3·66-: '.A. s .11nt lr ~ -B"rlt-r"i~ · p:arc -rr~' · }?cc in the Lord0 ye righf(ous.: fw praife is ·.comelyfor the u;.. rztJJt. Pfal. 97·. I I, .r2. Ltgl;~ tS fownfur the ngbteous, andglad· nef.s for the upnght tn he~trt. Re;oycc m the Lordp rigbteou!', and give thank.! at the remembrAnce ·of hit holine(s] 1 The[ 5. I 6_, Rcjoycerve.rmore. P~il: 3. I: Final!] my Brethren, Rrjoyce in the L~rd; Phd.4. 4. Rt]oyce si4 t.he .Lord al~'ap, and ag.1in J fo}' re;oyce. ~· JJ_e can[ui for norh:nc~: but in every thing by prayer 11nd [upplsct1t1on -wzth thank_;rgtvtng, iu. ]PJ/#t' reque(l.s 6e m.tde 10ownunto Gd] And thus are the. godly ordinarily defcribed ~ve~ in rl1eir ~eepefi fufferings ::1?d diUrefs, Rom. 5• r, 2. Being J?fiified6y faJth ll'e have peace wtth Ged- tmd rejoyce in hope tf theglory of God: Andnet only /o, 6ut we glory in tribuiati– on--J. PhiI. 3. 3-. lr:is the defcription of a reg~nerate man [to worfhip G(}d in fpirit: to rejoyr;e in Chrift · J~fm: to have no– confidence in. the fl4h J I .per. I, 6, 8. It is rhe· dcfcription of believers [to Rejoyce gre111tl] in a Chrifl m;t feen, ev.en Wirh jg)' TJnjpeak,:'Ib'le and full-of glory .: I hough for afeafen if need be, thty· ?Ju:y be in hea:r1inejs t hrfJugh-manifold tempt.. ~tions, 'l Pet. 4· I 2, 1~3, I 4. even in the fierytryal we rnu!l rejoyce, M being p;zrtak.Jrs Qf the f ujfrring.s of Cbrifi, that when -huglory fh-:zll be rtve.-ded, we m11y be glad ~<ilfo 'With exceeding j?y] when all manner cf evil iJ · fpok,sn r~f us fa!flyi for the {llk..e ofChrift, tmdwhen we are hated· (if all m~n llnd rtproached, we mujl rejtJyce and be exceedinf, glad, -11nd leap fqr joy, as /e.."!o"'Wing that our reward .in .hea"&Jen 'is great; I.:uk. 6. 22, 2 3. Manh. 5. II, I 2. The Apoftles were [ ,u {orrowf~tl, ya 11/way · rejaycing : tt1 bavint, nothi~:g ~ and· yet pr,Jftjfing alL thing.s J 2 Cor. 6. 1 o. . reJoycing , in their fuf– .fering tor believers, Col. I. 24· even when rhey were ~eaten, re- · joycin{th~tt . they ,were counted worth)'to fujfer ftr the name of l,.'hrifi, Act.). 39, 40. The rich mutt Rt joyce in .that :he ·U. made – l~w, as well as the 6rother of lowJegree in th,tt he is-ex.tlted, J <lm. J. 9 1 , I o. The Eunucb when he was but newly converted , [.wmt on hu way rtj.:Jr:ing] :Act. 8.. 39-. There w.u t.reat hJ in ' Samaria when thty :had received the wer.d cf God, Act. 8. 8. The · vohe of r~j9cing.andfalvntim u. in ·the tabernllC/eJof'the righteom. Theftat~ttes vf God are the rr1joycingof th~ir heart, Pfal. I 19. I I I. & 19. 8. All thofe th.<t trufl :in Gad foo11ld rtjoyct, and foBut for · jqy, fi~dall that lo7te hi& name fhould bejoyful it~ h~m; Pfal. 5• I I. · & J3.2 I . [ Ltt the righteous be glttd: let them reJoyc-e beforeGod, · JM lr.t tlumrxcreding,ly_rejoypr, ·Pfal. _68. 31 La I}J therefore de-.· , . --· - - - fir-e '· I
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