398 The settles efeiluall calling to Chrift. thanwhat wedefire ; art thou in trouble and mi- fery ? faithwill either fetch fromGodwhat thou needeft, or elfe bring that which is better from thehands ofGod ; by this means the Lord Chrift cures all the difcontentment that might creep in upon thehearts ofhis Difciples :, math. i9. 29. There is no man;rhich Pall lorefather, or mother, or wife, or children, or friends, for myNames fake, but he (hall receive an hundred fold, and [hall inherit eternall life: whatfoever wee lofe foraChrift,we fluff have a hundred fold recompense for it ; as if aman for the caufe of Chrift fuller perfecution, or imprifontnent, and lofeth peace here, thou thou fhalt have peace with God, and thy foule (hall profper in grace ; and if friends haply for. fake thee, and the father is agaïnft theTonne, and the husband is fet againff the wife, thou (halt have the favourof the LordGodofheaven,which is better than the loveof all earthly husbands or friends; for all thefe things here below are but asit were the (hell, but this is the pith and ker- nell, the love ofGod in Chriff : and ifaman lofe libertyforChrift, he (hall have a thoufand times more libertie in the peace ofa goodconfcience, and afreeheart to ferve God:and in the c3.Pfalrnc in the beginning of the Pfulme, David was in thewilderneffe of Iudah,wherl Saulhad bani(hed him fromhishoule, and deprived himoffriends and meanes, andall, yet fee howD via fupplies all in the 3. verfe, becanfe thy lovinn kindneffeit bet- ter than ltfe, my lips ball praife thee; and in the S. verfe he faith, my foule /Pall bee filled as with mar- row'
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