CNAP.5. Epiflletothe 7heffaloniana. VfiR.,16. Let vs be exhorted to endeuour it. To former Reafons adde thefe : Firft, There is fomethingin worilmen and molt ma- licious,that is amiable ; and fhould draw not our bene- ficence onely, but our lowing affeftion : the Nature of man, indued perhaps with Tome fpeciall gifts, of Wit, Fortitude or the like : let th. fe b e ches ithed. Secondly, Confider, their polli biliríe of returning to better Bate. Strange. alterations wee haue read, and fettle, Gods grace to rave made in many. Paul was ta- ken out of heat of perfecution, and became a Preacher of that truth, which before hee perfecured; as 0,-Yu- fline thinkes by Srephens Prayer as one meane. St San- t-hit .S T E P H A N V S non ßc orafret, Ecclefta P A V-L v M non ha beret. Laftly,what euer the iffue of our kindneire is in them, to vs we are fureit IhaIl be comfortable : and no quefti- on finde reward with God. u I wept, faith D A v r D, and prayed, and _rafted in then- aduerft :e; no benefitcame to them in their amendment: but mj Prayer/hall turne into mine owne bo forne. VERS. 16. 7?eioyce euermore. E haue here two things ; Firft, The a ì or dutie, Reioyce. Secondly,. The conti- nuance ofthe dulie, etlermere. Ofioy, wee finde foire forts, accor- ding to the feuerall grounds and man -. ners of reioycing. Pirft, Ioy Naturall ; arifing from prefence and fruiti- I onoffomething good to Nature as health, ftrength, cheerefulneffe, and the Iike. k H 3 The
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