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Ephe
/lans,
Chap.
q,.
V
E R.
x.
vous and offenflve
to others.
Now
this
meekneffe gives
a
man
a
pea-
ceable and quiet heart in himfelfe,
and
a
peaceable and quiet conver-
fation
toward others,
becaufe he
bath
fpent
the ftrength
of
his heat
and
choler
upon
his finnes and
corruptions
,
to
mortify
and fubdue
them.
With
long
This
is
the third
vertue
whereby
a
Chriflian
is
fitted to walk
worthy
his calling.
Where
obferve:
Doff.
{
Who
foever will walk
worthy his
calling,
naafi labour
to
Thew
forth
long
-
We
muff ¡hew
fufering. This
is a
vertue wrought by the
Spit
it,
as
the former,
which
forth
all
long-
doth
make
us
hold out
in
evills his fpirit
not
broken;
for God
Both
put
his
children
not
only
to
trialls
,
but doth prove them
at
length
to
What
loop
Iufferrng
is.
fee
how they will hold
our.
Now
this grace
which
Both
make
us
its
office is
to
poffeffe
our foulespatiently,
though
we cry
How long
Lord?
is
long-
make
us
hold
fufferance;
when
evills
affaile us
to break
us
by
way
of
defpaire,provo-
ont
me°ills'
king indignation;
in
this the Saints,
through ftrength ofluft
and
tem-
ptations prevailing, have often failed,
as
Zob ,
and
David
as
you may
fee
Pfal.39.
4.
there was
a
want of
long
-
fuffering: S.
Paul on
the other
fide
doth
let forth himfelfe
an
example
of
it,
z
cor.6.
5,
6,
7.
In
much
Iatr.,i.
4.
patience,
in affli5ltons,
in
neceffities,
in difireffes,
in
flripes
,
in
imprtf
ra-
ments,
be.
he,
let patience
have
her
perfect
work in
miditofmany
evils.
This
is
not
a
counterfeit biting
in
of
anger , but
a
continuance
of
true
patient bearing our
Croffts: To
lift
up
a
quarter
of wheat
or two,
were
rare
ftrength, though
one fhould
Eland
under it
but
a
while
,
but
to
carry it
4, or
5.
miles were
a
token
of
tenfold firength:
So
to
bcare
our burdens
any
time
is a
fruit
of
glorious ftrength,
but to
carry them
at
length
argueth treble vertue.
We
have
need
of
patience, faith the Scri-
We
have
need
pture,
Bch.
r
o. fo
of
long./
ffering. A Porter whole
calling
is
to
beare
uI"
I
heavy
burthens,
had
need
of
fhoulders;
fo
we
who
are called
ro
beare
many
of
ih
ions,
had
need
of
long
-
fuffering
;
fo
deep are our
Raines,
that they
will not
cone
out
unieffe we be
long
doufed
in
thefe
waters
of
afflictions
,
which
makethGod
many dayes continue our
evils:
Now
how
fhall
we
be
able to
hold out under long
afHiftions
without
long-
fufferance?
The
grounds
of
it
are,
r.
The
confcience
of
our owne fame,
as
deferving
all
evill.
Micsh
7.9. I
will
beare
the wrath
of
the
Lord, for
I
have finned
againft
him.
z.
Hope, for this
is
a
walking
flaffe
which
loth
five
the
foule
from many
a
fall,
which keepeth the heart from
fainting.Mi-
cab
7.
8.
Though
I
fag',
i
fhall
rife.
z Sam. t
6.
r
z.
David
fuffered
with patience the
revilings of
Shimel,
for (faith he)
le
may
be
that
the Lord
will
looke
on is
of
fliclion, and
requite goad
for
his
turfing
this day.
3.
To
confider
the
examples
of
God,
of Ctrift, of
the Prophets.
.Exod.34.
6.
Gad
is
flow
to
anger, great
in
patience
,
bearing
us
yeare after ycare.
4o.yeares
long,
Hebr3.9.
Chrift
endured
to the end,
Heb.
12.2.
You
have
the
Prophets
an
enfa
topic of much patience,Iam.
S.
so.
The