'' I I ,,· \ ' · (110) ' • I . . Be ~atient under Affii8:iohs ;· they are the E~r~ tuuoners fent fronr God to flaY' your Enemies, the Medicines fent from your Pby(ttian to cure your Di[– e.afcs; Nev~r quar~el with AfR~cl:'ion, t.,lnlef., yo'n re– folve to befriend Corruption. Wha~, ~ill yoube fd foolifh~as not to be patient ofyout Di[ea[e,noryour Remedy; either bear the Crdfs, or elfe never mak~ your felves believe, but yon can bear your fins,welt ~nough? What~ver your C~ffi))lainrs are, 'tis a fig1~. they come not very Jeep ; Tts an Argument, that fin fits light, where the C 'rofs lies fo unfu ·pp·oi·tafili~ heavy. . . _ . ' 4· Your patient fujfe ring, will be your 7'riuntp6 Dver Temptatio_n :, A pati"nt Chrijfian is a Conqueror over all the World . By this alone, naked Job over.: · can1e the Devil : When Sa than and his lnitruments have perfecutedyou into patience, ·they have there.it in brought their Necks u. .der your Eeet. This Bra~ ~en wall will tnake thd r·£hot recoil on their owri heads and hearts : Your Patience will be a Shield to yours, ~nd a Sword in your Enemies' Soals. ·ne patient, and you have won t he fietd,and gotten the day. They will have _no hope to driveyon to fin; where they fee' you canfuffer. This was Job's Tri· umph and thall be yours; In .1U thh Job finned not1 nor charged God foolijhly. You Jnay now n1ake your boafi -in the w1ord~ of the Apoftle, B..om. 8. 35'· Wli~ Jhall fe_parate m from the Love Qf Chrijt? Jha~ 'Iribulaf tion, or Dijireft,o-r Perf(r:ution, (,/r Famine,-or Nak_edne_~, or Peril, or S'Jl'·ord l In all thefe things, ,;e arc mori thttn Conquer_ors throu;,hbim thatlov~d M. , · 5· Your patient fuffering) will be thJ improvemen~ ~f)QUr [an[Jijic~Jti~n, He b. 11. _9, 10. 1/''t IUPII hall \ / . ' \ : J'~t"<J ,
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