V E R. . Epbefian.r, thenall, enftripes above meafere , in pr;fo is more 'regatta, in deaths nft. ,,,,,rejoyce intribulatiorn. And r Pr. 4. 16. ¡for fiferesa Chreffi as,let himnot be aJ1 med,but let hint glorify Gadan this 6ehelfe. So of temptations S. fames fpeaketh, lam. I. z . cont italljoywiie» yefall into divers temptations. For fuffering for Chrift is in it Rife glorious and a .. gift ofgrace. Ifyebe reproachedfar the Name ofG/riff , happy aréyte, a bec.4.14. for the f irisof glery,and ofGad, reffeth itpon yo{t, To you it O given , not Phi1.1.:9. onely to believe, but elf eo flier forhis Name. Secondly, the perfon for whom wee fuffer, is filch as we owe our felves unto.PaulprofeffethofhimMathis holy refolution,iîls 2 1.13. tam ready not enely robe bound batetlfo to dyeat lerufaleenfar the Name efthe Lordlefas. Thirdly, the recompenceofreward. Heb. it. ag. It is reported of cliofrs he chafe rather tofteffer afflic?ienwith thepeople of Geá t then to enjoy thepleafitresofPanefor afeafon; becaufe hehad refped to the recom- pense ofreward. For the 2. Whether all afflictions muff be regoyced in 2. The anfweris made by fomc,thatit is nor ro be looked for,, as be- fa. ing a peculiar gift to fome perfons: arid ifwe frame our anfwer to that When andin w.hichisdone, not to that which fhould bee,, it is true; for Paul faith, wharafeiei- Oaraffidionsforthe?repot arenot joyous: and S. Peter tells us, ifneed éjoyeTeC require we aremade heavy with fundry temptations. But the fcruple re- lieb...ar. matneth,How faire I atn bound tò rejoyce in aflietiions; in, what af- I Per S;_ flidions I am torejoyce, in what not. The anfwer is to be made from the ends ofaffliftions; which are chiefly threefold. z. They arc togive teffimony to the truth, 2. They are to tryus, and foprepare us for good things. 3. They are to comert us. . Now in the former we may rejoyce, yea it is our duty to rejoyce. Inthelatterwemuffmourne and bet bumbled. der. 5.3. God corn - plaineth ofthisas bad behaviour in his people, thatwhen be didfinite them theygrievednot:Thou haft confungi d them,bea they have refrfedto re- ceivecorreUien, they have made their faces harder then a rocke. Itbeing a forlorn carriage in a childto fmile under the hand ofa corro5ling father. Now this doth reprove our foftneffe, who if weendure-but a more Pfe 1, harfllterme, are ready to fit downe with the finger in the eye, and ifa- ny tlifgraceaccompany this or that wayof uprightneffe,weare flaame- leffely fhamefaced, a token that we love the glory of men more then the glory ofGod, and that we have not receivedtheiiritofpower, leve, andofa foundheart. a. Tim. s. 7. It doth teachus how to thinks of reproaches, injuries or [zerfecuti. Yfa 1. ons more fharpe, whichbefall us for righteoufnefi'e,we muff glory them; as the Apoffleis notafhamed, but proud ofhis chain, fo muff we. Souldiers will tell ofthe wounds; the (hot,ofallthehard meafure which they have fuffered from the hand of the enemy under their colours : So mutt wee efleerne it as. our chiefs honour, H h x when
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