CH'AP.). upon the Fpiflle of J A M i S. fit the doors: fo that this. phr~fe intendeth alfo tke {peedine~otthe ~~lli~~ . Obferve hence, I.The·nearnefs ofihe 'Judg,foould~wm into d!f· 0./Jflrvllt. ''J: to fin·incalamitous cimes, is to fin in the prefence ,of the Ju_dg; to firi.ke (as it were) in the Kings prefence, -and to provoke juftice, 'When,punilhments hang over our heads; this ts likeKing eAha:t. , -that trdpaffed the more for his fl:ripes : when•God holdeth l!Phis ,hand, you do as it were even dare hiRil to !hike. 2 · lfWe be re~d1 to fin, God id read] toju~; 'if-thou do evil, Obflrv~tt, i], jin /ieth at the door, Gen. 4· 7• That is,the punilhmencJike .a·Ser- - ~ jeant or Meffenger ofJufrice, doth buc lie in wait to arreft us..: · ;J'hus ~ds, many times the punifhment taketh the .provocation by · -the heel; and whilefi we are buOing, andbeating our felloW fer4t"Ants, our Lord is at the dom:, and cometb er$! we look for him--l- - Math.~4·50,5 I . , . _to.'Verf. Tak..e,my Brethrm,>thePro-phetswho ·havefPok..en in tlx tJame ofthe Lord,for an example ofJujfer.ing affiiClion, andofpatience. 'Here the Apofrle.perfwadeth to,_patience, by the e~all)ple ofthe Saints, who though they were dear to Go'd, and it:J1ployed inhigh and fpe:ciaHervkes,.yet wer.eexercife,d with fund~y frla~p affii~ions. Two ways are theyan example to us ; .in their SPtjfcrings, and in ·'their Pati.enc~ : they are famous .for x.~l'.o71'r1-S-WL and .p.d.JGgo-3-upJd., hard fujferings, and great patience; an example <;>t fujfcrings, 'that we may not-flinch from thell.l, or finck under them when we -meet with them in the wayofduty. An example of P~ttience,that we may write after their ,Coppy by ameek fubmiffion ; xheir fuf– jerings are produced to a11ay difcomfort, and fo Chr~ft .urgeth .it, ·'Math. FI 2. So they pdrjecutcd the Prophets 'Which \\ 1 ere_before JOH : their pltience to !lir up imitation, Heb.: 6. 1 z. 'Let m be foDowcrs tif them Who through fai,th ~t"Jd p#ie.ncc inherited the pr~mife:s; never Jmy 'Yet went to heaven , but thofe two·· :Graces were firfi 6Xercif6;{, Fttith, andPatienee ; Faith in expe– tcbtidn of thefuture rewar,d; patience in fulhining the prefmt .w– J.:onvenicnc,ie~. But ,to tbe,words.. ' - . · T~t«·
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