, .. ~, .. ,... ., ., . .... "'"" 559 - -- ht i4 of gr2'at mertJ, .&c. ,Th: former arguments may be eafily anfWered ; · t. ~o'the Jnfl :i W~· mnJlnot teath the ~pofiles ho~ to reafon, or \Vhar mfiancest:o btl!'l'g; poffibly the e"-ample of Chnfl:s pitienct! isrp!frpofety cmirt~d ·j' becilufe tl:ie main .tllings in quefiion wherein t'heir tonfiatiti~ 'w~S . a!faulted, Was their belid in Chnfi, and therefore it ·was,not fo ntceffary to ptppoUdd his example fo much as tbat,ofother holy men, who were a'ffli&ed,chat they might no't befcand:ilized.at~ne: Cr.offe, and from tbei~ great afflitlions fuf. pe~the Way Wliid\~·they 'profdfed; to 'all this I mayapd, thac:che fufferings ofCht-irl: animentioned,vet.6. as we cleared before.z. To the (econdargument, which is grouRded upon the change of the ve.rb, he~rdand feen, Ianfwer, both words , implying che Ads of . theoutwatd fenfe ,·· are put for Acts of knowledg and underfiaod– ing;_ ~ndfien, ~~lch· is the-'clear~r ,~ay1 of perception·, is t1fed in the latcet;claure. bec~nfe Oods:tecompence. was fo·ample{and far more viltble then iok'J ~atimce·. •And let ~ot thephrafe feem toocllrt, therebeing·fpeciaH' reafbn·,;why the ·ifl"ue of I obi affliCtions ibould :· becalled tht'e'if.d of <the· Lord. The points are thefe. ' . . , h 'J"hat;·l~e afftitliom of(jods c·~ildren mu(t n:;t be conjidaed.mObfervat. r. their?M.tJt-f.e'An~ 7il[Jnhing, but in their iJT~e .:enJ. d1d :. Heb. n.u ~ . NJ ·~f:fli£1itJ~ fi# lbe'prefln't'{r:•o»eth jt)_JdUs 1 . butg~ievot;ts; there are two·words emphatical,, '9re_~~ f1-l·v 'TA 1riiJe9'~. for the prefmr-, and ti l'oxif_,[temft~~: theyare fman in theapprehenlion of the fldh,and fmar~_otlllyfor- th~ 1 prtftnt; i~ ts'·b,ut childiili to jtidg 0fafflictionsby pr~~tllt.ft~,:il~y_s itJWwor~ \Vtt~ Ghri!Han-s in the :prefo11t tim-e: · fe.t! •Rim-i:S'. (8-.~ ~- e"~r. 1'5' i 19·.' ZG''fW,4'.-l'6; '17, ,IS~ Wdl : th~o, do not ~ll1eafa\iett1eill:ion5~.t · the fm~re~·but b-y. ~be ,endof them ; befi4e9~ur evtrJafring' fl~~s, t,(ualry·thar end which isfeen, a:nd liable to'comtn~nobferv~riee• isgtorious ;· when I{ratl wasdifmiffcd out of1 Efjpl{twaswidt'60lli, add 'E!tr-rings·; E.xoJ. n; fo clre l't(ws w~~f.lifril~~.&ettr ofl:BaOjlbn~' W:ich gifcs,-Iewels:,-and all.nectt1itry· '-.. '· utt'tifil~, (~.t~..clt~{dw/j~nl t-#iJ lJ~,.:.d tiJrnt'd' thc'(l"priviiJ ojiGb,..he' · · • '· gii1)1(PabJWi8e' k ·iiiuc'b ·'tu-'PJ'e'- rhnd befure , and ·eve-rJ one ofhi& friends broNght him a pi~ce of mony, andan Ear-ring ofGo:fd., lob ·~ ro,I r.Oh waitfor•tfie'endtt\eQ: the beginAing is Qfually Satitrls;;~ut ·the<~n·d, is tile~rds -;.':at.-the ·begthning_the power. of dtt~i{p;pj jnifJ·Mvi .-A~-nYJJI.#'-; [fJdt ~t~l\e end ·tH~L:>rd:.w-ill be)Ceee. , ;. · 2. Tk-Jf.J.Jd~l/l"!_#fl:gi~~'I~Yitppf-e.#tl to·alt,afjl'iitlon·s.:t. an~mpo- Obfer_vll~!'~i ' rall en_.d} Mfln 11Mr) begtn', ·blif qod muft' mt~k,fan end.; the· Lugi;:.- · l»g
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