(105) VVhatevcr is faid in honour of the Gofpel, what a bleifednefs,what ap.lneflable advantage 'cis,to all chat heartily own it ; yet haying proved ir,l find i~ even as much as nothing, by that all the cofts and ~harges of it are caft pp: The ~omforts of it will ne~ ver ballance them : fet one againft another, the pad agninft the good, the bitter againft thefweet: Sec oi1eagainfi auocher, and I have made but a·bad' bargain, by becoming a Chrifhan. This rs the v.oice pf impatience, Chriih<Jn, thou paffdt over thy ~ur~ pJUring, as a light evil; as if thy pail1 JUight excufe thy pettif.hnefs : As if it were, becan[e 'cis·fo cont– mon, a very fn1a\l thing : but is it r1ot hlng .to bely God, to bear falfe wiinefsagainfr his Gofpel, thy repii1ing ·at the Sufferings of Chrift, is next tQ r~· penting chat ever thou wei·t a Chrii\inn~ : Brethrnt, Let us do't he ~ord ~his P\.ight, by the pattence·af durfpirirs; roconfefs befQre the world, ~ '[hat all the fuffering~ of thil Life, are not wortby to b~ compared to tl~e Glory that Jhall be rev.e~led: t\nJ lo o !{.~ ing ttnto Je[zif, the Anthor and Finijher ·of our F~#tb; Let ur _ le~trH ef him, for the Joy th1tt i1 {et 'before JU, to .endure tf.Je Crefl, ·and deJPi[e the jhame : tha·'. we n1ay fit down at :q·is, as he is fe~ down at the right hand of tit~ · throne ofGod. . . \ ~ . "' ~ " I I · S'e~ondly: , · Your patient fuffering; will be God's ' 'fYitnefl of )GUr Adoption , Heb. I 1 . · 7. I f yeu en– dure €hti_(tening , G9d dealet.hwith , J nu· ,1f wuh S ns : The l.- q· R. P doth not tife eo deal fo with fir ·n- . ·- ' I .Affi:et:ons
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