ſudyment the Scripture calls all t under Oppretſioa and Perſecution, 2 Theff. 1.5, 7, XC. 1 Whic! ſuſtentation of his Life. + The Rain ſoon after the Sowing, which cauled the Corn to ſpring up ; and that before the Harveſt whic! plamped it, and made 1t nt tor Reaping, -Dext, IT. 14. Ter. 5. ſy Hil. 5.3. Joe
$ Bu ye alto patient /. ſtabliſh vour the coming of the Lord ar aweth nigh 7.
] liz. in cxpetation of your Harveſt, and the truit of your La- as the Husb:nd-Man 1s in looking tor his. m Let your hearts and conſtant in ; Holineſs, encouraging vour telves to both by the coming of the Lord. As before, his coming to. the General Judg ment, which is ſaid to be nigh, becauſe of the certainty of its coming, and the uncertainty of the time when 1t will come, and becauſe it is continually drawing on, and the whole time of the Worlds duration till then, 1s but ſhort 1 in compariſon of the Eternity following, and likewiſe becauſe the particular Judg-
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y We our felves count them happy that endure, : ind therefore ſhould be patient, and not count our ſelves miferable if w2 js Viz. patiently and conftantly, Matth. 5. 1, 11. which he was as emineat as for his Sufferin2s - and thouzh fone yet his paticace and ſu! bmiifion £0 God being prevalent, and moit remark1hle to him, that only 5 fu- ken notice of, and his tailings overlooked. + Job's patience 1- heard of, but God's end ſeen :. Srerng being a clearer way of Perc:ption
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