The Life ofFaith. 69 of the Throne of God: Confider him that enduredfilch contradiUion of finners againff himfelf, left ye be wearied, and faint in your minds, Heb. 1 2 . 2) 3 . You may well endure the buffeting, and (corn, ifyou fore- fee the honour. You may well endure the Crown of Thorns, if you fortfee the Crown of Glory : You may endure to be forfaken ofall, ifyou feehim that will never fail you, nor for- fake you: This foretafleof the Rivers of pleafure with the Lord, will drown the ta$e of the Vinegar and Gall. Whine not like worldlings that have loft their portion, when you arc llript is bare as Job. If you ave truc Believers, you have All (fill , for God is All : You have loft Nothing; for Faith hath made the world as Nothing to you : And will you whine and vex your Pelffor Nothing ? Can you call it Nothing fo frequently and eafily in your prayers, and ordinary fpeech, and do you now recall this;or tell us by your ferious grief,that you fpeakbut in hypocrifie and jeaft. [Frastgitur mono moleffiâ adverforum, qui non capitur deletiatione profperorum. Auguff. Had there been lets Idolatrous Love, there would have been lefs tormenting grief and care. Our life confifleth not in the abundance of the things that we pe(feß. He is not happy that bath them; but he that neither needetbnor defireth them. [Gum in his qua hotlines eripiunt, optant, cuffodiunt, nihil inveneris, nondicoquod maul, Jedquodvelis. Sen.] Superflaity doth but burden and break down : The Corn that's too rank lodgeth and the branches break that are overladen with fruit. [Omnia quafuperfiuunt nocent : fegetem nimia fternit ubertas : rami onere franguntur ad maturitatem nonpervenit fecunditas : Idem quo - queanimieevenie, ¡pies immoderataprofperitas rumpit; quia non tantum in aliorum injaariam, fed etiam in foam utuntur. Sen.] It'spleaJare, and not pain, that is the worlds moil deadly fling : It hath never fo much hurt us, as when it bath flatter- edus into delights or hopes. [Ea fera & pifci+ fpe aliqua ob- lellantedecipitur. Sen.] Hope is the bait ; profperity and plea- lure the net, that foulsare ordinarilyenfnared by. Men lofe not their fouls forpoverty, but for riches; nor for difhonour, but for honour nor for (arrow, but for delight. [Luxuriant animi rebus plerumquePundit.] K3 The
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