amongst them all You know that as vpon this day heeretofore in Scotlād his Highnes was neer vnto his death but the Lord did deliuer him frō that his death Alexāder Ruthwen one of the Gowryes the Earls own brother through a wicked traine drew his Ma into a little study in the Earles owne house the plotter of that treason to the which none could come for his rescue it was so far remote and so many dores were fast lock't betwixt them In that study he had set a man with a weapon a dagger at his girdle They three only being now in the studdy and the studdy-doore fast lockt vpon them Alexander put on his hat on his head and drawing the dagger from that other mans gyrdle held the point of it to the Kings breast avowing now that the King behooued to be in his will and to be vsed as he list swearing many bloody oaths that if the King cryed one word or opened a window to looke out that dagger should presently goe to his heart affirming that hee was sure that now the Kings conscience was burdned for murdring his father Behold here was one part of his highnes trouble Now marke how the Lord did deliuer him from the same First hee made the man there set to do nothing but to tremble and quake and to beg Alexander for Gods sake not to meddle with his Maiestie nor to doe him any harme Secondly he stayde Alexander that hee thrust not at all at the King with his weapon Thirdly he put into the K mouth such an holy and powerfull speach and directed his tongue with such a perswasiue language that Alex himself appeared to be somwhat amazed and vncouering his head againe swore and protested that his Maiesties life should be safe if hee would behaue himself quietly without making noyse or crying that he would onely bring in the Earle his brother to speake with his Maiestie And so he went forth vnto his brother looking the dore behinde him and leauing his Ma with that man he sound there before him To proceede back againe comes Alex to the King with a sword at his side after that he had talked with the earle his brother and at his incomming to his Maiestie he did cast his hands abroade in a desperate manner and said hee could not mend it his Maiestie behoued to dye And with that offered a garter to binde his Maiesties hands with swearing hee behooued to be bound Behold here was an other part of his highnes trouble now marke how the Lord did deliuer him from the same First he caused the man that remained with the King to do nothing against the King as before but in the absence of Alexander when he went to talke with his brother He opened the studdy-window at the request of the K which was a benefite vnto the King Secondly he did so besotte Alexander that he left the studdy doore vnlockt at his comming in at this time for haste did not goe about to kill the King with his weapon but to bind him with his garter Thirdly he gaue that strength and ability to the King that he was hard enough for Alexander with struggling drew him out of the studdy Fourthly he directed the Kings traine to come vnder the studdy window at the same time when the King and Alexander were griping togither who heard and knewe the Kings voyce crying out that they were murthering him in that trasonable forme Fiftly he moued the said K traine to retire and in returning hee caused some of them to hit vpon an open way which was a turn-peck-doore prouided onely for the Earle and his seruants as appeared for that purpose For euer before it was wont to be shut and was onely then left open to come immediately to the King Lastly he caused Sir Iohn Ramsey after he was entred into the chamber and had found his Mai and Alexander strugling togither to strike Alex with his dagger some two or three times taking him by the shoulders to throw him down the staires who was no sooner shut out at the doore but was met by Sir Thomas Erskin Sir Hugh Hereis who there vpon the staires ended him To conclude this point no sooner could the said Syr Thomas Erskine Syr Hugh Hereis with an other seruant enter into the chamber where his Maiestie was but that the said Earle of Gowrie before they could get the dore shut followed them in at the backe hauing cast him directly to come vp that priuie passage as is before saide who at his first entrie hauing a drawne sword in euery hand and a steele bonnet on his head accompanied with seuen of his seruants euery one of them hauing in like manner a drawne sword Cryed out with a great Oath that they should all dye as Traytors Behold here was an other part of his highnes trouble now marke how the Lord did deliuer him from the same First he moued the harts of his seruants to shut his maiestie backe into the little studie and the doord shut vpon him that so he might be put in safely from all strokes Secondly hee gaue them that courage and strength that though they were but foure against eight yet they durst encounter with the earle and his seruants and after many strokes on all hands got the victory of them the said Earle of Gowrie being stricken dead with a stroake through the heart which the said Sir Iohn Ramsey gaue him without once crying vpon God and the rest of his seruants dung ouer the staires with many hurts So let all thine enemies perish ô Lord but they that loue him shall be as the sunne when he riseth in his might The victory thus going on his maiesties side hee being now safe and his enemies being destroyed before him howsoeuer they were many euen to the number of some three or foure score and his company was but small not aboue fifteene persons in all who also were without any kind of armour except swords no not so much as daggers and whingers downe he falles vpon his knees in the midst of his seruants who also kneeled round about him euen immediately before he came out of the chamber and with his owne mouth hee thanked God for that miraculous deliuerance and victory assuring himselfe that God had preserued him from so desperate a perill for the perfitting of some great worke behinde to his glory and for procuring by him the weale of his people that God had committed to his charge The which being done and the whole town of Saint Iohn Stone being appeased his maiestie returned home with the great ioy and loue of all sorts of persons throughout the land who triumphed exceedingly for his deliuerance and gaue manifold thankes vnto the Lord for the same Wherein my beloued brethren let vs labour to paralel them and striue rather therein to goe beyond them then in any sort to come behind them O let vs pray daily vnto the Lord for him and
THE LOT OR PORTION OF THE RIGHTEOVS A COMFORTABLE SERMON PREACHED AT THE Cathedrall Church of Glocester vpon the fift day of August Anno Domini 1615. By Richard Web Preacher of Gods word at Rodborough in Glocestershyre Iob. 13. vers 15.16 Loe though hee slay mee yet will I trust in him and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight He shall be my saluation also For the Hypocrite shall not come before him LONDON Printed by Tho Creede for Roger Iackson and are to be solde at his shoppe in Fleetstreet ouer against the Conduit 1616. TO THE MOST HIGH and mightie King King Iames King of great Brittane France and Ireland defender of the true Christian faith grace and peace from God the father and from our Lord Iesus Christ MOst deare and gratious Soueraigne before whom I bow in all subiectiue manner I doubt not but that worthy saying of Dauid a worthy king is worthily written in the heart of your maiestie our king Rabboth Ranghoth Tsaddic Vmirrullam Iattsilennu Iehouah 1. Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all Of all the states in the world your highnes the onely great state of the world hath had best experience of the truth of this point your troubles we know to the griefe of our hearts haue bene many and your deliuerances also we know to the comfort of our soules haue bene as many This sentence of the prophet most worthy to be written not only in sheetes of gold but also in the hearts of all men by the point of a Diamond was my text vpon the fift of August last past which day was kept solemnely by vs in our solemne city of Glocester to the Honour of your Highnes and for the triumph of your blessed victory out of Gowries wicked conspiracy Since that day I haue bene sollicited and importuned by friends that my Sermon might be printed in papers which then I desired onely to be imprinted in the hearts of my hearers which being done I make bold if not too bold to dedicate to your maiestie as being your owne for that it was preached on your day for your sake to your Honour and by your subiect who is your deuoted seruant to death it selfe My hope and hearts desire is that as Christ rewarded the poore widowes Mite which was cast into the treasury of the Temple though it were nothing in quantity comparable to the great summes of mony which the rich cast into the same so your highnes will respect this litle booke of mine your poore seruant though it be nothing to those great volumes which are consecrated to your maiestie by the learned Rabbins of the land The almighty blesse your highnes and grant in fauour vnto vs all that your maiestie may be euermore in wisedome most admirable like Daniel in courage most valiant like Dauid in zeale most feruent like Phinehas in godlines most singular like Iosiah in care most prouident like Ioseph in riches most abundant like Saloman in counsell most sound like Achitophell in loue most kind like Ionathan in body most healthfull like Moses in minde most ioyfull like Simeon in raigne amongst vs in our English coasts most long like Manasses And lastly that your highnes at the last may be carried by the Angels into the bosome of Abraham like Lazarus And hereunto let all your subiects and friends both domesticall and forraigne say Amen And so vpon the bended knees of my heart I aske pardon for this my boldnes and rest Your Maiesties most humble and truely deuoted Subiect Richard Web. The Contents of the Sermon following THe Exordium or Praeface The Analysis or Paraphrase The summe and parts Foure Questions about the righteous There are Righteous persons in the world Who they be that are righteous By what meanes men are made righteous The markes whereby Righteous men may be knowne from others Christians must haue a respect to all the commandements of God In all good workes men must haue an eye to Gods glorie Godly persons must continue in their godlinesse to the ende Men must loue goodnesse in others as well as in themselues and labour to make others good like vnto themselues The righteous shall haue troubles here in this world God in loue will correct the Righteous The diuell in malice will assault the righteous The world in hatred will pursue the righteous There are seuen things wherein righteous persons passe others The end which God doth aime at in correcting the righteous is alwayes for their good Afflictions are no signe of reiection but a marke rather of Election to euerlasting life Comfort succour must be ministred vnto the righteous in their troubles Holy persons must prepare their hearts for troubles The preparation that must be made against troubles standeth chiefly in the meditation of 3. things viz. of the necessitie of trouble of the vtilitie of troubles and of the multiplicitie of those promises which God hath made vnto vs about our troubles The commodities which troubles do bring vnto the righteous are foure two belonging to this life two others respecting the next life Godlinesse and credit for this life An assurance of glory and a larger measure of glorie for the next life The troubles of the righteous are many Many for the persons from whome they come many for the meanes through which they come many for the times wherein they come many for the parts to which they come many for the sorts by which they come many lustly for the effects which they bring at their comming Sixe causes why the troubles of the righteous are many viz because their sinnes are many their graces many their enemies many their blessings many their exercises of religion many and their contentions against the world the flesh and the diuell many A comfort to the godly who haue many troubles The difference between the troubles of the wicked and the godly which standeth in 3. things viz. the cause of their troubles the māner of bearing their troubles the end or fruite which doth follow vpon their troubles Righteous persons must labour to haue patience as a most needfull thing for them in all their troubles Holy persons must euermore looke for crosses in this life God will deliuer the righteous out of all their troubles Foure reasons why God doth ridde the righteous out of their troubles viz his loue towards them his promise vnto them his feeling with them and his glory from them ioyned with their louing trust in him and trusting loue towards him GOD must haue the onely praise of those deliuerances which the righteous haue In all miseries holy persons must resort vnto the Lord and relye onely vpon him for their deliuerance therefrom A comfort to the Saints against all their tribulations GOD doth saue his sometimes by meanes and sometimes without meanes and sometimes contrary to all meanes A cooling-card to the world who oppose themselues against the righteous The troubles wherein the Kings Maiestie
was in Scotland by Gowries conspiracie diuided into 3. parts togither with his deliuerances frō the same The Kings thanking of God for his victory and the great reioycing of all the land for his deliuerance A Prayer for the King An Application to the Auditorie wherein sixe reasons are set downe why troubles should not trouble any of them though they be manie THE LOT AND PORTION OF THE RIGHTEOVS Psalme 34.19 Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all MOses an holy man of God speaking to the people of God concerning the Institution of the Passe-ouer to be kept at his appointed season from yeare to yeare saith Exod. 13.14 When thy Sonne shall aske thee What is this Thou shalt say vnto him With a mightie hand the Lord brought vs out of Egipt out of the house of bondage and in remembrance hereof wee celebrate this Feast In like manner when your children right reuerend father right worshipfull and wel beloued brethren in Christ Iesus shall aske of you what this our assemblie meaneth You shall answer that it is to giue God thankes for that great benefite which wee receiued at his hands as on this day when in his mercie hee saued our King after a miraculous manner and deliuered him out of the hands of bloody and desperate traitors who had vowed his death to the hurt of vs all and to the harme of Gods whole Church besides This is the day Psalm 118.24 which the Lord hath made let vs reioice and be glad therin Vpon this day God shewed vs the light of his gracious countenāce and had mercy vpon vs in preseruing for vs so great a treasure so good a gouernour so learned a Maister so worthie a King The Lord graunt that wee may enioy him many happie yeares and become most thankfull vnto his Maiestie for him But to draw to my text in it you shall finde two points most worthy of your obseruation and most correspondent vnto this our dayes celebration In the first you shall see what entertainment you are to expect for heere in this world In the second you shall behold what fauour you are to look for frō the Lord your God out of this world The first of these will shew you you troubles the latter your deliuerance from your troubles and both of them ioyntlie together will shew you both the hands of God the one like a wound maiming you the other a plaister healing you Oh marke and consider things well The righteous must looke for more troubles then others And againe they must hope for greater deliuerances then others Their afflictions heere will bee many like the Hoast of the Aramites and their redemptions also will bee as many like the Hoast of the Israelites Dauid beeing a righteous man and one according to Gods owne heart found this most true by his own experience He had many troubles yet he was deliuered out of all his troubles For this cause doth hee here measuring as it were other men by his owne foote declare vnto vs what is the estate or condition of all righteous persons On the one side hee doth tell vs that they are subiect to manifold troubles and afflictions On the other side he doth assure vs that they shall not continue in these their troubles and afflictions but in time conuenient be deliuered out of them all and that by the gracious hand of the Lord their God who doth watch ouer them still for their good So that the spirit of God directed him to those two chiefe things which make men take their crosses grieuously One because they do not look for them before they come another because they do not behold their deliuerer frō them when they are come The prophet doth preuent both these and tell vs that the righteous shall haue many troubles that the Lord wil deliuer him out of all his troubles I pray remember you both the sentences how to wit you must goe through a Sea of troubles And how then you shall come to an hauen of rest that so when any troubles do come on you they may not trouble you like other men who looke not for their troubles nor knowe not where to haue a remedie against their troubles Thus you haue heard the Analysis now marke the sum parts The sum sets down the state or condition of the righteous The parts are two The first doth note out his miserie The second his deliuerance from his miserie His miserie is described out two wayes First by the nature or quality of it Then secondly by the magnitude or quantitie of it The nature or qualitie in this word Troubles The magnitude or quātitie in the other word Many Many are the troubles of the righteous His deliuerance from his miserie containes two branches vnder it The first is the person who doth deliuer him The second is the thing from which he is deliuered The person that doth deliuer him is the Lord. The thing from which hee is deliuered are all his troubles but the Lord deliuereth him out of all his troubles Now of these in order But before I beginne with them because the whole Tsaddik and euery part doth concerne the Righteous and whatsoeuer is now to be spoken must haue a secret relation vnto them necessitie and opportunitie doe require of mee that I should speake a fewe words concerning them Yet speaking of the righteous I will not speak of all the things which doe belong to the Righteous There are foure questions which may iustly be moued cōcerning them The first is whether there bee any righteous persons in all the world yea or no Seeing Iohn doth teach vs that the whole worlde doth lye in wickednes a Iohn 5.19 The second is that if there bee any who they be and what they are The third is How and by what meanes they that bee and are are made Righteous seeing all by nature are corrupt and vnrighteous according to Christes wordes when hee saith That which is borne of the flesh is flesh b Iohn 3.6 The fourth and last is by what tokens or signes they that are and are made righteous may be knowne from other men considering that they doe liue amongst others like men If I should be long in the opening of these things before you I must haue a large time to open them vnto you But now seeing that I must measure my speech by the measure of the clock in running his houre you must giue mee leaue to runne ouer these pointes and rather to point at them then in any point to dwel vpon them Wherfore referring all these matters rather vnto your owne priuate meditation then pursuing any one of them by any long declaration Thus I shut vp all in a fewe words as followeth 1. Though the whole world doth lye in wickednes yet there are righteous persons in the world for as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or world there in that
wherein troubles doe come are many and diuerse For sometimes they come in the morning sometimes at noone sometimes in the euening and sometimes in the night Sometimes in our infancie somtimes in our childhood sometimes in our youth sometimes in our middle-age sometimes in our olde-age sometimes in our dotage The sorts by which troubles do come are many and diuerse For some are the diseases of the bodie as the goute the stone the collicke the ague the feauer the toothach and the like Some are wants of outward things as of houses Cattell money Apparell Dyet Friends libertie and the like Some are losses of goods as when a man is robbed of his money of his plate of his clothes of his beasts of his seruants of his children and the like Some lastly to passe ouer other sorts are the cōmon plagues of the world as burnings by the fire as drownings by the water as infectings by the aire as deuourings by the Sword as destroyings by the pestilence as slanderings by the tongue and the like The parts to which troubles doe come are many and diuerse For somtimes they come vnto the soule somtimes to the bodie and sometimes both to the soule and body together Likewise in the bodie they come now and then vnto the head now and then to the bellie now and then to the backe now and then to the stomack now then to the arms now and then to the thighs now and then to the legs now then to the feete now then to the hands and now then in a word to all the ioynts and members of the body together The effects which troubles do bring forth at their comming are many and diuerse For somtimes they make men mery and sometimes againe they make them sad sometimes they make them pray sometimes againe they make them curse sometimes they make them quiet and somtimes againe they make them rage somtimes in a word they make them the worse somtimes again they make them the better Thus the troubles of the righteous are many Innumerable troubles saith Dauid haue cōpassed me i Psalm 40.12 The Church doth thus complain They haue oftentimes afflicted mee from my youth may Israel now say they haue oftentimes afflicted mee from my youth but they could not preuaile against mee The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long surrowes k Psalm 129.1.2.3 And wee must saith Paul and Barnabas through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God l Acts 14.22 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 through many compressions or twistings together of the Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth import For this cause afflictions are compared to waters because as one waue falleth vpon another so one trouble commeth after another m Psalm 42.7 I might make this more manifest vnto you by manifolde examples out of Gods word as by the example of Iacob of Ioseph of Iob others but at this instant I will giue you instance only in two namely in Dauid and Paul wherof the one is in the old Testament and the other in the new n 1. Sam. 17.34 A lyon you know came to Dauid to deuoure him a beare to teare him o 1. Sam. 17.41 a giant to kill him p 1. Sam. 20. 21. a king to behead him q 2. sam 15.12 a sonne to vnthroan him r 2. sam 20.10 a subiect to reiect him many s 2. sam 8.10 out-lādish princes to captiue or conquer him These were troubles yea many troubles but yet they were not all For besides these you may reade how his wiues were taken by the enemies like prisoners t 1. sam 30.5 how his concubines were defloured openly like whores v 2. sam 16.22 how his children were defiled with incest and murder like pagans w 2. sam 13.14.32 how his subiects were destroyed with pestilence and famine like beasts x 2. sam 21.1.24.15 how his souldiers were vp in a mutinie for to stone him like rebells y 1. sam 30. how his friends were in a confederacie against him like traitors z Psalm 41.9 55.12 lastly how hee himselfe was strangely handled both in body and soule by God himselfe like a cast-away a Psal 38.2 and 32.4 But to leaue him and to come to Paul in the 2. Epistle to the Corinthians and 11. chapter you may plainely see how manie his troubles were by his owne report who knew them best He had many labors many stripes He was often in prison he was neere vnto death many times Of the Iews he receiued 5. times 40. stripes sauing one He suffered shipwrack 3. times Night and day was he in the deepe Sea In iournying he was often in perill of waters in perill of robbers in perill of his owne nation in perill among the Gentiles in perils in the citie in perils in the wildernes in perill in the sea in perils among false brethren In wearines and painfulnes in warchings often in hunger thirst in fastings often in cold and nakednes Besides the things which are outward he was cumbred daily and had the care of all churches So that this is a cleere doctrine that the troubles wherevnto the children of God are subiect are many and diuerse Reas Now the reasons thereof are these First because they haue many sinnes For sinne is the generall and vniuersall cause of all troubles Man suffereth for his sinne saith Ieremy in the Lamentations b Lam. 39.3 And fooles saith Dauid by reason of their transgressions and because of their iniquities are afflicted c Psal 107.17 You may see more of this at your leisure in Psalm 40.12 in Esai 57.17 in Lament 1.22 and Iohn 5.14 God doth knowe that we are like dogges who so long as they are hungry they fasten their eyes vpon their maister but he no sooner casteth downe a crust or a bone but they looke downward run after it little regarding him who feedeth them So is it with vs so long as wee are kept vnder wee looke vnto the Lord our maister and haue a respect to his commandements but when we are full and laden with fatnesse we spurne with the heele and regard not the strong GOD of our saluation d Deut. 32.15 For this cause doth the Lord oftentimes send a deluge vpon the face of our earthly pleasures and throwe vs downe into the floods of teares that so thereby hee might extinguish the heate of vnlawfull desires within vs clense the corruptions of our sinfull liues and all to this ende that wee might not be condemned with the world but might be saued at the day of iudgement as the Apostle doth well obserue in his epistle to the Corinthians according to that which was quoted before the first Epistle the 11. chapter and the latter ende of the same Secondly because they haue many enemies For all the world doth hate them and the diuell and his power is
poore adultresse woman alone onely with Christ there being not so much as any one left behinde either to condemne her or to stone her with stones c Iohn 8.9 So doe all troubles vanish away from the righteous one by one and leaue them safe and alone without one either to vexe them or to destroy them with destructions For be it that the lawier cannot deliuer his client but from his strife the Physition his patient but froÌ„ his sicknes the maister his seruaÌ„t but from his bondage the father his childe but from his pouerty the tutor his scholler but from his ignorance the captaine his souldier but from his wounds yet God can and will also deliuer his from all their troubles whatsoeuer And howsoeuer these their troubles doe come in a thousand waies like waters through many grates yet he can and will also meete with them all For hee can worke doth also often worke by meanes without meanes and contrary to all meanes By meanes yea by weake meanes he saued Israel when hee ouerthrew the innumerable army of the Midianites by Gedeons three hundred men d Iudg. 9.7 By meanes yea by weake meanes he saued Saul and his people when he slew a garrison of the philistins by Ionathan and his armorbearer e 1. Cor. 14. By meanes yea by weake meanes he saued Lot when he conquered Chadorlaomor three other kings with him by Abraham and his familie f Genes 14. Lastly by meanes yea by weake meanes he saued the nation of the Iewes when he destroyed Goliah by Dauid Sisera by Iael and Abimilech by a woman g 1. Sam. 17. Iud. 4. 9. Without meanes he saued Iehosophat and his people when hee himselfe did ouerthrow the Moabites the Ammonites and them of mount Seir which made warre against them h 2. Chron. 20. Without meanes he saued Moses and his people when he himselfe drowned Pharoah and his army in the red sea pursuing after them without meanes he saued Ezechiah and his people i Exod. 14. when he himselfe slew the huge army of the Assirians who came with a purpose to destroy them k 2. King 17. Lastly without means he saued Elisha and his man when he himselfe smote with blindnes the Syrians who besieged Dothan the city where the prophet was and came to take him l 2. King 6. Contrary to all meanes hee saued the three children from burning being in the fire m Dan. 3. Contrary to all means he saued Ionah from consuming being in the Whales belly n Ionâ—â— 2. Contrary to all meanes he saued Daniel from deuouring being in the Lions den o Dan. 6. Finally contrary to all meanes be saued the Isralites froÌ„ drowning being in the bottome of the sea p Ezod 14. Wherefore my beloued brethren faint not whatsoeuer your troubles be but be of a good comfort and cheere vp your harts in the Lord doubt nothing but all shall be well with you in the end Oh say with Dauid wheÌ„ your harts are disquieted Why art thou cast downe my soule and why art thou disquieted within me waite on God for I will yet giue him thanks he is my present helpe and my God q Psalm 42.11 Doubtles he will come he will come waite but a little and you shall see your deliuerance And so I conclude this worthy obseruation with the prophets needful exhortation in these words Hope in the Lord be strong and he shall comfort thine heart and trust in the Lord. r Psalm 27.14 The fourth and last is an Instruction to the world to warne them in their euill courses that they goe not about to trouble the righteous and to qualifie them in their ioyfull mirth that they doe not exult too much in the misery of the righteous For seeing that the Lord will deliuer the righteous out of all their troubles it is a great folly for the world to goe about to trouble them and a greater vanity in them to reioyce at their troubles as though they should continue euer in their troubles and neuer see an end of their troubles Here here let the wicked remember what is in Zophonie when the Lord saith After a certaine time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee and them that beare the reproach for it behold at that time I will bruise all that afflict thee and I will saue her that halteth and gather her that was cast out and I will giue them praise and fame in all the lands of their shame s Zoph 3.18.19 Here here let the wicked remember what is in Esay where the almighty saith But thus saith the Lord euen the captiuity of the mighty shall be taken away and the prey of the tyrant shall be deliuered for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee and I will saue thy children And will feede them that spoile thee with their owne flesh and they shall be drunken with their owne blood as with sweete wine and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy sauiour and thy redeemer the mighty one of Iacob t Esai 49.25.26 Here here let the wicked remember what is in the Prouerbes when Salomon saith The righteous escapeth out of trouble and the wicked shall come in his fleede v Pro. 11 8. Againe the wicked shall be a ransome for the iust and the transgressor for the righteous w Prou. 21.18 Here here lastly let the wicked remember what is in Micha when the prophet saith Reioyce not against me ô mine enemie though I fall I shall arise when I shall sit in darknes the Lord shall be a light vnto me I will beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him vntill he plead my cause and execute iudgement for me Then will he bring me forth to the light and I shall see his righteousnes Then she that is mine enemy shall looke vpon it and shame shall couer her which said vnto me where is the Lord thy God mine eyes shall behold her now shall she be troden downe as the mire of the streetes x Mic. 7.8.9.10 Hitherto you haue had welbeloued in the Lord such things onely as concerned my text and which in a generall manner flowed out of the same for the good of vs all But now I pray giue mee leaue in a few words to make some particular application thereof vnto that honourable and most worthy person our most high and mighty king for whose sake we are here this day assembled together You are not ignorant how his troubles haue bene many neither are you ignorant how his deliuerances also haue bene manie Out of all doubt that which Dauid doth here say his Maiesty may truly say Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord doth deliuer him out of theÌ„ all For he hath had good experieÌ„ce of theÌ„ both in his own person But not to speake of al but only of one thing