8tate -of a CHRISTIA·N: ' ~) 1 of the Lord ibould be firft trained in fo ' fharp a Warfare, .?S 1nay not only put a due Value, and Refpeet on the Great– ncfs of thatTriutnph, and Reward which is to come, but be Matter of ineffa~le Joy and Exultation, that ever they were · admitted thus to evidence their Love an.d .Adherence to their blefied Head, and ·his Truth here on the Earth ; and accounted , worthy to be put on fo1ne hotte.r Service, - and to peculiar Trials and ConfliB:s, -this -.. Way beyond others, for :fon1e Example andEncourage1nent to the Church in their Day; and here alfo, he can now fee, ho\V the greateft Enjo-yrrients of Co.mfort, are more owing to the moft £harp ancl affiictjng Trials of their Life, th~n to the greateft external Calni.; and that to en... dure patiently, .and fuffer for the Na1ne ofCH RI sr, is fuch a 'Privilege, as the e"" , lea Angels have not been adtnitted to., . Ye'l, that the Lord's cl~iaftriing. Work~ . and foreft Jiniting of his ow·h; js.an Act \ alfo of faving; fo that thus, the m.ore deeply he fearchet4 here, the more does he fee, admire, and confent to that glo.. rious Piece of the Ad1niniftration ofPro- , ~idence about the Church: i aud finas it ta~ - -- -- --- -· ··· .. - D. 3 , ··- , be ·'
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