and after ſhe has read it, ſhe rejoiceth and ⟨wipeth⟩ her face, but, when the letter grows old, and ⟨she⟩ has loſt the letter, new troubles come on, ſhe ⟨sheds⟩ new tears, and ſhe comes under new ⟨perſecutions⟩, and her Lord, for her ſin, goes in behind ⟨the⟩ wall, and hides himſelf, and lets her mourn ⟨her⟩ fill; but, in that day, he "ſhall wipe away all tears from her eyes," ſee then how it goes here ⟨in⟩ this life; firſt a fair day, then again a foul day, ⟨while⟩ at laſt that fair day dawns that all our ſhadows all flee away; but there ſhall nover be a foul day ⟨after⟩ that; but ay the long lasting ſummer-day for ⟨evermore⟩. Ye ſee a man travelling to his home, ⟨here⟩ is a water, then dry land, then another ⟨water⟩, then dry land, then a water, and only dry land ⟨between⟩ and his home; then he goes home to his ⟨wife⟩ and bairns, and has no more water; but all ⟨our⟩ tears are never dry'd till we come to heaven; ⟨for⟩ the ſaints have a life-rent tack of the croſs of thriſt while they are here, and ay ill weather, Matth. x. ever the croſs. See John xvi our Lord ⟨compares⟩ our troubles to the pains that come upon woman travailling, now a ſhower, and then ſome ⟨eaſe⟩ a ſhower again, and then eaſe, ay till the laſt shower that ſhe be delivered, and then no ſhowers; ⟨she⟩ remembereth no more pains, for joy that a ⟨man⟩-child is born into the world. We muſt be ⟨in⟩ pain ere our birth be born; but will be delivered of our birth.
Uſe 1. Let us prepare, for tears will follow us ⟨to⟩ heaven, unto the very entry of the door our face ⟨ſhall⟩ be wet, for we go out of this life ſad and groaning for this miſerable life, and to thruſt thro' the laſt port, and to wade thro' the hindermoſt water, it is a ſore-ſet: but be blyth Chriſtians, and ⟨grip⟩ to the promiſe; but ye that laugh now, and ſo are
