186 ·aom.8,r S, ·- < ; The Saintr - weaknesofbody,and ~an.t ?f wealrh,intofirengili of foule,.and plenty o t fptntua~l graces:What tor– ren~ of finite & wor191ycrotfes can·fwell ~o high, whtch the hand offauh dafped about an xmmor.. tall Crowne, cannot divert ordrie up ? What bit– terneff'e;wh~tgallcan fpringeitheroutof the bot– tomeof hen; or oat of the d~pthof a prophane fcornfull-·heart, which the fweetfruition offpiri– tuall comfortsby the poweroffaithcannot digefr? Tfuis atfures'the childe ofGod amidhis triaii and temptation, ·that never 'Goldfmith did fo watch over his Gold in the fire that it wafred nor, as his graciousGodtendsuponhim togive,him aeomfor- ' t 1ble ifiue and glorious deliverance in duefeafon: That hecafi him into the fireofaffliction, not to · burneand confume him,but to fine him,andmake himmoreorient In his fight; evenasthe Diamond byoft~~)- and much rubbing is morebright & beau· tifull.That this is the beaten path toheaven,which all the glorious Saints have troden before him, and all the fonnes ofGod mull follow him in to theworlds end. Thatthusheis made conform ·bJe unto his head Chrifi Jdus, and fittedforthefpirit ·4!Jd glory1JfGodtoreft upo ., f,;,,, I Pet.4.14· That the Lordwilt IJt'lJ.er la.y fltfJre uponhimthan be!hallhe~tble to bear~ ; ·and howfoever that all the ajf/ifJionJ~fthis .prefent life, JZre not neare worth; of the glory whit:h i.r to berevealed. That the wholebody of the Commu– nionof S2ints fend outprayers andgroanesfor his deliverance out ofwhat calaniitv foever.Such con– Gderations as thefe beiu~ apprehended by the 'power offaith, doemightilyand feafonablycorn· ' fort
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