Of ear!J AifliElio;u. · I 9I .the bearing of the yoke. And a little con– fid'eration will make us difcover the advan· tages of this feafon for fuffering affl iCtions; they being at that time mofl: necdfary, n1ofl: tolerable, and n1ofl: advantageous. Firfi, I fay, they are then 1noft-necdfary. For youth is t4e ti1ne of our life wherein ·we .are in greatefl: danger to run into wild and extravagant courfes: our blood is hot, and r0ur fpirits unfiayed and giddy; we have too much pride to ·be governe~ by others, and too little wifdon1.to govern ourfelves. The yoke is then. efpecially needful to tan1e our -' wildnefs, and reduce us -to a due fiayed– nefs and con1pofure of ni.ind. · 1 'hen alfo it is moH fupportable. The body is Hrong and healthful,· and lefs apt to .be affeCted ·with the troubles of the n1ind; the fpirit , flout and vigorous, will not fo·eafily break .and fink under them. Old age is a bur– den, an·d will foon faint under any hlper– venient load. The fn1~dlef1: trouble is e- -nough to bring down grey hairs ·with for– .row to the _grave. And therefore, .fince "'e mufl: meet with affliCtions, it is ce'rtain– ly a favour'able circnmfl:ance, .to have them at the tin1e of our life wherein we are n1ofi: able to endure thein. And, lafl:ly, the lef– fons which ,affiitl:ions teach u~• are then moft
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