God suffers not His saints and servants dear To have continual pain or pleasure here; But look how night succeeds the day, so He Gives them by turns their grief and jollity. 237. GOD'S PRESENCE. God is all-present to whate'er we do, And as all-present, so all-filling too. 238. ANOTHER. That there's a God we all do know, But what God is we cannot show. 239. THE POOR MAN'S PART. Tell me, rich man, for what intent Thou load'st with gold thy vestiment? Whenas the poor cry out: To us Belongs all gold superfluous. 240. THE RIGHT HAND. God has a right hand, but is quite bereft Of that which we do nominate the left. 241. THE STAFF AND ROD. Two instruments belong unto our God: The one a staff is and the next a rod; That if the twig should chance too much to smart, The staff might come to play the friendly part. 242. GOD SPARING IN SCOURGING. God still rewards us more than our desert; But when He strikes, He quarter-acts His part. 243. CONFESSION. Confession twofold is, as Austin says, The first of sin is, and the next of praise. If ill it goes with thee, thy faults confess: If well, then chant God's praise with cheerfulness. 244. GOD'S DESCENT. God is then said for to descend, when He Doth here on earth some thing of novity; As when in human nature He works more Than ever yet the like was done before. 245. NO COMING TO GOD WITHOUT CHRIST. Good and great God! how should I fear To come to Thee if Christ not there! Could I but think He would not be Present to plead my cause for me, To hell I'd rather run than I Would see Thy face and He not by. 246. ANOTHER TO GOD. Though Thou be'st all that active love Which heats those ravished souls above; And though all joys spring from the glance Of Thy most winning countenance; Yet sour and grim Thou'dst seem to me If through my Christ I saw not Thee. 247. THE RESURRECTION. That Christ did die, the pagan saith; But that He rose, that's Christians' faith. 248. CO-HEIRS. We are co-heirs with Christ; nor shall His own Heirship be less by our adoption. The number here of heirs shall from the state Of His great birthright nothing derogate. 249. THE NUMBER OF TWO. God hates the dual number, being known The luckless number of division; And when He bless'd each sev'ral day whereon He did His curious operation, 'Tis never read there, as the fathers say, God bless'd His work done on the second day; Wherefore two prayers ought not to be said, Or by ourselves, or from the pulpit read. 250. HARDENING OF HEARTS. God's said our hearts to harden then, Whenas His grace not supples men. 251. THE ROSE.