1 , 190- ~ ~ - ~ Sfn remo'llCd,calamity.remolled. - ·. · \. ~ · · ·no. prefage· of.h~alth, as is that ficknetfe which .: cQmes by phyficke, but of defl:ruetion; 'tis but as 1 adrop ofw~ath fore~running the greit fiorme, a ' 1 . i I, ·qacke fore-runn~og the ruine , ofr~e w,hole· buit-- • d~ng• .·Seeke nor therefore in d'ithetfe, fo much to , have thecrolferen1oved, as the finne, lames I.Jte. joyce, faies the. Apofi:le, when 11~ fa// int1 fonJr1 tentA#ons >. wh~ch he would not have faid, 'if heal- : · log the finne. h.ap not beenerhegt;eatcr mercy,.than: 1 the induring the affhfiion is grievous anddolorous:;: : and if thou ha(hnaffiiction on thee, fay, 'tis bell:, I. will becontent toj ndure it fl:ill,for Godmea.ns me; · goodbyit :. on the contra-ry, if .thou .lafuefi::out;: and y,et artin healt~ and profperity, &c. ~nd ,thy finnes fiill continue, b!Jt thouart not afflicted, and , _Go~ fuffers thee to thrive in finne; it is a figne " ·God will defiroy thee, that hele~ves theewaft as a 1 vineyard, to bee over-growne with ' briar~ and thornes• .. · And che lafi-dochine is, , Dofl. 3 That, takeaway the finne> the er~wiUfurtl1[f>l• low, 1-nd be tAken awAy alfo : either it,or the fting-of it;. fo as it ih~ll beas good as no cro1fe. An affli~ etiori confifis ,notin the bulkeof it, but in thebur~ then. What is a ferpent without a fring '!· wliat is a great bulk, if it have no waight ~ God can· fb : fathion the heart, as that ifihall not feelethe.bur• den of it. . ~ Rea{. ·x.1 1. :Becaufe croffes do come fot firine.' !ndced~ tome are·not,for fin ne ~but for triall, for thecon fir:- , mation of the Gofpdl; fome for-the glory df · · ~ God~ . -
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