318 Chap. g, An Expoftioe opts the Book of J a 13. Verf. 17. grace and holinefs come in this way : He for co. profit, that we may be partakers ofbit holinefi, Hcb. t z. i0. Ws want nothing of the happtne(t in heaven, bet fomuch halinefo, as roe (ball bave in Heft.. ven. Surely then, whatloevrr aflli&ion takes away, it cannot take away ourhappinefs, for asmuch as it makes us greater fharers in, and partakers of holinefs. kamvie fan_ And the corre&ed children of God,are unhappy only in theopi tli videantur moil of other men,not in their own; Whendid youever hear any ignoraitribr<a of them fay,they were unhappy,becaufethey were corre&ed. I CPmilfri, non do not remember that I ever read or heard anyof them fay O et:- punt tArten happywt,wbo are thus of:t edl Salvian anfwcr d this ohjeEtion welt, beati.iudmua w yen he lawmany scandalized at the affhi&ions of the Godly, r! Nenoa- limo: re/II thinking theirs a very fad & pitiful! condition:Dos you bears them ,+rifer e11 fed complaintns ( faith he .) or ¿hi they ever ccmpleine to you ? Tjp fun. Nullianira man io to be at,cbrtntel miftrable in another mates ferfe, best in bit beariorei font, eon: Toe make the complaint, not they. The truth is, a holy heart g:ani Pi ea can beare trouble with more cafe, than a carnal heart can fee it. fentcnrra fug Paul íwhole whole life after converfion was but one continued v voto ago»t. tiumiles funs a.ffliftion) was fo Farr from complaining and laying, Ounhappy religiafi. hoc man that 1 am, that be rejoyced to tribulation, ani was bat at volunt:Aaupe- farrowing, yet alroayes reioycieg. I confcfs, it becomes us to be ,psupe- mote fen fible ofcorc&ions,thanof perfecutions,the former being toent, ufually fufferings uponour defe&s in race,& the later upon our lugent, á,g<re b P g P gefliunr, &e. higheft aEtiogs & putt ings forth of grace. Itbecomes theSaints to saiv. de Sub. be humbled under corrections;. but who bath heard them (when qtr. t t they were themfelvcs) complainingof corre& ions? I have often heard them blcfíingGod for coreElions,I have oftenheard them fay,it was,and it is good for us,that wehave been corre&ed;And while theSaints write their afili&ions upon theInventoryof their goods;we have no reafon toput them toaccount,or cafe them up among their evils. Lat}ly, A godly man cannot be unhappy whilehe enjoys God. And heufually enjoysGod mofi,whcn he is mo'fl afffi&cd.Awic- ked man is never unhappy in his own though ts,till he bath loll hisGod,fuch a one ashe is,his riches,bis pleafure,his credit,tbefe he makes hisGod,inffead ofa better,indced,itrf}ead ofhim,who is .,Btft of all: Thefe are loofeable Gods, and fo his happincfs may Coon be lofihbut he that once enjoys the true God,can never loofe him,a id therefore can never look his happinefs. That of Saul, is one of the faddefl fpcechcsin all the book of God
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