Cdmfortablefoffiring, whe11, andwhat, - 189 the wrathof man have fallen undet' the in.. Cap. I 3: ft1pponable ~rathofqo~i. . The firfr of thefe ft1 flermgs are foolijh fuf.. ferings, the fecond finful, the thirdJbamfol, tbefe lafr dreadful ft1fferings. · But the fufferings of good Confcience are ofanother nature, and that it may fuffer Six honow– with Glorie, and with Comfort, muG ob- rable kinds ferve thefe Rules : offuftri'nes.. 1. That his fi.1fferings be ever, and onely for we/-dqing. Thefe are honourable ·, and comfortable fufferings. ·As heJhuns not fuf– ferings, fo he feek.:! them not. He procures them not by evil-doing as a Thief, or fiagi– tious Malefactor, nor by o'ller-doing as an . eager,bufie-bodie; he is not fo fool-hardie as to be .fmbitiomof fufiering . But his firfi and Chief Ambition is well-doing, that hee may prevent il-fujfering, I Pet. 2. I 5. for fo it the will ofGod, that by Wfll-doing wee may put to filence the igmrance offo(J/ijh men. His fecond Ambiti~n is to be ~iet , fo is the .Apoftles , .Rule, I Tbef.4· I I. 1bat we flgdie to beequiet, ;~nd to do ·oflr own bufinefl; the word .fignifies ~1Ao71- • that Wf do ambitioujly and fludirmjly affill it; ·f";;~ · Suffirings are onely to bedefired and undergone in the /aft place, when I can no longer wiU, nor chufe, that is, when I can no longer go on in wel-doingaccording to my dutie, and no longerfit _ffiJI in quiet according to my Vefirewith a fafe Confcience, then I mufl: be contmt to fuffc:r. But we are topray and en.. devour, that we m") /he aqHiet and ptactable life
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