Hpon theEpif/llfJJ ' )AN • s. 4.1o. with I6.l3· -When he was to !itffer, he forb•ddeth the pious wom:u~ to weep, LHk.z3. Being about ro'wipe away a~ll tears ~y the beritfit of his Crofs, he would have none thed to hmdtr h1m ·from ic. Thus 'OUr Saviour rejifteJ not ; Jihi f'oli injuriof114 fHi·t, faith ,Tertnllian, all the injury he did was to himfelf. Ah who ·would not be willing t~ do for-him, that was willing to d.Je for us? He firuggled not when he was going to the Crofs; and why do we firoggle, and find fuch reluetations, when we are going to the throne of Grace?· ShaUwe be more unwillingtopray, then Chrift was to fntfer ?&C. Verfe 7• Bepatient therefor~. Brethr-en, ~nto thecoming ofthe L1rd: behold, the hujb.:~ndmAn 'Wlfitet/, f-or the preci· -ous fruit ofthe Mrth, 11nd hath longpatiencefor it,r~n.. ' ,$ill hi re~eive the Mr{J and the latter rain. He now dif'ertetla from tht rich Opprdfors, unto the .poor faith– ful Brethren that were oppreffed; by the illative particle therefore, we-may fee the former Paragraph was for their fakes: The rich men .#hall bepunilhed for iheir wickednefs and oppreRion, therefore be , ·-you patient. , 541 . Be :patient thtrefore, Brethren,] fJ-d.lteJ9up.u~«-1~. Theword is ~put for ltmg~(Hffering; and fo ufually tranOaced, which is a further degree of ·.patience j for patience u A[e11fo of 11jfliflions Without ·~NrWJ.urin;i, and1s[injuriu \\'itboNt revent_e ; now long.fuffering .is pattimce txtendd, and lengthened out to chat which our ApoJHe -CJ>~leth its perfe.aWork_. Obferve, · · _ •r-u the duty ofthe childrm -ofG{)d to be patient under theirfuf- O/J[trvat._ ferings, -though the]~e long and fht~rp. 'Tis eaGer in a calm and fe– ·date ,co~dition t() difcourfe of patience, then to exercife it i.n dme of tryal;. .Phjlnf«?Pher5 have difcourfed .of it, and commencled it ; bot .Chr.ifi:ians themfolves have ftaggered, when ·they have been exer-cifed with a.iharp fenfe of evils: When God give~h up his people to the Jufl: .Qf adverfaries,then '"cis fad, and we are apt to murm1:1r; and yet :the Apofile faicll)1we1 ihould futfer with a long fMtience. · I fhaU f~a.re MotiV.e~, and 'a little iliew you what ChriA:iim patience is. I~ i htfereth fro'tli fecurdlty. andStoicalinfenfiblenefs; 'th'e.re 'can be nop:t– .tienc~,where there 1s no fenfe ofevil: Chriaianicy doth not abrogate ~e~tonsj ~~t n:gu~at~ the11n Carnal ·men put of(~at which they z 'L 'L 3 ~:lQllQ~
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