· The Prtfoct. 2s (earchim,2·hd prayvt~to him>and then our long _and.Jlrong_ croffesJbaUbring long and·llrong.comforts. · :· Secondly, let vs Iearne henc·e to prepare for. ,crotfes, Gn·ce 21 Godschi·ldrenmay be fore affiided';·elfe littledowe know; how they wi~ fling vs,when t.hey com.e. ~t _is our bencou'ne, 'therfore tQ get wifoo.me,whtlc the pncets tn our hands, to .labour to get patience;and to acquain~our felues with God, that we may feeke tohim, and wait for deliuerance at ~is hands. P.or that makes crofles fo tedious·andgrieuous,wncn ·. theyhit vs an the ba.re: whereas ifwehad patience ..tobeare --- them,and faith toempty our hearts byprayer-, theywould be~a{le. Nothing makes affiiclions fo burJenfome,as when· they meete with an bearc, in which remaineth fotne finne vnre.pented,Qr fome paffio~ ·llOtfubdued. But if with faith andpatiencewee woold yeeld our felues to Gods will,wee . fu~uld be as·quiet as Lambs, as Chrifl was . .Airajh~epe /!e- E(ay.n·7· fore herfheercr, dumb, anfwerednot a·word~ SoPaulin the Aa:.u.IJ• Acb,when r:hey perfwade_d him not to goe·to Ierufalem, . faid, what tlo youweeping i andgrieui~~mineheart? lamrea• du todiefor (hrift J Jak£ at l erto~folem~Heecquldbeecontent . togiuehis flelh to be whipt,and his body to be imprifoned.. · yea~and hi! life alfo to be facrificed for ChriHs fake.Nothing could be too mucho r too deare to beflow vponhim. _ . Prepare therefore for croff'es, and weefhalrbe-e ·~bfe to · ·· beare them. But ifwe go on in afoolcs parad1fe,3rid think:,. · indeede this world is avaleofteare£ to.. others,hut to me~ it · A.1allhee aplace of pleafure, they mufl haue~trouble,but I' : muH haue eafe: then,when,in £lead ofioy, wee finde griefe, . that we looked not for :·and we·· dre-amed ofcrC'dit,bu·tthere comes.. nothing··but contempt; wee im~gined that God:·. filoul~lift vs.vp higher ·and higher, and hee calls vs downe ~ower and lower;·-this cafis vs inro fuch defperac p~ffions,. < that we are neither fit toferueGod nor ~n... · All this\JVOuld bee );)eJpcd,if·wecouldthinkeGod~ chit~ . . ~ren haue in all ~imes, fuffered aq116Hons, it is the lot ef the... .- I · ··rJ.g~t~ous,. and I:mu!t: !looke to taA:e ofthe fame·cup;an_d \. therefore labour before hand to get patience, and to truflit~ :, God,~.nd to -lookefQr helpe at his hands•.Then·weeLhould· e be .~~
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