6. PETITION. '-upoa *Louts `Prajer. >tot wlte s:hangeddhall hee wonder at others i . No, no :: Vfeçheal, asbrake then as priu n- fu4jeft to changes when God will. And his will bee done. Massy are bitten deran jer behind their backes,andprivayp andered, yea gnawed tatheveiybmneswiththe .rer /l. teethof thevngodly, & it gtieueth themfote. But fotgatnot then that tkrisàlfo fir ;helot of the righteous,ot Jófeph,of lob, of David, of thoufands. Fotgat ¡l ey .Cor:6.8. not ?wile approuinghtmfelfeby honour, and difhattor,byeuilltepott,tt»d ao4re ris a1.ádecejuer, yet true. And ivan other place, Wee-are eseillfitokgn;oft.,. ardyrtìded t.Co.4.13: piay,see are made au the f/tb of the world,the ofskgwrirtgaf aLLdiner vntatbis tune. Tlietd was never man could efcape this yet, neither euer any (halt, if hee pleafe God. Luc. 6: z6. FQreuenofChrillhimfelte ,fomefaydhe was adeáçiuer, and marr -ptittle:plat- tlçs had they of him in their meetings. Woe bee_tik.91au.faith the Lord hintfalfii Gala, t, to. hen311men fpeakewe/lofyou ,. fort did their Fatherrto.thcfafc Prophets. Andii 4st 4fpeeçh of N. aightagawtlthis temptation, if it be often thought of If I Aura yet pleáfe men faith the Apople, I were not the fermata of Chr f .. _ It is a dai ntiiátt3 vntt t for Chripian, to be able to beare no backbiters. Some will to the Deitiltt fór their, priuiepratlingto the hurt of their neighbours , though we fw care tll4 corjtrary,and heartely with thecontrary: There s no hcl?e or them. Oü4 nand you out oftheirway ,that the faller' they made, thc boon er they may éoî .. t thither, and the world be rid ofthem, or furely they are in hall a number , and they feesne to teare nothing more, than.that hell :gatea íliould bee hut, and the pie begun before they come. The Lord will beglorified by their death , and the Lord make vs glorifi a him by our patience, and.by' our caref01110u ntiiiig of t . Pe.4. t 4. all ¡nit eau fe daily euillreport. That Miring this 'bitter poyfüit.ofAfpesthat &c, is strider their tongues, an d vppon their tongues, and iatheirton$áec notfar -e uilldooipg, bitvndeferuedly , our boy May betrue,and our conàfa tiby dacoaf tented paeience,euer, Amen. , Diners complains they are rewarded with euill for good, and they fret at it for . `Ib be rcwar tip haue true good will and many honeft teitimoniesof a friendly mind fo badile ded mill fir fovnkindly, yea fo vildly requited. And in deed it is true that fuch vndeferned good, temp. ynkinelnes peirceth deepe, and hash preuailed with Ionic, euen to the breaking tech magi of their hearts, and the ending of their daies. But alas it fhould not be fo hot iii vs,if God gave government ouer fraile fleet, according to true teafon. For if Confider falfe man turns his backevpon God, that hash in fuchwonderfull and vnfearcha= eh is often. ble fauor vfed him, and with fuch an incomprehenfible& vnmeafurable heap of mercies filled his cup from his cradle, andbiefore , what maruell though heturne v pop one ofvs (whofe fauours, though great, yet cannot bee like thefe) both bache, and heart, and tongue, and teeth, and all - ehepowers het bath any way? Trudy this onely fhould content vs, when wee find filch meafure in the- world, But we haue befide, the company in this crotfe of fuch great and deere ones to the Lord, that wee fhould'bee euen glad.we may -go along -with them and pertáke with them in no worfe thing, than the Lord thought good to layvppon them. Rfm44 Fomplaineth : they rewarded we' aull for goad, totbe great di/comfort of my Sot c, neteeftheiefre when they were ficke, I put on fackclotb and humbled my Soule with pJfing, I behauedmy felfe as though it had been my friend or brother, I wentheasily as one Pfal. 3 5.13 tbát mourneth for his mother. But inmine adaerf, tie (marks it) they reioyred andgathe- Pfa. 3 8.69. red themfelues together, yea the very abicEis came together againfimeevnawarer,Making 109. menus atmee, and ceafednot. Wee haue Jacob a companion in this crolfewith vs ,-who was ill rewarded both by affeftion and ac on of Labatt and his children, wee have lofephwith vs, Mores and Áaranwitli vs, all the Prophets and Apoflles wjthvs, and Chrift our Maif er with vs,whofeloue was loft to thoufands ;except a Crueifrge be a kind requitall,ánd againil whom hec that fate ,this table liftvppe Iiibeele and betrayedhim, Oweighit not much, huthecontent, andpolfehTe yp it Soule in patience. For it is euen one of the moti common fin nes of this inoFld, !t7 thefe latter daies efpecially. Vnthatskefuil men without natural! affeftion
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