1\ >' I (104) ( o1d\lre' it 3 the [pir.it of(;lory, and of God, refteth upon you.The fpir it and inft1~ences of a c,ruc.ified Jefus,do ·n ever Ch ine forth to fuch1advantage·, as in his cruci~ ned'.Saints. Upon:the padenceof a Saint,~nder the , fuff~tings ofChrifi,he that runs n1ay r~ad,this writ~ .tet1,! ferve a good Atafter. Our patitnt {uffering i~ our witnefs toChrifi and his Oofpel. ' . Chrifiian,wheil God fends thee to C~lvary,he fend$ ~ee thitherai a cbofen veffel,that thou tbonld,it ~here ~ear his nan1e before t~e world~Art thou impatient a;t this? What can{!: thou not bear thi5 honour thy . God hath laid·upon thee? Hath G?d ch?fen thee~ ~·hee amongfi all t~y brethre1t,'todohtrn .this honour, . &·· wilt thou be ang-ry, that he did not rather choofe {ome othtr? 'Twas anunworthy an{wer, of a goo~ Man, Mofes, when God fent him toEgypi",toappear· for him before ·PIJaraqh,and to be thedeliverer ofh~s · f~ople, Exod. 4~~3· Send, I pray thee, ·foj th~ ha,Jtl of hnn whom thou wdt fend. Send whom .. thou wilt, any -. lody ~ut n1e. By our :finful £11ifting: our fel ves of troubie,er our ;-v1t.tt·nfurings under then1,we fay the like; Send . ~hq~1 t~ouwilt to witnefs for thee, but let me go frer: L.'M- tne have my'eafe,-and my quiet, ~nd n~y liberty~ and ta_ke this aonou:r, .who will for .p1e. Unwort~y ·spirits! Oh methinks, Chrifiians~ we lhoul~ rather itep one before·another;and when our Lord demands, Who fill go 1J!,ith me .2 fllho wiU · hettr }rry· Cro[S? ·Methinks we fhould rea'~ily anfwer; · 1. will go ; let me bear it Lord; ·and t1p.t grudge as we ~Q, th~t ·he pu~s tls to i~. · ·. " ;. · < : ···: · Our impatien~e ·be~rs fal[e wit~efs againfi God; a.nd his Gofpd .; what is th~ voice or the Dleaning pf in1paiience, lefs th;tn ~his? , · · - .) . : ,. · 1 ··', ' ... \ . ' .. f .. ... \ ' ... W~1tt 1 ~ .
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