. to ·t!Je· chie{ 01· !Sinn~rt:•i- ~ :49.-' ·r Are not· {ten; · for the. things .that,,. are feen arc terrJporal, br~t the things thllt ar.e notJeen ~hey_ are · . eternal: 'And. thus Ireaforted ·Wtth my felf; ifI provide onty ·for a Pr':ifon, then>the Whip -· q comes at una-wares;and fo dothalfOthe Pillo-- -~ ry~Again;ifl provi~e only-forthefe)tben~ I am -~~ not fit for banifhment ;further.;·if.} co;n_,lude . that baniflrment is· th~ worfr; then if Death come; I am 'furJjriZ:ed ~ fothat l fe~. the. ; bett ~~: w~y t:O;. go,: tha.rPVf· fu.ffe:rings" ~stottruft inGo~ · thro.ugh,, Chfift.:, "aS touching·: the Wctld to . ton1e ·; ·a.nd· as touching·this .World ·.to: count·;-<-. 'the Grieve r11.y Hou/r;, tp mlike·my Bed-in Dark-: . nefs,to{ay t-o Corrupti'rh1,Thouart my.father,t~nd, • to ;·the Worm~ Thou art!tfzY · Jtfother ·-and Sifte.t.f! ! '"I'hat is ·to·tamiliarize.. thefe things ·to. moo~ .:· · 328. -' But. no.twithfra1td'in:g·~ ._ thefe · hel'ps ;,~ -~ ' · l'found my felf a ·M1n gnd . co1npa!Ted · ·with . 1 lnfirmides. ; the parting with n1y ... Wife and~ ~ Poor Children bath often-beento-me in .this; ~ pl~ce,as the puUing.the.flefll from rnv-· Bones;..· and that ~t only·be:caufe t an1 fomeWhat 'too;~· too fondof .thefe .· great Mercies ·, ·, but· alfo·: becaufe I fhould hav·e: .often brought to rny.:., , m-ind the tnany .hardfhips:,miferies ·and wants ~. · that my poor ·Family was like to mec t· ~itb,_· , ·Ibould.I be taken:.fro·m them, cfpecially rny podr. .. ·bl;na Child, who lay nearer -n1y'heart then all' · I had befides; 0 t_he th~ught~of : the · hardfuip ·I thought .my ·bhnd one f!lrgh:c go__ ;unde r:J . ·w-ould bre~·k my-heart to pteces,., ,.. · · ~19. ~~o~ C~ild! !h~ugl~~ I, rib.~.tforrow,· ar~
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