' . 'Ofear!J Affliction!. l79 , !his ~love· : (for whom the Lord loveth he (.cha.fleneth, and flourgeth every fin whom, he rec/eveth); and that thefe fevere difpen– .fations are very necdlary, a.nd may ·prove 1 Ufeful.and advantageous: Blejfed is themmz {faith -the Pfalmift) whr;m -thou ,c!Jajlenefl, 0 .l..Ard*, &c. It is good for me that ·1 ha'Ve <'been afflitledj -that I may learn thyflatutes 1""· -And d1e Prophet 'in the text, It is good for ..a man that he bear the yoke in hi.Fyouth. He ·was at this time loaded with -the heaviefl: weight of trouble and forro-vv, what for ·the publick calam-ities of l1is nation, and ··~hat for his -own particular fufferings: His ·eyes were running down with ri-vers· ofwa- ~ -ter,,fir the dejlrttilions ofthe daughter ofhi.r .people; they trickled downaad ceafed n:or. Judah was go1-1e into captivity bccaufe of . , a.ffiicrion : fhe dwelt among the Heathen, and found no r~.ft -; all her perfecutors over- . · took her in the 'firaits. T ,he ways ofZion did mourn, becaufe none can1e-to the fo– iemn feafts; 'the young and 'the old were 'lying on the ground in the flreets, the vir– gins and young men were fallen by the f word, and the few that remained, were · Harving for hunger. ·· The people did figh, and feek bread; -chey gave their pleafant , .'things -:"<Pfal. xciv. r:z.o t Pfal~ cxix. 7I.
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