though the bush burn, if God be in it, it shall not be consumed. Yet this is not all, Christ is not only in the ship, but at the helm; whatever threatens the church is ordered by the Lord Jesus, and shall be made to work for its good. It is excellently expressed by Mr. George Herbert: Away despair, my gracious God doth hear, When winds and waves assault my keel. He doth preserve it, lie doth steer. E’en when the boat seems most to reel. Storms arc the triumph of his art) Well may he close his eyes,