1 he Presîtke. of f' Pietie,. 663 may plainely appeare that af- PI!ions are not ftgnes eyther of Gods hatred , or of our -repro- bation : but rather tokens and pledge.rof his fatherly loue7vnto 'his children whom hee 1oueth: and therefore chafienett them in this life; where, vpon rep: tance, there retnaines hope of par1on -.; rather then to refcrre the punifhment to that Lift where there Is no hope of par- a CU' vexa- don,nor.end of puniJhment. For this elide. ,` the Chrif #ians in the mar remimur, a `primitiueChurch, were wont tú maxi - to glue God great thankes , for rnasgrati- aff1; ing than in "this life. So as "gimme ¡ the A ofles rcióyced.., that er- tffimoPa they were countedworthy to fuf- tri quéd ferfor Chrif,s name, A6s 5.44 . corrrtptclá And the C'hrifttian Hebrewes n Ora' non feared with ioy the fßoylirgof knowing . óo x- their goon ,, t4y Je T had in Hear, n a better , and an plage at enduring fublance, Hebrewes verberibua ®.34. And in refpc& of thofe emenciat. holy ends , the ApotUe faith, :1,á ,h.5: That \ eap.13,
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