The Soul's Conflict with Itself

For the members, they are all predestinate to a conformity to Christ their ¹Head, as in grace and Glory, so in abasement Rom. 8. 29. neither is it a wonder, for those that are born soldiers to meet with conflicts, for travellers to meet with hard usage, for seamen to meet with storms, for strangers in a strange country (especially amongst their enemies) to meet with strange entertainment.

For the members, they are all predestinate to a conformitie to Christ their ¹Head, as in grace and Glory, so in abasement Rom. 8. 29. neither is it a wonder, for those that are born soldiers to meet with conflicts, for travailers to meete with hard usage, for seamen to meete with storms, for strangers in a strange country (especially amongst their enemies) to meete with strange entertainment.

1. 13. The members of the Church have been and are full of crosses.3. The members of the Church have been and are ful of crosses.

A Christian is a man of another world, and here from home, which he would forget (if he were not exercised here) and would take his passage for his country. But though all Christians agree and meet in this, that through many afflictions we must enter into heaven: Yet, ¹according to the diversity of place, parts and grace, there is a different cup measured to every one.

A Christian is a man of another world, and here from home, which hee would forget (if he were not exercised here) and would take his passage for his country. But though all Christians agree and meete in this, that through many afflictions we must enter into heaven: Yet,