3l. Gods .[ompafoon, to his ptoplemajfliElion. tnany is , x becaufe chou haft many difeafes to bee healed' lulls of dtvers r orts·, and thou muft have •' diverGry of affii ttions applye<!l to them i and againe 1 ifGod ihould not d ange affliCtions, thy'affiieti9n would grow familhr; and as Phyficke when it is made faq1iliar to the body workes not , fo would not thofc affliCt', los: and 2. they are alfo often long, becaufe fome fio.n~s flicke clofe, and areaot eaftly got off,the fiaine in fomcfinkes deeper,and requires a great deale of fcouring. Dttn. 1 I. Many {haUfoB by the S~ord, Famine, &c. their trialls were of many kinds and long, that they might bee made white, in. to which yet they fuot1ld not fall nor continue in, if · ' men would bee fcoured and made white fooner. I have ~ood longer upon this ~nd the opening ofit, -becaufe either it hath or will bee of much u{e one .day to many ofus : and feeing weknow not what - we arc referved for, it is good to treafure up thefc things, that wee may know the wayes ofGod afore hand, and fo beare what comes the better, for it is ignorance that makes· atHiCl:ions fo unfupportable when.they come. Wee will come to the ufes. rftx Learne hence·not to beedifcouraged whatfoever · thy cafe bee, whether tholi haft beene afRieted in name by reproache~, fo as thou thinkdl:, thou fualt - never get thy credit againe; orin body by difeafes, · that thou thalt never have thy health againe, or in · foule by doubts, •thatthouartinfuchan eftatethat thou fhalc never bee raifed againe., ·Remember the exceeding great kindneffe ot the Lord, and know · ~whatfoever thine affiietions bee, heeis ableea.lily to lcatter ,them: this I fpeake;, becaufe asme11 in ' · ' profperity, - -
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