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Heb. 7s.6:7.8.
rob.
5.19.
Hab.ü.25.7.6.
Mat
eh.
5:4.to.
dauk.ó.ti.a5.
4414
17.
-
G
Of
the
Fle,%.
it
behoueth,
vs
to
arme
our
felues
againft the violence
of
this
enemie alfo,
1eí1
building
our houfes vpon the
fands
of
fe-
curitie they
be
ouerturned,when
the
winds
of
afllielions
and
floods
of
aduertitie
and
perfecution
blow
and beate againft
vs.And
to this
end we
are
to
retnember,firfl.that
thefe father_
ly
corrections
are
euident
teflitnonies
to
allure
vs
that
we are
not
bat-lards,
but
Gods
deare children,whom
he
gently cha-
flifeth,that.wwee
may
not
be deflroyed with the
world;
that
now
Chriíl hath
chofen
vs
out
of
the world,feeing
the
world
hatcth
vs
;
that
now wee
are
the friends
ofGod,when
the
world
(Satans eldeft fónne)becomrneth our enetnie
:
for
fo
long
as
we are
of
the world
the
world loueth
vs, for
it loueth
her:owne.Secondly,let
vs
continually
remember the recoin-
pence
ofreward,&
then
Thal
we
with
Mops
volütarilychufe
rather
to
fuller
aduerfsty with
the
people
of
God.
then
to
entoy
the
pleafures
of
fin
for a
f
eafon; e/feenvng
the rrbul,e
of Thri
greet..
ter
richer,than the treafiires
of
gypt,as
it
is
Heb.ii.25.x6.Thé
(hall
we
endure
to be
tried and
purified
in
the
fornace
of
af.
fliclions,if
we
know
that
after we
are
found
to
be
pure
gold,
the
Lord
will lay
vs
vp
in
his
treafurie
of
cuerlafling
happi-
nes.
Laftly,l.et
vs
remember,that
eternal]
bleffednefle
is
pro
-
mifed
to
thofe
that
mourne
with
a
godly forrow,and eternal
woe denounced againft thofe who
pamper themfelues
with
worldly
delights,
Matth.54.
Blet
ed
are
they
that
mourne,
for
they
(hall
be
comforted. So
vert,
r
o.
Bleffed
are
t
hey
whichtuf
er
perfecution
for
righteoufne(fe
fake,
for
theirs
is
the
1Zngdorne
of
heauen.
Luk.6.21.
Wed
areyewhich
hunger
now
,foryefbalbe
fatis
fiel
:
blette
areyee
that
treepe
non;
for
yee
fhalllaugh.
And
verf.2
5
Woe be
vntoyou
that
are full,for
ye
Thal
humer:
woe
vn..
to
yoss
that
now
laugh,
for
ye
¡ha'llvaileand
n'eepe.
And
left
the
tedioufneffe
of
our troubles fhould
difcourage
vs,
or the
waight
of
them
preffe
vs
downe,
the
Apoftle
tclleth vs,that
they
are
but light
and
tnomentany,
caufing
notwithflanding
VIM
vs
a far re
moll
excellent
and
eternal!
waight
of
glory,
2.Cor.4.
r
y.
Why
therefore
fhould
this
little
fpot
of
foule
way,
caufè vs
to
Eland
flill,or goe out
of
our courte,
which
leadeth
to
euerlafling
happines?..