(94) ' ' . . ~ 5. Let your Converfations an,fwer the [upp~rts of d1e Gofpf'l, and its fuccqurs. Live a pa_ticnt life; Jam. 5~ 7. Be p~tient, hrethrcn, unto the comi;;g ofthe Lord.: Patience is a ~ Grace fuited ~o our prefent Ciofpel flate. I will call ir, a Friend that"' s born for i he day of adverjity. Ifyou are Chrijiio1:~, you Qave .need of Patience;and if you have fatience,you need no n1ore. Jam. 1.4. Let Patie-nce have ber perfe'Ci 'n'orlz, that you may be entire, lac~ng;no.thing. · Patience, is a fubmitdng, {e\dat€,and calm frame offpirit,whereby a C~rifiiun,from Gofpel gt~ounds, is born tip under all his Troubles, and born: through a-ll his ·Duties. . Betwixt Patience and· Con~entednefs, there is rh is difference; Contentulne[s is tbe quiet of ~he heart; ) and it~ fatisfwteti.on with it~ [malle[t portion of goo'd tbing,s.' Patience is theqniet of the h_eart ~tnder the . grt~t~jf pr.rJJure ofevil things. - ' Apatient JPirit is a f ubmitting fjiri.t; Its heartily content that God lbould have his Will. With what~ foever God is pleafed, it will not be difpleafed. It's• rhe Lord,let him do "Wh.:tfoerter feems good in hit Eyu. What feerns good iu God's eyes, !hall not feen1 evil_ in n1ine. It is a Calm and quiet !Jiitit : It will not fff'ive' nor· cry,nor life up it~ voice i!l th·e · fire~·ts; it ~an r:'(o)urn, but it does not murmur ; 1t can feel, but JC wdl not foet at the hand of God. A' patient perfon is e·ver compas mazti1 ; ha~ the coxnmand an4 govenment of his fpirit ; keeps It ·fober, and in due o-rder,; doth nor rave, and rage. Impatienc·e is a kindo(frenzy; fu~h pe.rfons are befit:les themf~lves. In our ptatience we poffeC",andby our itnpa,tience we lofe our S~c;>uls: , we lofe th~ rule and govennrent of the.m.; the peace ' 'I'll'&
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