'The Saints .· wife_ptovi~ence d~th lay np9n us; I mea~.~not an affected vame-glonous ungronnded Apath1e con– fi~ence and intenfibilitie in fuffering. Ancl this w11l bee as a frrong pillar tofupport theheart, as a fweet perfume tor~afon the atfefrions) as· a·· fove- . nt~gne prefervative and counterpoifcn againfi:-the· · fbngandvenomeofc:ro!fes. 2 Rent, unnaile, and unglue thine affections from theworld. Earchly-rnindedneffe cloth inrage the croffe~ and gives it teeth to ~a~ out the very heart ofthe affiictcd. Rootont ofthme heart ther– fore this cut-throat ofpatience by all meanes pof– Gble. Confider N~tbal,a dogged Dtvu,andchurlilh niggard toGods people; on~ly,as ~orldHngsmay doe, made perhaps, once or twice ayeare, a boun• ... ~~-' tifull ankd joviahll feafr ~~?is 11 good fel_Iow c?mh~anipm, to eepe is Phantatca reputation Wit 10me flatteringdependant,and withfome plaufibledo~tk to cover his covetoufneile and cruelriie : budn the· ·evill day, his heart was afione withinhim,&c. 3 Do not in·the mean timeweaken thy frrength -unnecdfarily) and emafcul&te thine heart before· ·band, either, . · ! By reall fuffering of imaginary forrowes·and! affliCting thymind with ilavHhfore-conc;ir; off~- . mre evHs_, thereby to doub~e ,anamulnphe rhe1r') ~ingsuponus beforeharrd,and tofLJ£ferr_hem many< ttmesbefore they feizeuponus ; wh1th ts ~othun• meceffarie, and unnoble, moft unwbrthy th·e mo-· ra':ll refolutionofanaturall man, an? the ·gene~m!s ; , -*SeeTu{cuf. . fpirit ofan.hone!l: *heathen,muchmoretheChni~:~· fat• ., 79 ' frian fortitudeGfagraciousheart. · · · - · 2 Selfe- j
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