into greater straits that wee might bee wrought up to greater thankfulnesse why should not preservation from trouble be as great a mercy as deliverance out of trouble Had any of you been delivered Vita mercee though you had lost your estates you would have thought your life a sufficient gaine And hath God preserved you and all yours not one haire of your head touched and are you unthankfull Beware lest your unthankfulnesse for this doe not cause God to make the next greater God increases our troubles to increase our thankfulnesse Vse 1. If so then let us not judge of Gods purposes by his present proceedings of providence with us God may increase the troubles of his people when yet he intends to remove the troubles of his people as God may seeme to heale when he means to destroy to speak peace and good in his works when he intends evill and wrath in his word so God may seeme to kill when he intends to cure to destroy when he means to save to wound when he intends to heale You know what God said to his people when they were in great troubles under the cruell and unmercifull hands of their enemies their troubles increased Yet saith he Ierem. 29.11 I know the thoughts I think to thee they are thoughts of peace and not of evill to give thee at the last an
faithfulnesse truth Ignorance of the power of God of the mercy truth of God is the ground of all our unsteadinesse in depending on him Psalme 9.10 They that know thy Name will trust in thee If you will eye God more men lesse converse more with Heaven lesse with earth If you will have to do more with his word lesse with workes if you will shut the eye of sense and open the eye of faith You shall be more able to depend on him Thus we come from the generall view to the incouragement it selfe in particular which you see is doubled Be of good cheere be not afraid Be of good cheere That 's the first It seemes their spirits were much sunk their hearts cast downe And there was great ground if any thing below might be a ground to cast downe mens spirits They were first in the midst of the sea 2 Tossed with waves 3 The winds contrary 4 In the darke of the night and 5 Christ was absent God may exercise his people with such oppressing difficulties Doct. that their spirits may faile and their hearts may even be ready to sink under them It was so here with the Disciples It was so with David I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul And this ariseth not so much from the greatnesse of our straits as from the lownesse of our spirits under them We are too big in our successes and too little in our losses we are too high when things go well and too low when things go ill Men that are proud in successes are sure to be as base in losses We are apt to extreames Hard it is to be nothing in our selves when things goe well and all in God when things go ill but this lessen we must learne otherwise we shall be as unstable as the times themselves live and dye according to successes of things Labour for steadinesse of spirit get to be setled in unsetled times get to be fixed on God be as a Rock in the Sea Though the waves move the sea rises and fals yet the rock abides that stands firme where it was So let us It is said of a beleeving man He shall not be afraid of evill tydings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord Psal 112.7 But we shail passe this There is something more offers it self from the words Be of good cheere The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies three things 1 Courage r 2 Forti animo estote Be of good courage 2 Comfort ſ 2 Consolamini Be of good comfort 3 Confidence t 3 Fiduciam habete Juxta vulgarem versic 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Be of good confidence u Firmam animi fiduciam requirit Musc Beleeve Have faith in God The same word that signifies comfort signifies confidence To shew us that all comfort in God in times of trouble doth arise from confidence in God in the time of trouble No more confidence then you have no more comfort you have We have so little comfort in our trouble because we have so little confidence We want comfort the reason is because we have misplaced our confidence God hath blasted our carnall confidences that he might be our only stay now in times of trouble While we have others to go to we will not go to God whiles we have Bulwarkes of our owne we will not take Towre in God Whiles we have any thing else to rest on wee will never anchor on the Rock Would you have comfort from the Name from the Attributes of God Would you have comfort from the Promises from the Covenant of God Let God have confidence from you and you shall have comfort from him Assure your selves so much confidence as you lay upon God so much comfort you shall have from God But yet there is something more observable from the word Be of good cheere be of good courage be of good confidence You see before Christ wold allay the tempest without he applies himself first to quiet the tempest within There was as great a tempest in the ship in the hearts of the Disciples as there was in the sea Isay 57.20 Their hearts were like the sea casting up nothing but mire and dirt doubtings feares and unbeliefe Here was the greatest tempest w Non primum res adversas tollit ut postea suos quietos reddit sed contra Musc Christ applies himselfe to lay this to quiet their spirits before he did quiet the sea And this for three reasons 1 Because that this was the root of their troubles even their lownesse of spirit their diffidence and distrust in God All the troubles without had not troubled them if they had not had an unbelieving distrusting heart within Hence Musculus upon this place x Timor non habet causam ex rebus adverfis sed ex diffidentia animi imbecilitate Musc Feare doth not arise so much from troubles without as distrusts and weaknesse within 2 Because the greatest trouble was that within The other did but in danger the body this the soule The minde was most oppressed y Mentes afflictorum solumodo fiducia pacificantur Musc and therefore Christ applyes himselfe that the minde might be first relieved Bono animo estote Be of good comfort Christ applyes himselfe first to succour that part that doth chiefly labour under any trouble and that is the minde If once the minde be set right the heart cheered strengthned troubles will easily be borne 3 Because till their hearts were raised up to believe they were not fitted to receive mercy God loves to put his people into a posture for mercy before he bestow mercy on them They were not in fit posture for God to work till he had raised up their hearts to beleeve and expect It s an observation that z Nunc vero etsi opportur num erat ferendi auxilii tempus quando Christus apparuit tamen in illorū exercitationem salutem distert quae in manu habuit Calvin Calvin hath upon this Verse Although it was now a fit time for Christ to helpe yet the tempest is not laid because his Disciples were not yet awaken'd to pray and beleeve in his mercy Therfore faith hee wee must know it is not without cause that God doth often times deferre that helpe which he is ready to bestow God loves to have his people in a posture of mercy before he doe bestow it Hee would lay the tempest within the storme in their soules he would lay their fearfull unbelieving thoughts and put them on to believe to hope to expect to pray for mercy before they had it The mercies God bestowes upon his people he is willing should come in a believing praying way therefore doth God shut his hand sometimes and with-hold his help that we might believe And here is work for faith And therefore doth hee make obstructions in the breast of the promise that we should suck that we should
d Num salvus est clypius Is my Buckler safe esteeming all well if that were safe It was their honor and safety too to defend that which should defend them Religion is our great defence it makes the great God the defence of any people as you see Deut. 33.29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the Lord. the Shield of thy help and who is the sword of thy Excellency That man runs into the greatest hazzard that for any hazzard shall desert the Cause of God It is a fearfull thing to procure God a just enemy by making man an unjust friend He that maintains the best Cause shall bee maintained by best God Though thou suffer with it yet thou conquerest by it e Duo in cruce affixi intelliguntur Christus visibiliter sponte sua ad tempus diabolus invilibiliter invitus in perpetuum Origen Christ conquered when he seemed to be overcome so a Christian It was that which Cyprian said unto Cornelius f Scias hoinem Christo deditum mori posse vinci non posse Cypr. thou may die but thou shalt never be overcome g Quam gloriosi revertuntur victores de praelio quam beati moriuntur martyres in praelio Ber. Serm. ad mil. temp c. 1. It is the same Christ saith to his Disciples Luk. 21.18 Though they kill you you see Vers 16. yet a hair of your head shall not perish Are wicked men couragious or rather desperate in a bad Cause what a shame then is it that wee should h Quid vel vivens vel moriens metuat cui vivere Christus est mori lucrum Bern. be fearfull in a good VVhat have they to hold up their hearts and what have we not to hold up ours ah what a sin to have a low Spirit under mighty incouragements i Ego miserimas curas quibus te consumi scribis vehementer odi quod fic regnant in corde tuo non est magnitudo causae c. Luth. Luther when he saw Melanchtons Spirits to sinke under the sad aspects of the Church of God in his dayes he fals to down right chiding of him I vehemently hate saith hee those miserable cares wherewith thou writest thou art spent It is not from the greatnesse of the danger but the greatnesse of our feares and distrust if our Cause be false let us revoke it if true why doe wee make God in his rich Promises a Lyar Strive against thy self the greatest enemy why should wee fear the conquered VVorld that have the Conquerour on our side Fearfulnesse is unbefitting a Christian who is the Souldier of Christ and Religion which is the cause of Christ 3. It is unsutable to our relations we stand related to the great God of heaven and earth and a shame it is that such should feare he is our God our Father our Shepheard our Husband our Head wee his People his Children his Sheep his Spouse his members Every one of these speak incouragement to our fearful and unbeleeving hearts what may not the Childe expect from his Father the Spouse from her Husband c. 4. Nay It is unsutable to our expectations from God and to Gods ingagements to us God hath passed over himself to us in many precious and gracious Promises as I have shewed and wee doe justly expect God to be that to us that he hath Promised and what a sin and shame that we should so far betray all these succours which God hath tendred make void all these Promises he hath made by giving way to distrustfull fears To summe up all Christians you have incouragements enough if your hearts be not fallen below Men to fortifie your Spirits against any evill and to bear up your spirits under the sence and burthen of any 1. Every name of God 2. Every Attribute of God 3. Every relation of God 4. Every Word of God 5. Every dealing of God with his Church and People Speaks abundance of incouragement to You against these sinfull sinking Feares And so much for the Second these Fears are unsutable 3. It discovers Weaknesse and Lownesse of Spirit Prov. 24.10 If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small It argues weaknesse of grace weaknesse of faith of hope of patience and declares much unbelief 4. It discourageth and disheartneth those that are weak Nehem. 6.11 Shall such a Man as I flie Nehemiah was One stood for Many Hee knew his Actions either of fear or courage would have an Influence upon Many And therefore would rather dy then fly such a one if he fear is like the dead Body of Amasa that makes all stand still 2 Sam. 20.12 It came to passe that as they came to the dead body they stood still and left off to pursue their enemies You know what a sinne it is to discourage the hearts of your brethren you may see it by the punishment of the bad Spies 5 Feare it betrayes the succours which God offers it is a soule-infeebling-sin a heart-disabling-sin as it is said of naturall feares Feare betrayeth the succours which reason offers so I may say of spirituall feares they betray the succours which God which the promise offers God and all God are too little to secure a fearfull unbelieving man I will but give you two eminent places for it which I had thought to have passed over Isay 30.15 You shall see there the people were in some danger and they let feare worke when indeed faith should have worked And as it is the nature of feare it turnes a man from God and from the promise so it did them and they betook themselves to their owne forecasts and provisions they would go downe to Egypt for help as you see in the first Ver. They trusted in the shadow of Egypt Egypt was a well spread tree the boughs were great and large and they promised to themselves much security under the shadow of her boughes they thought it would have kept out the storme And though God now told them that in quietnesse and confidence should be their strength and that in returning and rest they should be saved though God ingaged himselfe to be their security and set the security in himselfe against all they feared yet notwithstanding all this was no security for them their fears still worked above their faith and all that God said or was was too little to be their security Nay though he tels them in the seventh Verse your strength is to sit still and it is worthy taking notice of the word which God useth there for strength 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is used in Scripture to signifie Egypt Your Egypt shall be to sit still As if God had said What ever you expect in Egypt you shall finde in me if you will quietly rest your spirits on me what ever you looked for there you shall finde me to be unto you But yet all this was too little to answer their feares