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Come we then to the second point, that is the duty: a man must not start aside, but take up his Cross. By Cross, I told you, was meant troubles and afflictions. This a man must take up cheerfully. Takeup.

Come wee then to the second point, that is the duty: a man must not start aside, but take up his Crosse. By Crosse, I told you, was meant troubles and afflictions. This a man must take up cheerfully. Takeup.

Doctrine. 2 The followers of Jesus Christ must cheerfully undergo what ever afflictions are allotted unto them: they must not have them whether they will or no. Afflictions are a burden, and we must not only lift at them, but take them up cheerfully, as if Christ had said, if you will walk uprightly, you shall have many blocks that you cannot leap over, but you must go away with them cheerfully. It is not only here required, but it is elsewhere commanded, Jam. 1.2.¹ Co•nt it all •oy when ye fall into divers temp•ation• ; not some joy when ye fall into some temptations, but all joy when ye fall into all temptations▪ It is the excellency of a Christian to under go affliction cheerfully. God loves not only a cheerful give•, but a cheerful sufferer, Matth ▪ •.² Wh• […] speak all manner of evil ⟨p. 69⟩