turned all his bed in his sickness. As if he were to say, All that he has here contrived for himself for the sake of rest, Thou hast by secret judgment converted to his disturbance. And this is so ordained by the merciful design of God, in order that, in the season of his sojourning, the life of the Elect may be exposed to confusion. 47. For our present life is the road by which we journey on to our home1: and we are harassed here by frequent disturbances, in the secret judgment of God, expressly
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