The soakseffeatâaffcalitnz t®Chrifl:, 49 L ;ion, then a good caule appeares more plainly, anda naughty caufeappeares more vilde. Aman in perlecution is not drunke, he is himfeltè, and therefore bee is able topafl'efentence as theydoe deferve : perfecution comes likean open enemy, anda man. i3 aware ofit, and therefore prepares for it ;. but profperity comes like a traitour, and fuddenly ffabs usbeforewee are awareofit. It is to be obferved innature, ifthe fifhers goo and llazw the bare hookeonely, the fib will fl:e Bonn it, but when it is baited, then the fifh will runne to it:: fo the bait ofprofperity deludesa man, and he is deceived therewith, and is taken glide from thepower and profeffionofthe truth iud es p.. 17. Barack profited sifera, but her over- ça.me himact; and the reafon was this, bee was not atpeace mit!Bwracke, but bee was at peace with lael, and therefore the c+.tnninglyflew him : fo here pro- fperity is a good blefíing, and eafe, andhonour, and peace, thefe are all our friends, and wee are at peace with them :, therefore thefe wound our hearts, and brcake our neckes in conclu- fion. Secondly, as our judgements come molt ofall to hecoufened thereby, fo it is that which deads our affeâions,andkilsour diligences,and takesoff the edge of our endevours, and makes us dead andflaggifh in a Chriffian courre, and hence it is that wee are defperarely overrhrowne thereby perfecution and trouble makes a man feeke more diligently, andcrie and pray moreeat deftly, and labour mote ex.a tly than before,and confequent- ly. 4
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