Nilmagnum in rebus bu- rsarrßs nifi a- Himes mag- atadepícienc Finagnani- lnuafueris ,unquam lu- dscabis tibi eontraneliam ,Meri. Sen. de quatuor virtur. if gracious [pin/4 but thebafeneí1e of our fpirits, that,or- dinarilyhinders us in our way; fume difficulties that others count. great hin- derances, it flights and contetnnes; as reproach and (corn inthewaiesofGod; itcancontemn contemners ; and vilitie thofe who account the wayes ofGod as vile ; this , the true fpirit. of Was Chriff, ofwhom it is faid, geb, z.v. _, flee endured the Grofe and defjz /d the fhame, the flume whereby othersa4fpi- fed him , was defpifed of him , notac- counting it a th iílg worthy forhis fpirit to betroubled at; no more is a true god- ly fpirit hindered in his way by this, then one riding on with ftrength in his )ouriry, kindred by the barking of whappetsat his horfe heels, he rides on and minds them not ; andas for railings, and revìlings at thewayes ofGod , by whichmany aredifcourag:d, the fpirit ofa godly man can (hake them off, as Saint Paa!the Viper that bung uponhis hand, andLeekno hurt ; it bears offma- ny hardfhips, that are like to be very grievous to flefhandbloud,that it is like to meet with , which difcoura,ges the hearts ofmany, both from beginning to
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