'The SaiiJts fure once ftoried, he fuffered thrice (hipwracke ; uighc •and day was hejn the dcepe Sea: In journ~ying, ' hewa~ often ; in perils of Waters, in pel"lls of Robbers, in perils of his owne Natiqn, in pe.rih .. _ ~mong the Gentiles; in perils in thf.! , Citic, in perils in theWilderneffe, in perils in the Sea, in perils among falfe Brethren ; in wearine!fe, and ~fnefulneffe; in wa tcmng often; in hunger, and thi rfi; in fafiings often-; in1rold, and in na'ked– neffe. 'Yet all tpcfe, and what other cro!fc-s and affii&:ions befeil hirn,he calls and accounts them ' (ol.r. ~.... · thefufferings and affiidions ofChriil. Now (faith Paul, Go!. r. 24.) new rejoyce 1 i,nm.y [ujferingifor -:– )'DU, and fu!fi/J the reff of the aj]liBions of Chri.fl in myflefh, forhu Bodi'es fake,which u the Church. And 2 Cor. r. 5. -As the fuffering.r of Chrift abotmd in m; fo ourconfolation ~tboundeth through Chri!f !. Lazarw, · · in all hi~ povertie, contempt, fickne!fe, forcs,.or what other miferies, .fuffered nothing wherein Chriftwas not partakerof his griefe and forr~~v. So fwee.t and blcffed a c6nfent and_fympathie is ·. rhe.re betwixt Chrifr,:rhe H~ad,and all true Chri· ·ftians,his members; that fa long.as the great my~ fierie of that myfi:ica!I Vnion fiands tme and fure,(whkh is for ever) all holy men, and fervants of God., in all t.neir fufferings for the Name:of Chri fi,profeffion 'of his Tiutb,ar:d pra cliceof fin. cerit ie,tbail have Cbrifi: himfelfc partnet aod p-ar1~ :. • .z: "· .taker oftb eirmiferies;• lvhkb ( is · .ah.Ie· to .r~frefh thehe.1vie!t beart,in tJEe gre ate ft.ex:t:retn~ies~r, 1 1 I bave ft.~y ed IohgttpDQ dris:poitl't.; . to wit,. how Sathari labou r~might andmaine, bycroifes - and
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