172 Chap.] 4. Of Patience , and its contraries. Com.i. % , longanimity ; though it tarry, wait for it, becaufe it will furely corne, faith Nab. x.3. the Prophet. Wait patiently for the Lord will corne, faith the Pfalmil't. This is the l'falte 37.7 only Patience which is in God, who waits ut miferatur naffri, that he may have, mercy on us; for as St. Augufline faith, Dominus patirurnegleífus, patitar contempt's', patitur negatus ; theLord, thoughwe neglect, defpife, deny him, yet (till bears -withus; with what Patience then thouldwe wait upon him, and not to make this concluGpn by infidelity, Becaufe that we wait for is long in coming, therefore it will never come or to fay with them in Saint Peter, Where is the promibe of his s Pet' 3 4' coming ? z. The fecond tryal indeed is the bearing of fume real.áfßiElion not for fin, as in ntweia, but for rghteoufnefs fake. To whom -snore is given, of him more (hall be required. The Devil (hall have a larger IibertY to tempt him. The Philofopher faith Lake 12.. 4E. very well, Deus non ',abet amoremmaternumderga filios, fen parernum, that is, he will not dandlehis children in his lap, and rock them as a Mother, but put them to tryal as a Father. And he tryes them by this, if they will rather pari malum, quam facer, Puffer evil, than do evil ; or as Saint.Augufline faith, utrum velint malum non pariendo facere, or no faciendo pati, whether they will rather do evil without¡fuffering, or fuller evil without doing any. And this is as Saint Peter faith, that the tryal of our r Per. t.7. faith may be more precious in the fight of God than Gold. And the reafons are four. per. Chrrfot, t. Becaufe we commonly feel that res profpere are mare mortuum, the dead Sea, or the lake AJßhaltites in 7idea, where Sodom and Gomorrah flood, that corrupteth £, r. $S. all that is put Into it. Aroverca virtue rofperitas, profperity is the ftep-mother of vertu:, faith one. And Seneca 1 afcelicitas nil;temperetup be nfe iciit i if, if it be not qualified,is apre(fure. We fettle upon our Lees, if we poured from Veflèl to Veffel; (landing water putrifres; armour not ufed contracts ruft; a full our Graces grow bright, thefflirting ground brings forth makes them burn, weeds; hich elfe exereife would die inus. TheSecond is, that as the Apoflle faith, there may be a conformity between Chrift andus, Romans8.29. Chriflhathhis inheritance in Heaven by two rights; one as he is the firftbegotten Son of God, aid the other by his obedience. Ye fee he faith of himfelf, Ought not Chrift tohave buffered thefe things, and fo to have Luke 24. 26. entred into Heaven ? Now in refpci ì of the fief wecan have no .conformity with Alb 14. 2.2. him, but the right we mutt claim by is the other, which is buffering ; and if we claim the inheritance by Chrift, we muff have it byhis title, vie.. By fuffering. In mans Law it is a principle, that inheritance which defcends from one to another, mutt be heldby noother title, than by that, which he that was formerlypoffeffed of it, held it Tim. 3. rs. thekingdom of God. pthiseis the tenure,h andleft any fhould t tribulation hinkhimfelf e enter xenp. ted, he tells us, Ailthat will live Godly in Chrift Jcfus, {hall fuller perfecution; none excepted. And for this caufe, whereas the nChur Church militant talW fix e,fe1colaFloc{c. n. To a Camp, Z. to a Ship, 3. g, 4Goan, S' The nature of all thefe imports patience. I. A Souldiers life is nothing elfe but agree fub dio, abroad in the open air; much z Tün. s.4. patieece is required in them that follow the the Camp. Mat. B. 24. a. A Ship we fee is fubjeth to wind and ftorms, to be tolled with Waves of the Sea. 3. Z The refemblance to theft twoone well defcribéth. Forfrran to temphrsliter pa- to areruo mortis ardores peen redimat temparalio. In edificarione mum rem- porali °mnes lapides prigs malleis tundebanrur, in hares Domini non reponiter granum, 4íonecfagelis aut triturantium ?edibles fit excuffum, in buildings axes and hammers muttbe ufed, and no corn comes to the table before it pafs through the frail and Milttone. iri.y . í ,. I. The Grapemuff be troden and pars the wineprefs before it be 6t to drink. 6. The flock is thorn and carried to the thambles. 3. The third rcafon of trial is, to feperate the good from thebad, ThereforeGod fullers the ',which lift oratesthengoodl corn from the chaff,band'for the this caufe God Luko ;.r7. Lnke 2z3 , P fdffers
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