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we

are

to

f

thet

rr

óf

faneSatntr,

'6rß

fearful

evil,furelyL=sod

muii have the glory of

myilrength,then

let

me fgend

it

in

pra)ing,

honoring,

and

worihiping

God

as

others

did

in

Mitering

t011

nts

from

wicked men,

-and

feeing

we

Owe

u-n

:o

od

the glory

of

our names, the glory of our

itates,the

glory

of

our liws;:rhat

if

God

got{ wvil

not

rake

it

in

a

w<

y

of

fuffering

s

then we rhoùld.

-give

it

to

him

freely in

ways

of

fervice;

they

lay on

the

cold

earth

in

priíòn,

think thus with

your

fc(v-es,

when

you

are

about

anyfefvice,

in

payer,

read-

ing,

and

hearing,

and ir

begins to be painful to

the

flesh,

why

(hall

I

then leave off the fervice

of God,

becauie

my

-flefla

is

pained;

what

did the

Martyr:i futfer

in

the

fie9h

?

it

is

a

(ha

me.

unto

you for

to

leave

of

the fervice

of

God

becaufe

it

is

pain

-

ful to

the fiefh.

Thirdly, When

we confider

of the

fufferings

@f

thole

th

-it

went

before

us,

it

fliould be

a

Means

to make

us

abate

-a

lit_

tle

of the contentment

of

f

tisfying

the

fiefh

,

rh

Iugh we

abundance whereby

to

fatis

îe

the`fleth,

why

let

usah

i

e a

lit-

tle

of-ir.

We

read that

many

rimes

the Prophets!

and

Mar-

tyrs they wanted bread

and

neceilary

things,

and shall

I

abufe

-the

creatures

of

God to

excefs and

the

Prophets

in Ah46.r

-time were comer-

with bread

and

water,

and-

thalt

I

he

ex

rceffive

in-meat

&

drink,

You that

fpend whole nights

in

chair,-

'beriìagand

wantonness,

d!

unkenn_fs,

gluttony ,

furfei

to

,

th

d

'Wafting

the creatures;

an all

your

delight

is

for

theflêili,aíatl

'all

your care

is

to

give

contentment to the

fleth'iï;láifs-

fyïtTg

your lulls. Oh

cheók your

hearts

in

there

ways

The

fourth

is

this, it

is

to prepare

for fuffering, we

are not

ilow`for

the prefenr called to

coffer ,

but

lerus

nor be

"fecure

;let

us

not

conclude that

we'1ha1Cabvays

enjoy that

peácefWe

;tow

enjoy, the Prophets

fuffere'd

hard things,

and

le

os

-thing

to

meet

with

the

fame.

The

fifth

and

Lift

ufe is

rhi's,

Surely

God

bath

been sidle

holden

to-the

Woríd

from

all

ages, for

any

main

-e

once

of

lii tr'

Hh,

forthe

world

hash

(hewne

it

felfe

a

wicked world

in

Oei4fècíitidg

-and

tormenting

his`ainis

and

Prophets,and there

-

fóre

the

Lord

is

little

beholding to this world,

and

the

world

hathiet.it

felfeagainft

God,

arid

therefore

it

will

riot'be

ling

before