(~oo) · · may be·the vcery mouth of Hell : The· difeafes, the wounds I ~m under, n~ay be fent to let out my Soul into ev€rlafting burnings; how can I be pa– tient under fuch .doubts and fears? Make God fure, , Chrift_ian, Jl1akt: Heav,en fure once, and then thou Jllay'ft fct thine Heart a~ refi;. ~hen_thou n1ay '11. al– motl as eafily exercife, as thtne Enen1ies finq ~he Exercife of, thy patience. / Chriftians, if you will be patient, you .mufi be painful : give diligence ; \be diligent in o1aking your Calling and El ell: ion fure: be diligent in duty, be vigilant agairifl iniquity : Ifyou will be patienr, ·l),e inJpatient of fin, andyou w1Jl be pa tien t offor-· ' row; make tin fure, get it flain by· t~e crofs, and buried in the gnive.ofyo~tr Lord, fealing the frone, and fe.tting a 'Watch : have nothing to confli8: with, in the day of your affliCtion,but you a·ffiitl:ion ; be- . ware ofcarrying guilt with .you up . upon the Crofs Let not thegaJl of guilt be mingled with the vine.: gar \of affii8:on : A'n1ort;fied fpirit with dead:t:n · all OJJr pains, and a pure Confcience ~ill beelcr all our burthens. · .. . ' TiH this be done, I mufi tell you, youwill find fuffering to be hard fervice. 'Tis an eafie n1atterto talkof the fufferings of the Gofpel, and to boafi: ,great thingsafore•hand;as yoq know wht;:>didonce, and what c.ame of it; Though I die with thee,I will ne~· verdeny thee.But when it coines to the pinch, when T ro·ubles come upon us,when the hana ofthe Lord touches us , and touches where it~s rnofl: tender; bring~ thofe calan1ities on us, wh ich are n1oll con• trary to us~ firips us of t~ofe comforts which are mofi' dear' 1iO us,....takes awayall f,rom us, aad leaves. us·
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=