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3· 2s~ ·
Before leame to
Prifdn,l
faw what
was · ~,comi~g~ . and
had efp,ecially''two
Con.fi~"der~uons
warn1 upon
my-.·heart: the
firft ·wa.s, .;
how
·tQ
·bc'·.able
to .
encounter
Death, .
fuould ·.
that be.here
my
Portion. For the firft :of thefe ··
that
Scripture,
Col.t
~-l
1.
·was
great
informa-:
tiori
to
·me,n~mely;to pr~y
toGod
to;be
ftreng·
·thened
·w:ith
·. ttlt-
might:,
acc~tding ·-~O"· his-
gloritJut
·
·
Prrwcr">unt.o
all
pa~ience
and
·fong ...
fujfiting ·.
with:!
joyfulnefs?
I could feldom
.go
to
Ptayer·before ··
f
W~S
i.miJFifon'd,but .notfor·fo·' little·· as·a·
year··
together, thisi·Sentence
' or·,·
rw·eet · P.etition, ..
would;
:asitt
were;-·thrufl: ·)it. felfinto,myJnind
'·:
and
p~rfwade
me,
that
if·
ever
l·;~would·. go
..).
thro
long
fuffering·, :1
muft
~ave
all
.Patience~
)
. e-Cpecially
ifl·wdnld
·endure
it
joyfully ~ ·-·.
· 32p.
-As.to .the
fecondConfidenition,
that –
Saying,
(
2
Co"f·.
~ ~ g.)
was of great ufe
unto ··~
·lne.,liut
we:. had
the fentence
O'fDe"tub
in
·fntr
felvt·s
.,;·
th'!-t R_'e .n:zight
nortru(t
in
ouy:felpes
but
·in
God~
~
,
that.raifeth
~he
Dead: ·By-
this
Script~ure
1was ·'·
nl:J·det:j,~ fee~,t1tjlt
if
ever
l
Ytonld
ft1ffer·dghdr
:'
l :ifluft
firft
t)afs ·a ferltence
of Death
upon~. e-
·
v~ry
thing,tbatc.an properly
be
called a
thing ·'
'
o€
thisl:ife,~ven t~
reckon
my:
felf;
~r
Wife,
·l
my ~
Chtldren,
·my ..
Health,
my
EnJovments, ..
.and
all;ls
dead to ·me;·and
my - fe~f..~s-. ,dead .
to
'
l
.
.
'
.
t~>re
tn
~
·
~
.
.. .
· . l27 .
The fecond·
-vva~.,
to ·!ive.
·upon:
God ··
th~~
isjnvi
I{
bl~ t
as
p
~ul
fa.id
iil.
anott.Jer place, .;
Tlie
way
not- to
fault IS
to· took · not .at the
tiJings .:
tbfl~,.
flt:f .
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