and his recovering Joseph, when he reckoned Benjamin lost.-Gen. xxxii. xxxiii. xliii. 14. xlv. 27, 28.

When the Egyptians oppressed most, and made Israel's burdens heaviest, insomuch that they despaired, then God came, and made known himself, and said to Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do unto Pharaoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them go, &c. I have also heard the groanings of the children of Israel, &c. I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage; and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments, &c.-Exod. v. vi. 1-7.

And God did so deliver them, after he had shewed many wonders upon the Egyptians, and smote their firstborn. Exod. xiii. 21.

When Pharaoh and his host pursued Israel, so that they reckoned themselves lost, and were in great distress, then the angel of God which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them, &c. between the camp of the Egyptians and them; and the Lord divided the waters, while Israel passed through, and there drowned all the Egyptians. -Exod. xiv. 10-12. 16, &c.

When Israel wanted bread in the wilderness, God rained manna, and the quails came up.-Exod. xvi.

The Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left.-Deut. xxxii. 36.

He often did so with Israel.Judges throughout, and 2 Kings

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David was in frequent danger from Saul, yet God did wonderfully deliver him.-1 Sam. xxiii. 26-28. xxiv. xxvi.

When David was in great distress, because Ziklag was burned, his wives, and the wives of his followers taken away, and all their substance, by the

Amalekites, and his men spake of stoning him; then God directs him to pursue the Amalekites, and he recovered all again by a wonderful hand.-1 Sam. xxx. 1-20. 1 Sam. xxxiii. 27.

When David was in great danger by the counsel of Ahithophel in the time of Absalom's rebellion, God overthrew his counsel by the counsel of Hushai, and so marvellously preserved David.—2 Sam. xvii. 1, &c.

When Elijah fled from Ahab in a time of famine, God commanded the ravens to feed him, &c. and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, &c. when the brook dried up, God sent him to a widow to tain him; when her meal was reduced to a handful, the Lord pronounced, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until the Lord sendeth rain.1 Kings xvii. 1-17. Gen. xlv. 6,7.

So again, when he fled from Jezebel, and had requested of God that he might die, the angel came to him, and gave him bread and water twice, and then enabled him to go in the strength thereof many days.-1 Kings xix. 1-8.

When the wife of one of the sons

of the prophets was in distress, because of poverty, and danger of creditors, God, by Elisha, makes her pot of oil to increase to the filling of many vessels, to pay her debts with.-2 Kings iv. 1-7.

When the Syrians came to Dothan to take Elisha, God marvellously delivered him from their hands. When Samaria was besieged, and in great distress by reason of the sad famine in it, God on a sudden makes the Syrians fly, and leave plenty behind them in their camp, and so relieved his people.-2 Kings vi. vii.

When Jerusalem was in sore distress. God sent an angel to destroy the Assyrians.-2 Kings xix. 35.

When Judah was environed, the battle was before and behind them; 1; then God delivered them, and they

I will bring the third part through the fire, &c. they shall call on my name, and I will hear them, I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is my God.-Zech. xiii. 9.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, &c. rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.Matt. v. 11, 12. 2 Cor. iv. 17.

Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.-Matt. xvi. 25. John xii. 25.

Every one that hath forsaken houses, &c. for my name's sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.-Matt. xix. 29. Luke xviii. 29, 30. Heb. x. 34-36. Blessed are ye that hunger now, ye shall be filled blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh. Luke vi. 21.

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If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together: for I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us, &c. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. Rom. viii. 17, 18. 28.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory-2 Cor. iv. 17, 18.

In nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition; but to you of salvation, and that of God.-Phil. i. 28.

It is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you and to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord, &c.-2 Thess. i. 6, 7.

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Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.-Heb. x. 34.

greater riches, &c. for he had respect unto the recompense of reward.— Heb. xi. 24-26.

Moses, &c. chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, &c. esteeming the reproach of Christ

Cons. X. That God will not always suffer his Children to be under Afflictions and Persecutions; but will bring Deliverance and restore Joy. THOUGH Joseph was hated, sold, and imprisoned, yet God did deliver him at last.-Gen. xxxvii. xxxix. xl. xli.

After Israel had been long and sorely oppressed and afflicted by the Egyptians, the Lord sent Moses for their deliverance; and said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters, &c. and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land, unto a good land.→

indignation shall cease, and mine anger, in their destruction.-Isa. x. 25. Though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.-Isa. xii. 1.

The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land, &c. and they shall rule over their oppressors, &c. the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.-Isa. xiv. 1-3. xxxv.3, 4.

Comfort ye my people, &c. and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished.-Isa. xl. 1, 2.

The Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.-Isa. xlix. 13.

The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion, &c. they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. I, even I, am he that comforteth you, &c. hear now this, thou afflicted, &c. I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, &c. thou shalt no more drink it again. -Isa. li. 11, 12. 21, 22.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee: in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee.-Isa. liv. 7, 8.

I will not contend for ever, neither will be always wrath: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wrath; and smote him; I hid me and was wrath; and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him, and to his mourners,-Isa. lvii. 16-18.

In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. -Isa. lx. 10.

Zion; to give unto them beauty for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning, &c.-Isa. lxi. 1—3.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, &c. to bind up the broken-hearted, &c to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in

I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.-Jer. xxix. 11, &c.

Alas! &c. it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it; for it shall come to pass, &c. I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord, because they called thee an outcast, saying this is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.-Jer. xxx. 7, 8. 17.

He that scattered Israel, will gather him &c. I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow, &c. Is Ephraim my dear son? &c. I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord, &c. As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, &c. so will I watch over them to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.-Jer. xxxi. 10. 13. 20. 28.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies: for he doth not afflict willingly.—Lam. iii. 31-33.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for mine holy name, after that they have borne their shame. &c.Ezek. xxxix. 25, 26. Ps. cvi. 8.

Come, let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us: he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.-Hosea vi. 1.

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy! when I fall, I shall rise, &c. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, &c. he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? &c. he retaineth not his anger for ever: because he