, (I I l ; ,Fat1urs of our flejh, which corretlecl zu:,_ and we gatJe them f{everence : Shall"!~ not muc? rat.ber, b~ in f.-nbje– liion to the Father ef. Spzrtts,and lzve ?.i'o_r they verily, for a few dayes, chaften'~ us after t~eir plea[urc;"vut he fo·r our profit, that 19e nught be parla~rs of bit holine{l. The Fathers of our flefu correCt us, and fo ~~16th _t1he Father of Spirits; they., at \their plcafu re ; he, foL, our profit•. You'l fay , it 1nay be, 'for what profit ?- · What profit is therei n o 1r Blood .? iu our Bonds? in our Poverty ? Vv'hy, there is this ·profit; we are. · · herebymade 'partaker,s of his Holinefs. There's fel• dom any towardlinefs in a child, till ~t be whipt in- . to him•. God's School of Affiiiiion, is a Nurfery for Hellven: where it not for his Houfc of CorrlCiion 1 ·.Sion would qnickly be~ome asSodom. , Seldon1 does any come out thence, l.?ut,their camplexion !hews wht:reche}( have been. 'iis with them that feel the Ha.nd of the Lord; as 'twas with him that fav·r his ,. Face ; his Face did ibine ;' his very fpittiug in their Faces, cloth wafh then~ the cle_aner. Of all Saints , there are none .raifed fo high towards the third H ven, as thofe that hav.e been in t-be .Deep : No · rovidences give fu_ch a life to the foul , as thofe t·hat mofi humble. . Chri~LHans, w·hat ever pains you travail under, believe ir,the Births may be ft:tch, /as will make yon forget.your 'forrow. · · . · I have heard of an Holy woman,who ufed to com– pare her affii8:ions to her children;>they both pu& ', her to great pain in the bearing; b.ut ·as ihe knew not which of her children to be .without, notwich~ ·fianding her trouble in. the bringing.forth, fo nei– ther which of her..affiietions fhe could have wanted, J\Otwithiland the forrow t .hey put h(r to in the bear.,. · · incr \. ~ r '
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