- (96) ' ~ - / ~~ -Lafily, in ·all thi~, a Chri1liatt4s upheld and cat. J'ied on [r9m Gofpel Groun4s. ;Tis not a natural hard!nefs or ·apathy, 'tis not - the fpirit of a Jnan rha.t 9oes fttflaiti h.is iilfirmities; 'cis upon the ever– lafling Gofpel that he ftands.~ '" There are three Things efpecial'ly., that bear hil}l throug~:. , His viewing.. ~--~~,~~~~t.;_~.f.-;;!{-;~'/~h~ . ~·L:r~ '·I . ~ the Hand of the Lo'rd. the End of the Lord. ' the _Help of the Lord." ' 1 • He fe·es tbl tiantl of the Lord irt all that be~ falls hin1 : Whence was Da·vids patience? P[al. 39· 9. I "#M dumb,_I op~ned npt m1 mouth, becaufe · thou 'Lord did.jf it. Whence was Eli's pat_ience: I sam. 3· Ir is the L(Jrd, let bim do wb4t .{eems hi,n g~ed. Whet~ce was Jo-b's pa,tience ?-Job ' t. it . .\ the Lord bathgt11n.t, the Lord bath talvn aw~ty, bitjfe_tl be :the 1:'l ame of the Lor~. By the v1ay nor~, That a godly man is not oStly patient under his afliiB:ions, but thankful. He is not only thankful for -Mercies, but for Chaftifements. 'Tis not only, the LDrd hitth gi'!en, bldfed 'be his Name; the Lord . hath built _ 111e up, the Lord har_h filled nte,the Lor.d hath hedg· ed lhe, bleifed be hts Nan1e : bat lalfo,The Lord hath tak,en ll'ffay; the Lordhath humbled me,hroken n1~; .undone n1e, lefc n1e naked, left n1e nothing, blelfed ~ · be the NanJe of the Lord. This by the way. . · ~ --: 2. He fees the end of the Lord ; th.at God in· tends his good by all that comes upon,him• . He · knowes , that' all things, and therefore · this which is upon hin1, whatev-er it be, ihall,work to hin1 for , g_ood . · ' I - ' • .. ~-
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