.5.5
Principles
for
fuffering,
41.
determined
before
hand and
ordered
by
God;
Therefore
you
knowwhat
Chrtff
faith Shall 1
not
drinkthc
cup
that
my.
Fa-
tl?er
path
given metodrinl`,?
13e
fpake
it
of
his
fufferings,
and
fo
fhould every
one
that
is
called
to
fuller for
the truth
reafon
thus with themfelves,
and
beat
down any
rifings
of their
fpirits
againfi
thofe
fufferings
;'
Shall
I
not
drinkthe
cup_
that
my
Fa-
ther hath given
me to
drink?
It's
a
bitter
cup
indeed
that
my
friends fhould
hate me,
that
I
fhould prejudice
my eftate,'and
prejudice
my
liberty,
and
411
thefe outward comforts,
and
live
a-
mtferable
life
for our wards
in
this world,.
I
but !hall
I
not
-drink the
cup
that
my
Father hath
given
.me
tb
drink
?
That's
the
feaventh principle.
Eightly, That
when
ever
we
fuifer for
Chrifi, Chrifi
Puffers
with us, we are partakers of his fufferings, and he
is
partakers
of
our fufferings, in
the
63.Ifa:
9. In
all
their
afflit'f
ons
he
eras
affliEled
:
Why it's
a
great fupport
and
comfort to
one
to
think,
why my
friends do
fimpathife
with'me,and
are affec-
ted
with
my fufferings
;
Know now
that
Jefus:
Chrift
loth
fimpathife with
you in your fufferings, yea
he
Puffers as
much
as
you,
land
mòre
then
you in,all your fufferings,and
therefore
`it's
Paid
of
Mofes,
That
he accounted
the
reproach
ñfChriflgrea
ter
riches
The
confìderation
now
that
they are Chrifts
fuf-
ferings,
is Many
wayes ufefull to
help
the
foulin
fufferings,for
not
only
that
Chtift
will
pitty them,
and compafiionate
them,
but
certainly Chrïfi
fufferingwith
them,
he will
help
them to
bare
them too
?
Why
?
becaufe
thew
are
his
own fufferings?
and
therefore
he will
order
thy
fufferings
,
and
moderate
them; thou:canfinever fufferin the
caufè
of Chrift, but
Chrifi
doth
bare
the
weightieft end of the
ftaffe,
this
now
is
a
mighty
help
againft
fufferins,
and
fupport in
it.
Ninthly, There
is
more evil
in
fufferings
before they
come
in imagination,
then when they
are come:How many that
have
been
imprifoned for
a
good
caufe,
have profeft
they
never
thought imprifonment
was
fo eafie
to
bare asnow they
find
it,
and fo
Joffe
of eftate,
and loffe
of friends, they
are
in-
deed
terrible before they
come , but
ufually
when they
are
upon
the
Saints
they
find
them not
fo hard
and
grievous
to
them.
Tenthly,