Seren, 20, How mull we in all things give Thanks ? 481 fuffer a thoufand evils, thou wilt never fuff,r what thou merited, faith ,tq`,v r2t;e141, that Father. 9tirs.và &dh jefus Chri(l drunk off the drcggy parr of the cup for us; we do but " as it were lip for fafhion, that we may fear yy ¡: to pledge, for to drink as ch in Pfal. he drunk it we cannot, we need not, Matth. 20, 22, 41.1. Thank God then that thou hall fo little (hare of it, when all was Corde Gregori- thy portion by right and jullìce ; this is thank worthy, um, lib. 2. in V. We mull give thanks in every thing, even in and for affliäions, Ezck.Korn,16. under the rod and crofs, becaufe thereby the Lord doth difcipline us, and learns us much which elfe we. never would have learned. By this David learned Gods Commandments and they became PGIIç.71,72. dearer to him than thos*fands of gold andJlver, By this the Lord opens the ear co difcipline, faith Elihu ; even when 30 36.8,9,Io men are bound in fetters , and be holden in cords of al iai'in : then be fhe w- The Crofs eth them their ',rk , and their tranfgref on that they have exceeded : he teaclleth mere meth al fo their ear to difcipline, and commndeth that the return the way to y heaven, than o from iniquity. For as wax unifs it be 'ä heated and fofrened takes no im all the Doctors preffion of the Seal ; fo no man uniefs exercifed with much affliction Taulerur. will receive the prints ofdivine wifdom. The word commonly ufed by the Holy Ghofl in the NewTeflament Te.A.quee. for chaalize,fignifies properly to teach a child as a School - mailer or Fa- VI): I eher with a rod ; this is Gods wdy of teaching, and the bell Scholars Luke 23 22. in Chrills Colledge have come by their learning this way, it is good for Lam,3.27. a man that he bear the yaak in his youth; by this the Poet faith, wife MNlta tplir, Illyffes was trained up. We ufe to fay, they are ufually the bell ScholarsfBcir ?; puer, that have bought their learning deareft. I am fure this is the choiceflf"davtt,(74 Saints Accade my. V I. Give thanks in and for afflidions becaufe hereby the Lord fits us for Heavenly glory. Saints are called ve_gels of mercy prepared unto glory ; but how do men Rom9.2O. make, and prepare veffels? if it be a veffel of earth, the Potter beats sub rodeo pre. the clay to make it well tempered, then he moulds it on the wheele p tunenibus, ut: then he bakes it in the oven, and then it's fit for ufe. vaa fabricetur If it be a veffel of wood, it hath many a turn and many a cur,before magna precii it's ñ[. Sic veluti Put) If it be a veffel of gold or flyer, it hath both hears and knocks before "'leaf"' àt be tom lent. juli, premun- P tog; laboribxs,' So mull every veffel of mercy be ferved before it be fit for glory ; ur fianr vela eve muß through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God. Thus magna glorie, the Apoflle Peter tells us alfo,that the trial of our Faith bring much rrBre Gerhardus. .; pretiOrAi Aá,14 22.
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