, I for ever. lf·this he the meaning of tnf troubles, I hop it is, I wiU wait, twill wiac for the fruir, and if this be the fruit) oh! welcom, welcon1 this bleffed Providence. . 6. Your patient fuffering fhall ~e the atlvance of your glory.H.en1en1be-r wh at I have told you already, Your fuffering fhall gu into your r,eward ; accord– ing to your deep poverty, fo !hall your riches be: As' twa~ fa id concerning B__rtbylon, ~ Rev. 18.7. Ho)v . ·much jhe bath glorified ber [elf, and lived rlelieioufiy,fo much [orrow and torment gi-;;e her. So iliall it be faid I concerning you; How muc~ they have been ab~.fed, . .1nd affii8:ed for n1e, fo much Joy and Glory~ give . them. As fure as the perfecutings of the u'ngodly 1l1al.l n1eet them in hell; [o certainly fhall the Pc:rfe– , ~ cutions of the , Righteous tneet rhenl hefore the ·, Throneof God. This il1aH be written on their e– ver1afHng Crowns, , Here · it the Patience .of ihe ~ • I ·~aznts. , , , . By this tim.e you fee Chri{tiaus, that a fuffering fiate ~s not fo funnidable, nor paience under it fo impoffible, nor your impatience fq excufable, as your hearts are fo apt to tell you.Suffcring~you can· not avoid, but you may abide rhen1 ;. your carnal hearts will cry one, I can't endure, and therefore whatever fhift ,I n1ake , I muft avoid them. The G\ofpel tells you, Youmay endure ; but(if youwill be Chrifrians ) you can't avoid them. All that will li11e · godly in Chrift Je[M , inufl [tJjfer perfecution, Wel~ f.ince it's thus, Gird UJ? the loins of your Minds, and follow your Lord, Confider pjm that endured fuch contradictions of Sinners, and 'be not weary, no1: faint in your minds: Jhe Captai!l of your falvat1on was made perfc8: ~hrough iutlenngs, , .- and
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