Sermons on Deuteronomy, Sermons · Sermon 56
On Tewsday the xiij. of August. 1555. The Lvj. Sermon which is the sixth vponupon the seuenth Chapter.
19 That is to wit &c.
20 And also the Lord thy God will send Waspes among them, vntill he hauehave destroyed the remnant of them, and those that shall hauehave hidden themselues from thy presence.
21 Thou shalt not be afraid before them. For the Lord thy God is in the mids of thee, a great and terrible God.
22 And the Lord thy God will cast downe those nations before thee, by little and little. Thou maist not rid them away out of hand, for feare least the beastes of the feelde doe multiply against thee.
23 But the Lorde thy God will giuegive thee them before thee, and astonish them with a great astonishment, vntill they be vtterly destroyed.
24 And he will giuegive thee their kinges into thy handes, and thou shalt wype out their name from vnderunder heauen. And none of them all shalbe able to stand before thee, vntill thou hauehave rooted them out.
WE sawe yesterday what courage wee ought to hauehave to doe our duety, and wherupon we ought to grounde our selues: namely vppon the promise which God maketh vsus, that we shalbe mainteined by his hand and power. For if we hauehave an eye to our own power & ability, we shal hauehave no cause to conceiue anie trust: but if wee bee acquainted with Gods power, and hauehave his promise that he will ayde vsus: then hauehave we no cause to bee afrayde. Then if wee see anie daungers that may make vsus afrayde, or astonish vsus: let vsus learne to hauehave recourse to this lesson, that when soeuer God commandeth vsus to do anything, he wil not faile vsus at our neede, but rather wee shall feele his presence in such wise as we ought to do him the honour to rest vppon him. And to the ende this doctrine might be the better knowne, Moses hath therwithall set down the experience therof which God had giuen the people of Israel at their going out of Egypt. Thou hast seene the signes and wonders which God wrought: and he wil doe as much in this behalfe. It ought to suffise vsus yt God bindeth himselfe to vsus by his promise. Howbeit forasmuch as he perceiueth our infirmitie: he giueth vsus this help more, of making vsus to hauehave experience of ye things that we knew before. Nowe if this auaile vsus not: we be not onelyonly vnfaithfull, but also vnthankful. For when god doth vsus good, it is not for an houre or twaine: but hee wil hauehave it to stande vsus in steede all our life long, and to conclude boldly, that as he hath begun well, so will hee also continue. Then let vsus beware that we be not guiltie of so great vnthankfulnesse, as to hauehave thrust Gods benefites vnderfoot, which ought to be so well knowen vntounto vsus. And that is to the end we may goe through with our course without stoppe. And because wee be as weake as is possible, or rather lasie and vnprofitable, when we shoulde do any good: let vsus take corage as it is giuen vsus here euen by hauing recourse vntounto God, praying him to holde out his hand continually to helpe vsus: and therewithall let vsus doe whatsoeuer he commaundeth vsus, and whatsoeuer wee knowe to bee our duetie, not doubting but the end of it wilbe good. Although the diuel practise to turne al vpsidedowne, and although men streine themselues and make neuer so greate assaultes to further the same: yet will God get the vpper hande. And if hee succour vsus, let vsus not doubt but wee shall ouercome all the assaultes which wee shall bee driuen to indure.
And furthermore Moses addeth, that God wil sende Waspes to destroy the rest of those Nations, and those that hid themselues out of the way. As if he should say, that although the children of Israel were not able to destroy their enemies: yet woulde God prouide for it as one that hath all meanes in his hande. Thou shalt not neede (saith hee) to hauehave the sworde alwayes in thine hande: for God hath other men of warre, hee will arme the Waspes against them. Nowe surely this may seeme straunge at the first sight. For seeing that God intendeth to shewe his power against the enemies of his people: why doeth he not rather dart his thunder at thē from heauen? Why maketh hee not the earth to open and to swallowe them vp? Why worketh hee not after some other fashion than by sending of Hornets? Nay, heereby hee ment to shewe, first that hee hath all creatures in his hande, and can serue his turne with them as he listeth. And it is a greate aduauntage for vsus to knowe,Rom. 8.28.29. that if God bee on our side, there is not any thing, no not euen so much as a flie, but it shall make with vsus and against our enemies. Likewise on the contrarie parte, if wee hauehave prouoked Gods wrath and hee bee minded to make vsus feele his vengeance: although the whole worlde had linked themselues together to helpe vsus: yet notwithstanding, all thinges (yea euen to the verie flies) shall be armed to execute his wrath against vsus. This therefore is a thing that ought to make vsus afraide when wee liue not as wee ought to doe: and contrariwise which ought to giuegive vsus singular hope and comfort, so wee bee vnderunder the protection of our God. Marke it then for a speciall point, that whereas God auoweth that hee will sende Waspes: his meaning is to shewe that hee hath incomprehensible meanes in his hande, and that hee will cause all thinges to imploy themselues in his seruice, to destroye his enemies and to helpe his people. But yet hee sheweth his mightie power much better thereby, than if he vsed myracles: I meane in punishing the pride of such as trust in their owne strength, and swell like Toades, and beare themselues in hande that nothing can hurt them. The despisers of God do make themselues beleeue, that they can exempt themselues from all inconueniences, either by their pollicie, or by their power and cunning. Heereuppon (for wee knowe that men are readie to burst for pride, vntill Gods spirite reigne in them:) God, to humble them and to make them meeke, subdueth them and ouermastereth them as they deserue.
True it is that God coulde confounde them at the first blowe, and make them to feele such a heauenly force, as were able to dant the whole worlde: but hee will not deale so with them. Howe then? Hee vndermines them by such meanes as they neuer thought of: and that is to scorne their fonde ouerweening the more, which made them worse than mad, and wherewith they had beene besotted before. And that is the cause why hee sent flies and other vermin vppon Egypt, rather than raised his Angles to destroye the Egyptians. It is true that God wrought al manner of wayes to make them feele his power. Hee sent darkenesse, hee turned the waters into bloude, and in the ende an Angel came and slewe all the first borne of their houses. This was well done. But yet Gods meaning was to pull downe the pride of Egypt, by sending vermine to consume them. Lo what men of warre God chooseth to wage battell for him, when hee listeth to laugh mens loftinesse to scorne, and to spite them that they may bee ashamed of it. For by meanes thereof they come to knowe themselues, whereas erst they forgate themselues,Ac… 12.2…. and bare themselues in hande that their owne power was wonderfull. And indeede when wee reade that Herod was so consumed of wormes: it ought to put vsus in minde, that God sent him a punishment sitte for him, because hee had suffered men to call him a God. Hee was not contented with the degree of a mortall man: but hee woulde needs imagine that hee coulde transforme himselfe. Therefore it was meete that hee shoulde bee abaced beneath all men, and that the silthines of his bodie shoulde make him droppe in peeces, so as hee shoulde seeke to murther himselfe with his owne hand. Nowe then Gods handling of him after that fashion, is to humble him the better. And when wee reade this present text, let vsus looke that wee liue in the feare of our God: and then wee may bee sure of his helpe, so as wee may liue not onelyonly among Waspes and Hornets and other such vermine, but also euen among Dragons and wilde beasts, according as it is saide in the fourescore and eleuenth Psalme,Psal. …. that when wee bee in Gods keeping, hee will mainetaine our life in such sort, as the thinges whereof wee be most afraid, shall not bee able to annoy vsus. But on the contrarie part, if wee become his enemies and despise his maiestie▪ hee needeth not to make any great adoe in arming of himselfe to confound vsus. For flies wil be able ynough to execute his vengeance. Thus ye see what we hauehave to gather vppon this place.
Nowe againe Moses confirmeth the doctrine which wee hauehave hearde: namely that the children of Israel shoulde not bee afraide of their enemies. For God is among you (saieth hee) yea euen the stronge and terrible God. First hee setteth downe heere, that they shoulde not bee afraide of their enemies: and afterwarde hee addeth the reason, For God (saith hee) is among you. And thirdly hee sheweth what manner a God the same is, to the intent that the people shoulde not doubt but hee is mightie ynough, and by comparing him to his creatures, resolue themselues that it ought to suffise them, if they had him on their side. This is the summe of the thinges that are saide heere. Now it seemeth at the first sight that heere is some contrarietie. For hee had saide afore, God will destroy all the enemies whom thou fearest: and heere hee forbiddeth them to bee afraide. Howe hang these two together? Whereas hee speaketh of feare, wee hauehave to note that when any daunger is apparant and threateneth vsus, wee feele the griefe thereof, and wee must needes be afraide of it, and it cannot be otherwise.
Nowe then in saying that God will destroye all those whom his people were afraide of, Moses meaneth that although the enemies bee dreadfull of themselues, yet shall not God bee hindered to destroy them. And againe, we hauehave to note also, that God hath alwayes borne with the fainthartednesse of those that are his. Indeede it was a fault in the people of Israel, that they were afraide of their enemes, for seeing they knewe themselues to bee in the tuition of their God, they shoulde hauehave defiled all things that might hauehave abashed them. Yet notwithstanding, God beareth still with that default. And although the people was vnworthy to bee succoured, because of the fearefulnesse that proceeded of the saide infirmitie: yet did not God cease to holde them still by the hande. Neuerthelesse if God beare with vsus, his meaning is not to feede our vice, or to foade vsus in it, when wee hauehave not such stoutnesse and constancie as is requisite. It is true that God ceaseth not to hauehave merciemercy vponupon vsus for all that: but howsoeuer the worlde goe, yet is that fearefulnesse alwayes worthie to be condemned. For let vsus see from what spring it issueth. If we had a perfite trust in our God: it woulde put away all feare, and wee might defie all that euer is against vsus, accordingly as Saint Paul saieth,Rom 8.29. if God bee on our side,Psal. 27.3. who shalbe against vsus? And Dauid saieth, If a Million of men of warre had beseeged mee, yet woulde I not bee afraide. Though I were in the darknesse of death, yet if I may see God my sheepeherd, and he shew me his sheepehooke, I will rest my selfe vppon that and bee in quiet.
Therefore let vsus marke well, that our Lorde sheweth himselfe pitifull, when it pleaseth him to succour vsus in such infirmitie. For hee needed to doe no more but say in one worde, prepare your selues to receiue my grace, and by and by thereuppon wee ought to imbrace his promises and to rest vppon them, and to take all our contentation in them. But wee doe not so: and yet notwithstanding hee ceaseth not to beare with vsus therein. Neuerthelesse, although hee vse such gentlenesse and patience towardes vsus: yet doth it not followe that therefore there is no fault in our fearefulnesse, neither ought we to conclude that wee may fall a sleepe in it: but rather we must quicken vp our selues to say: how nowe wretched creature? Thou distrustest thy God. Thou hast beene as greatly afflicted as might bee, and hee hath succoured thee. What meanest thou by reiecting his goodnesse after that manner? Thinkest thou that his benefites hauehave alwayes beene lost towards thee, that thou diffea…est them through thine owne leawdnesse, in that thou doest not acknowledge them? For if wee acknowledged not Gods benefits as they deserue, surely we should be confirmed by thē as I hauehave said alreadie. Then is it not without cause yt God addeth here, that his people should not be afraide of their enemies. True it is that he had saide, Thou shalt bee afraide of them: but there hee spake of the infirmitie that he knewe to bee in his people▪ which was faultie: for he condemneth it as it deserued. And there vppon hee addeth, Thou shalt not bee afraide of them. As if hee shoulde say, true it is in deede your nature will alwayes bee fearefull: but yet yee must not bee afraide, yee must withstande such fearefulnesse. And when yee see the multitude of your enemies, it cannot bee but that yee must bee somewhat moued: but yet yee must hauehave the buckler of faith to repulse all such feare, and ye must thinke that seeing I hauehave promised to succour you: I will not faile you.
True it is that doe what wee can, wee shall neuer be so well hartened, but that there will be some misdouting as wee hauehave heretofore seene. For wee ought to holde our selues vntounto Gods promises, and to assure our selues of his succour. Surely if we seeme neuer so stout, and there bee but one sparke of feare in vsus, wee must vnderstande that the same is euil. Yet notwithstanding, so wee bee not ouerwhelmed with feare, nor quaile not, but take courage, and after tossing too and fro, doe holde still our owne, and enter into the battell: our Lorde is contented with vsus.
Nowe then, what is to bee done? When wee perceiue any daunger, it cannot bee but wee must hauehave some feeling of it: for otherwise we should be as blockes, and not to bee afraide of any thing, is no vertue. And drunkarde will runne vppon the swordes point, hee will leape out at a windowe, hee wil be afraide of no thing: and why is that? Because he is out of his right wittes. Likewise a madde man will throwe him selfe into the fire or kill himselfe. Therefore we see that it is no vertue to bee without feeling of griefe. Neuerthelesse when wee feele the daungers, wee must resort to the remedie that God giueth vsus.
True it is that our life hangeth as by a threed, and that there needeth not any thing to destroy vsus. But yet howe weake soeuer we be, our Lord hath promised to holde vsus shrowded vnderunder his wings: and therefore let vsus runne vntounto him. And seeing hee hath a care of our life, let vsus trust thereto, and call vppon him as oft as wee see any daunger like to insue. And forasmuch as he hath promised neuer to shrinke away from vsus: let vsus approch boldly vntounto him, and put our trust in him, and then shall wee bee fenced welynough. For the name of God is an inuincible fortresse,Psal. 20.2.8. and 33.21. the righteous will flee thereto for refuge, and hee shall neuer perish. To the intent therefore that wee may hauehave a stedfast assurance in the middes of daunger, let vsus learne to hauehave recourse immediatly to our God, by receiuing the promises which hee giueth vsus: and they wilbe a sure and steadie leaningstock to rest vppon: and by that meanes also God shalbe glorified in vsus.
True it is that wee may feele some such conceit as shall abash vsus: but yet that feare of ours which wee doe so conceiue, shalbe but as an exercise of our faith, and the ouercomming thereof shalbe the more commendable. Howbeit if wee finde any difficultie, so as we cannot resolue our selues at the first: then let vsus assure our selues there is yet still some infimitie in vsus, and wee yeelde not God his due honour, forasmuch as we bee slowe to beleeue his promises, and sticke not to them with a cheerefull courage. And therefore let vsus blame our selues in that behalfe, yea and euen be sorie for it. Notwithstanding▪ we must not quail though there be infirmitie in vsus: for God wil bring al to passe by his own power as shalbe declared yet more plainly hereafter. Thus ye see what we hauehave to remēber vpō this text, where Moses saith yt we must not in any
this worde God: but wee must also attribute him his qualities therewithall, namely that hee is mightie and terrible: and then let vsus not be afraide. For all the rage that our enemies do cast and some out, is but a smoke, & God will make it to fade all away, as soone as it pleaseth him to shewe his maiestie: and we be sure hee will doe it, because he hath promised it. Therefore let vsus so benefite our selues by this promise, that whensoeuer we be astonished, or in any doubt or griefe of minde, wee alwaies hauehave recourse thither and say, Our God is mightie. And why? Wherein will he vtter his mightines? Alas, it is true that he might wel vtter it in confounding & destroying vsus: but he is patient, gentle, & meeke, and hee wil not hauehave vsus to feele his force to our harme:Matt. 23.37. but rather he wil hauehave vsus to feele his passing fatherly goodnes. All his desire is to gather vsus vnderunder his wings as a henne that broodeth her litle chickins. And it is a singular comfort vntounto vsus, when we know yt he wil be so louing & fauourable towards vsus, and yet neuerthelesse will bee knowen to be mightie and terrible in the ouerthrowing of our enemies, and in ouercomming all thinges that are against vsus. Therefore let vsus put our trust therein. But yet therewithall let vsus beware that wee abuse not his promises. For if wee will hauehave him to shewe himselfe vntounto vsus: we must bee a quiet people to himwarde and abide vnderunder the couert of his wings, and not play the wilde beastes in running away from him. For the hypocrites will brag well ynough that they hauehave God on their side: but yet …or al that, they shrink away from him, and let him alone. Now then let vsus learne to goe in such wise to our God, as we may trust in him and repose our selues vponupon him. And in so dooing, let vsus beare in minde what he commandeth, and examine our faultes according to his worde: and then shall we finde by experience, that he meant not to beguile vsus, when he told vsus yt he would be in the mids of vsus mightie and terrible to discomfit al our enemies.
Now by the way Moses addeth an exception, saying: that God will not destroy all the enemies of his people out of hande. And why? Least the beasts of the field (saith he) should set themselues against thee: But thou shalt weede them out by litle and litle. Thou shalt dispatch euen their kinges: and to bee short, thou shalt not leaue any thing at all of those nations. Here Moses giueth the people a very necessary warning, in telling them after what manner they shoulde proceede. For otherwise they might hauehave taken some euill conceite at their comming into the lande of Chanaan: and if they had not rooted out their enemies immediatly all at once: they might hauehave imagined with themselues, what is become of Gods promises? It shoulde seeme that hee hath mocked vsus. Therefore doeth Moses holde them in awe, saying: It is true that your God wil discomfit all your enemies, but yet shall not that be done so soone as you woulde wishe, howbeit assure your selues there is good reason that hee shoulde so deale with you, and therefore put no distrust in your God. For hee seeth that the lande woulde bee replenished with wilde beastes, and they would bee so many enemies to make warre vppon you. God then doeth this to your benefite, in that hee will not hauehave the whole land to bee vtterly ridde of all enemies. For if your enemies should be all destroied immediately vponupon your comming into the lande: you coulde not replenish it againe vponupon the sudden, to defende your selues from the wilde beastes. Nowe we hauehave to note here, first that God intended to correct the peoples ouergreat hast, by shewing them that they should hold themselues in peace and quiet, vntill God had put them in ful possession of the whole lande. For it is the proper nature of faith to tary Gods leisure, as the Apostle affirmeth in the Epistle to the Hebrewes,Hebr. … 38. alledging this text of Abacuc,Abac… that if God delay the performance of his promises, wee must tary his leisure, and not bee ouerhastie: for they shall come to passe time ynough, that is to say, they shall bee perfourmed in their due season. Then let vsus marke that faith cannot bee in vsus without patience, that is to witte, without tarying of Gods leysure, till it please him to execute the thing that hee hath spoken and saide, and without assigning or setting of any terme as men commonly doe, who are so bolde as to take vponupon them to make God subiect to their will. Let vsus beware of such ouerstatelinesse, and let vsus rather learne to bridle our selues, til God dispose of things accordingly as hee gaue s…ntence of them afore by his owne mouth. And that accordeth with this saying of the Prophet Esay: Our power shalbe in silence and rest.Esa▪ … Then must we be stil and quiet, if we intend to do God y• honor to trust in him, and to shew yt we doe it vnfeynedly. And here our Lorde had a regarde to bridle his people. Forasmuch (saith he) as mēs affections are ouerhastie & headie: let it not grieue you though your enemies bee not destroied all out of hand. Let that serue for the first poynt.
And herewithal let vsus marke also, that here God ment to shew the reason why he differreth and delayeth the performaunce of the thinges that he determineth, and bringeth them not to passe out of hand. Truely he is not bound to doe it. Should God giuegive vsus an account of his doings? If he worke not after our liking, is hee bounde to tell vsus why? Ought not wee rather to stoope to him, and to say, Yea Lord, we bee ignoraunt, yea and euen starke blinde, and it belongeth to thee onelyonly to be wise? Forasmuch as there is nothing but follie and vanitie in vsus: rule thou vsus according to thy prouidence. It were meere that we should deale after that fashion: but we see howe God yeeldeth to our rawnesse. For inasmuch as wee bee tiklish, and cannot finde in our heartes to bee contented with his pleasure, and to rest wholly vponupon it: here he sheweth vsus a reason for it. So then let vsus mark wel ye inestimable goodnes of our God, in abasing himself so far, as to shewe vsus the reason why he doth things, according as Moses telleth ye people of Israel here. For he hath an eie to your benefite, least ye wild beasts should deuour you: for they would multiply, & there be not folke ynow of you to manure ye whole lande, but there would be diuers places which should ly vninhabited. Knowe ye therefore that whereas your God destroyeth not all your enemies out of hand, it is for your benefite, and it were not expedient for you that it should be otherwise. And so in effect Moses telleth the people heere, that Gods delaying to giuegive them full victorie, was to their benefit and welfare. Therefore let vsus mark well, that if God make not such hast as we would hauehave him, he hath an eye to our welfare, so as he procureth the thing that is best for vsus, though we perceiue it not at the first. True it is that wee weene our selues to bee wise and well aduised: and thereuppon wee take vponupon vsus to iudge that God is ouer slowe, and wee woulde fayne thrust him foreward straite wayes by the shoulders to cause him to make more haste. But (as I said) that is bicause wee knowe not what is good for vsus, but wee imagine that we bee beguiled eueryevery turning of a hand. God therefore must bee wise for vsus, and see more clearely than wee doe, and dispose thinges, not after our liking (for that were ynough to marre all:) but after as hee himselfe knowes to bee good. And in the meane while we must shut our eyes, and doe nothing but glorifie him in his prouidence. And if wee perceyue not at the first why he worketh after that fashion: well, let vsus tarie patiently till he shew vsus why he made delay and woulde not satisfie our desires. This doctrine cannot bee fully declared as nowe, but yet must wee make an abridgement of it to conclude withall. Likewise now adayes wee may happen to languish all our life long. Now if we should hasten God to deliuer vsus: what a thing were it? We would faine be in a paradise here aforehand: and that were the next way to rocke vsus asleepe in the world. God therefore is fayne to wake vsus by keeping vsus occupyed with store of troubles and vexations: and that makes vsus to long continually for the heauenly lyfe. Wee forget this geere at the first: but GOD maketh vsus to perceyue howe frayle wee bee, by wayting with all patience and humilitie, to bee gouerned by him as he thinketh good. Finally he sheweth how greatly it is for our benefite to be beaten with his roddes. And therefore doeth hee make vsus to passe through many troubles, and to bee greatly vexed and tormented. And if there were none other enemies to withstand vsus than such as are spoken of here: wel, wee might hap to doe wel ynough with them, for they be men. But wee bee dayly assaulted by the diuel and by sinne:1. Pet. 5.8. and wee would faine ouercome them at the first push, and obtaine victorie against Satan, and against all the temptations of the world. But what a thing were that? Our pride would be intollerable, wee would thinke our selues to bee Gods, wee would not passe to call any more vponupon God, no… to sigh and mourne for our own weakenesse, wee shoulde not tell what it were to mislike of our selues, nor to vnderstand that there is none which hath all power in him but onelyonly God. So then although God hauehave assured vsus that we shall hauehave the vpper hand of all our enemies: yet shall not yt be performed at ye first brunt. And why? Bicause it were not good for vsus. True it is that wild beastes would not come and deuour vsus: but wee hauehave pride and vaineglorie, and wee bee sotted with selfweening. And that deuilish ouerlustinesse would carie vsus away, so as wee should fall asleepe in our vanities and delightes, and that would bee worse to vsus than all the wilde beastes in the worlde. And therefore let vsus assure our selues, that Gods leisurely working, as it were by degrees and by lyne and by leuell: is to our benefite. For coulde he be letted to accomplish all his worke in one minute of an houre? No: but he listeth not to doe it so soone. And therefore let vsus learne to keepe the spirituall rest or Sabboth as it is spoken of in the fifth Chapter,Deut. 5.14. Esa. 58.13. that is to say, imprison our wit, reason and will, and all that euer wee hauehave besides, and to hold them in such awe, as none but onelyonly God may hauehave the rule of vsus, and dispose of all things at his will. And moreouer, let vsus go on when he leadeth vsus the way. For that is no breaking of the Sabboth. To occupie our selues euerie man in the charge that God calleth him vntounto, and to doe our duties faithfully eueryevery man in his vocation, according to the measure of grace that GOD hath giuen him, are the workes of God, and we must vnderstand that it is God which woorketh them in vsus. But yet for all that wee must not bee too hastie, as who shoulde say that God were at our commaundement, or that wee would hauehave him doe what wee list and when wee list: but all our wisedome must bee to submit our selues to his will. The thing then which wee hauehave to remēber vppon this text that we may fare the better by it: is that we must learne to bee obedient to our God all the time of this our mortall and transitorie life, not doubting but that at length he will vanquish Satan and all that is against vsus, and turne euen those things to our benefite and saluation, which we thinke as now to be hurtful and harmfull to vsus.
Nowe let vsus kneele downe in the presence of our good God, with acknowledgement of our faultes, praying him to make vsus feele them better than wee hauehave doone, so as wee may bee drawen to a right repentaunce, and learne more and more to distrust our selues and to settle our trust in him: and that when wee hauehave imbraced his promises, wee may fare the better by them by applying our selues to his seruice, so as wee may not be vnprofitable in the world, but that as soone as his spirit dwelleth in vsus, it may forthwith auaile vsus, and shewe by effect that he hath not adopted vsus in vaine in our Lord Iesus Christ, so as wee may grow in the same knowledge more and more till he hauehave throughly accomplished it in vsus, and that wee hauehave the full measure of it, wherof we hauehave but a very small portion as now. That it may please him to graunt this grace not onelyonly to vsus but also to all people and Nations of the earth, &c.