11111111111.1111111"16111111.11111.- comfortable walking withGod. 365 POsol..6,111wee,a0a*N., of all thefe : I fay, a ferious preconceit hereof,illightenedand ftrengthened by faith, is able to holdup the Chriftiansheart with infinite firength, and to refrefh it with a fecret unut- terable gladneffe, even amidf} variety and extremity of all worldly troubles ; and cloth minifter as farce more matter of rcjoycing; then thefe ofmourning, as that forementioned ex. 2 C°r+ 17' ceeding exceffime everlafling weight ofglory, is tobe preferred before a little momentary light affliction. Hence it is, that theholy Martyrs of Iefits were fo merry,and fweetly conten- ted in themiddeft of all, their outward miferies, preffures, perfecutions, and Martyrdome it felfe. Iwas in prifini, faith one of them, till Igot intoprifin. Ifele no merepaine, faith b Laurence uak= c another, in thefire,then if Iwere in a bed of Downe ; it k as ceti... fweet tome as a bed of .cores. I beleeve, faith a d third,there rs d .4dolpbu not a merrier heart in the world at this inflant then minek.Clareba"b" To e One objecting toa fourth, Chrifts agony and fadneffe e Fanixes. tohis cheerefnlneffe Yea,faith he, Cbrifi wasfad that Imight be merry. He badmyfinnes, andIhave his merit and righteot4f: nefe. But efpecially let us looke upon Tau), a bleffed and pre- ciouspatterne for us to imitate in this point. Heewas trou. bledon every fide ; without were fightings,withinwere Pref. A Cot., t 23, elm He was infiripes above meafiere : inprifans more frequent.: in deaths oft : Of the Imesflue times received hefortyfir!' pesfave one : Thricewas bee beaten with rods : Once was bee Honed : Thrice hefuferedSbipwrack night andday was bee in the deepe : injourneyingoften, inperils ofrenter,, in perils of rob. hers, in perilsby hk owne countrymen, in perils by the beathen,in perils in the City, in .perils: in the wildernefe, in perils in the Sea, inperils amonglifalfe brethren : In wearinefeand paine- fidnef e, in watchings often: in hungerland thirfl, infailingsof:. ten: in coldandnakedneffe. He was a called a pefillentpow.He A ets 24.5 was accounted atItliefilth of the world, and offeowringof all CoC OT4.% 3. s.. a. to. things : And yet forall this, he profeffethof himfelfe,that he f took! pleafure irkinfirmities, in reproaches,in neceffities,inper. f Omma . . commemoravit a fpera et gray ia, frequentiiis et abtmoanti tisfultinebat fedprofeet6 aderat ei Spiritus, qui in exteriotis hominis corruptione interiorem renovarer, de die in diem,; et guaata requiefpiritu- all, in afiluentia deliciarumDei, in fpe futurx beatitudinis; omnia prafentia deliniret, afpera cc wavia omnia relcvaret, aos. 'Deeempore Serm 48. ficAitions,
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