' - H4 VJRs.n: ' An·!~ofiti•~·,'WithN-ottJ· --~~~------~~------~~~~~~----~-======-~· world, when we have fuch agood matter? it is an honourfor us to lofe our name for Gods , and i~ is no matter thoughwe be nothing, fo Chrifr be all in all; a Minifter fuotJld be like .ene i11_a croud, that l.ift.;:·thup another .to pubHck view, though ·h1'Uifelfi be juhltda·nd loft in the thr<)ng ;' f<l ChrHl be·exalttd ~·ii-t 1 i§..no mattcr though we fuffer lo!fe. · · ' · ·. ,' Vcrfe U. Behold, we C6unt them h.tpP1 which ettdure: yee h~tvl heard of the patienceof Job, and· h;n,e_(em the ·endof the Lord; that the Lord id ver1 pi·ti/ult, ~tnd often4~r -nurry. < The drift of the context is to perfwade to PlCience; in rhis verfe manv chi11gs are offered eo that purpofe. ~ . : . Behoitl, we ctmnt than hapPJ that endure: J Wee, it tray imply; 1. the judgement of all men ; meer men arc wont tohave high Ob[tr'rJat. thoughtsof them that can bea~ the brunt ofaffiitlions; note, thai met~ patience in afflictions u 4 taking thing, evrn in the eyu of men; there js adouble reafon il!lplied m the words , ,.~r ~t-ti· v()v7~r, thofo" thllt ~ndurtHnifery. andfortit_udi inmi{try; nowmije– rJ worketh upon pity, and fortitude calleth for praifes; miferies \lerk upon weak fpirics, and con(hncy in miferies upon gene– rous fpirits; fortitude in miferies is more taken theb eHewhere, th~re is more of choice in it, then ot furious and brwtifhvalour. g 'J'!nn du~ito Seneca obrl'i veth, g that the burningof MutiU& his hand, was a y:::;a::;;~ greater tokenof his courage, then fighting an enemy ; 'thofe that trtmctim if/am are engaged in agood caufe med not.defpai:r,we fhallgain fonii'· m11111Jm M'mii what with rr.eer rr.en; arefolute confiancy and a meek pari~nce t~zwn cu}11fb: may recover ci!ofe friends, which the mifcartiages of a profperous ~et 1 fortifTm1~ E:ondition have loft; providence ordereth fuch things for good'r but 1 a t:ttm; me INJ b t. h' f b · d {i r. t{t ho{hm ami(- r~mem ~r you cannot ta"e t lS corn ort ut ma goo -eau ~ ; ,om~- fa mawu viciffi ttmes wtcked ones are the deprdfed party '; all would enrttle t·hfl£ qttam 11rmata. fufferings to perfecurion,as the Donattfis did in Auftine~stime, and S~m:ca. thertfore though fuffc:rings are creditable, yet we muft know that - the pcr{eclltedcaufe unot alwayes the beft; St~.rah was_a type ofthe rrue Church, and Hagar ofthe falfe; now S~r.1h the co~treCled. Hagar: there is an unquiet generation, when t.hcy.fuffer any thing,: the-y call it per(tcution, when ic is but jHfl punijhme'llit. As the Mo– abices when.tiley faw lhe watctrs look ruddy. ,-throtlg,h the rdl~cnon . of
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