I (109) ' ftua~t of it; thetr -w-e are Patient. And ,when we can thus leave 'Our Corruptions, towhatever fufferings come upon then1, 'without t~king part with thetn in their futferings , ; ~hen Iuft is conquereq. - Lu(t· .. no longer livei ·no·r maintains its power, .and inter~ ell in us, than whileft, in all it's affliction», we are a·ffi~8:ed ~ when we feel its fufferings as our fuffer– _ings, its" difappointnlents and dj!fatisfafiions ai our own, and fl.ie out againfi whatfoever fall~ upon ic, as if it fell upon our Souls. when we can fay, 'tis my pailion that fuffers, but not I; _·cis my Go:. vetou.fnefs that fu!fers , n1y pride 'that fuffers, bnt , nor I; and let then1 fuffer '(for\n1e) let · then1 be pinch'd, and_pain)d, and ~arv'd and die i none of all this thall move me : nay, herein l do and I will rejoice : The·re's Patien~e. Patience is Lufr con• uered. , Chriitians you corn plain of .Co-rruption , you , tell one another fad ftories, w'hat a burden, what a.bondage 'tis you ! are under, \Vhilefl: Luft bath eh power in you; what- Briars ar1d Thorns:. what plagues and flings they are in your hearts ! You pr'ay, and you mourn, and groan, andfigh , ir' your felves, waiting for your reden1ption 'from this bondage and thifery. Oh for an· l}un1ble bean! Oh Jor a1broken mortified fpirit ! oh t,his earthli– efs, this envy, th'is pe'evifunefs, this floathfulnefi! I '\m wea-ry of my life, becaufe of thdC: Daughters Heth. -VVretched ntan that I am ! who !hall de– Hve·r 11!-e from ~hii bodie ofdeath? whl would you be delivered { \ l. i
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