(11~) and ( if ye witi be patient ) [o iliall you his folfow~ ~rs. , Turn to yotty H:r<l)tig hold, ye Prifoners ·of ~•pe; prove to the world thac your Faith is no farky,nor · your Rock a reftige Qf lles; that your profeffion of· holine[s is not)a nteer talk~ or va: our. F'ear not to bear yduts,and thankfully3Cccptyottr Lords ~fefiiinony; when the Lord hath fulfilled hi~ fad Pre.. dicbons, let y9ur f.tith and patience {eal t o the ful~ fillit1g his prorpifes. \Vhenever the hand 9f the Lord touches to the .quick, and -yot~ feel in earneft, that- 'cis hot fervice.to be ;t Chrifiian ; when , yout fleili begiris to flie in your face,and O{ies ~ut agair1~ your Sdul,@icher as Zipporah.againft Mu[es, a bloodj Husband haft thou been to me; or as Job's Wife to him, Curfe God and dye, chide it into tilence; Thou [peak:ft ar one of the fooli[h IPonieiJ [peak;>rh. Ifit will ftill kick, and fl ing, and groan ont to thee,doeft thou jtillreta"':n thy zntegritj? hearkel 1 1 not to it; leave it to groan alone; as thy flefh bath left thy Soul eo groan aloan under fin; fo ·let thy Soul leave thy Hefh t.ogroan alont:, under affia~ion.While thy Soul is quiet,t,here's die glory of patiet'lce,though extre– tnityoftormetlt nrake thy tidhto roar; nay th~ ri1orv the fldh roar~, and the Soul yet keeps filenee, the more patience~ ~ If YOLH fears affright yo~l) and' prophecy; to yora . before hatid, Oh I fhall n_evc~ be pati~nt; if the fore-ilght be fo dreadful, what will the enconnter be? Yet be riot difcouraged. You fay youcould be content to fuffer, ifyou were fure you could be pa– tient ; that is, you would vtnture into the water, if you had firft l,earn'd to f\~im·; why wh.cn you are in, then ydtt will learn. and not beforeJ , · I 1 . Tri~ ' . /
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