(63) not be fa id to be good ·for any <particular Saint~ to bear ~he foreA: AffliCtion, bywhich the Church rpay have benefit?He hath not much of a Saint,to whom·, ifit were afore-handpropofed ,- whether for the be.. nefit of the Cht:rrch;he would be content ,ifGod f~ it good,to fall into fuch ·acalamitie :· He hath lii'tle of ist,tl:at weuld delibei-ateJy refufe it. Doubt– Iel1-, a fincere Ch,riflian, whowould count his ufefuinefs to the good of the whole Bodie, to be his good, ·would fay even concerning fuch a Mejfage, were it ·brought to him ,:Good.is the Word ofthe/Lord : And that which'afore-hand , he would judge to~ be good for him to (ubmit ~to, may it not be good for him to be under? z. It may al[o be more dire6Hy for his particu... larperfona{good. For, . - , · . 1. It 'may do him the fame good , ·wb1£h DeAPh will do for him: Concerning which the ApoiNe fays · . i.t <is .y.crus, 1 Cor. '3-~ tha.t is , it i5 for your advan– tage: le may tak.rhimfrqm the evil to tome 1 from, thofe Sorrows, and that ·trou~le of Hart, whi'h God might fore-fee faliing upon him , by any cala.... mities, coming either on the Church ingeneral:>· or him[elf, or Familie in particular : ·-which being Jl€– privedof hisReafon,andpower to refr.t:e<ft on, he can– f!Ot feel, or in tthe lealt be affiicted by. If you Reply 1 But the Remedy is worfe than the l)i[eafe:To be u£e– lefs and unferviceable is le[s eligible , than to be for.. rowful and affii£ted: Wil111ny man chufe to fall into ,a Lcthargie, o.r.Apoplexie, bccau[e \'twitl fecurehim fror;n the Torment of a Feaver? ·If there be·any wei.ght in. this Rept.?, I fhall adde.a fa-r t;ber A nfwer; wh1ch 1 If I mtSJudge .not, w1U Cl.tt off al.l Re.. plJes: z.WhQ, ,..
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