b!afpheming Chrifl; there fond-core and Gxe yceres haue I fettled him, and he neuer hurt me in any thing, how can I curie, or fpeake euili of my Kirg,who hath faued me. a Thus thou mayil kindle it; is there any eximious vertue that can draw thy affe6tion ? Wifedome, Power, Iuftice,Mercy, Goodnef e &c. Behold them all eminent- ly, or rather effentiall y in God. 2 Thus inflame it : labour to e comprehend with all Saints, the height, depth, breadth, and length of Cods lone in Chrift. Circu.nfiances of amplification, fee at large. Rom. 5.6,7. Iugatur Bernardus de dilifendo deo. Efpccially difcerne thine owne (haring in Gods fa- therly affection ; there is not nor can be any motion of loue to God, till wee feele his loue flied abroad in our hearts, by the holy Ghoft giuen vnto vs. See lob.}. 19. Jal, 2.2o. 2 Cor.5.r4. The fecond vertue prayed for, as auaileabie to perfeue- rance, is patience of Chrifl. Our Englifh renders, patient waiting for Chri/l : whereof fee Annotata ad if hef I. vlt. Yet why not patience of Chrifl ? as e,,fpoc. I.9. Either ob- iec`liue, becaufe for Chrifts fake : or exemplariter; or per excellentiam. a The nature of the vertue in generali, thus conceiue. Patience is the contented endurance of penali, or paine- full euiis. . I The general!, is tolerance, or endurance, the venue being a branch of fortitude. 2 The obie& rather painefull, then finfüll eui!s. Nc- minem volo patientem effe in caufa Z fe fidei. u2llofs the d mirrour of meekenef e, knaves e no patience in Ifraels ido- larrie. 3 Contentedneffe makes vp to the fall, the difference fpecificall. See .44ic.7.9. Degrees of Chriftian patience, you may thus number. I Its fornething, when the heart is filent, not fuffe;ing thoughts of murmuring, or repining at Gods hand to a- rife, or harbour there. Pfal. ; 9.2. Iob t 2 More, to difcerne, and acknowledge a goodneffe in
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