foule~exalting humiliation. 4 To bring intoour minds affitred and cornfor- . table thoughts of the refurreetion , that thougb •now the worldlings and wicked ones carrie all be· · fore them)andGods children be expofed toall man– nerbfmolefrations an<;!mileries, yet adayofrecko~ ningwill come, andfettingall right. · . 5Left weaker Chriftians fink in their futferings, ; and quite fall otf when they fall into troubles ;.' whereas looking ttpon others frronger than they, and yet ·more at'Hifred, they are revived and corn~ . forted' in their crofles. ... •. 6 ·Left othe-rs in their conceits and opinions! fhould over value them, and advance them-above; · mowillJand humane condition ; and fo,be-dulled' and difcouragad to imitate their graces and good.i nes. See/fa. 5· 17. · · · 7 That we be not mif-led'in repo'fing true hap-' pineffeinfenfuallhearts-eafe, and worldly profpe– rity, but in the holy fufferings·ofperfecuted Chri_. fi:ians.See 1 Cor.4.II.Heb.12.. 6.z .F-et.4.14. 8 They make the vertues ofChrifl: and graces of fahration to lhew forth themfelves and fhinein them. Rom. 5· 3• · . To conceive this reafon more eaGlv confider, that there are two generall ends of afHietions, in thofe which are fruitfuU yexercifed ·therewith. 1 e To mortifie~ purge,andlcoureoutofris, cor– mptions, lufts, rebellions. 2. d To rrie, refine, and increafe all graces·in us, and the wholebodyofchrifl:ianitie. As~ . · 1 e Faith is much frrengthened and ftnewedbyaf~ flictions. . · Aaz 1 <mu1ulrt.ujl{or- r n.tx,pa!ia h1mi· nes mali; turil, homines boi1i ; ignis trihst!-:ttit1 2 Artifex, Deru, · all graces re. fined byaffii. : etions. : • Faith. .! - -----
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