A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

For Servants to have such a Master as Laban was to Jacob, who gives this account of his twenty years Service,^† In the day the Drought consumed me, and the Frost by Night, and my sleep departed from mine Eyes; and had not God relieved him by little less than Miracle, Surely thou hadst sent me away empty. And now having mentioned sinful relative Afflictions, I'll mention no other, for there's no Evil comparable to Sin, nor any Evil so intolerable to a Gracious Soul; that if Serious Godliness can keep from sinking under this burden, you need fear no other; to be inseparably related to one that is loaded with infamy, or even famished through Poverty, loathsomely diseased, or incurably distracted, these are but flea-bitings to the stabbing wounds of wicked Relations: But now serious godliness doth not only support, but grow under this burden: which is a privilege they are injurious to themselves, to overlook: Christ takes upon him all those Relations that are impossible to meet in any other, that what is grievous in any Relation, may be comfortably made up in him; and God usually increaseth their Graces, though not always their present Comforts.

For Servants to have such a Master as Laban was to Jacob, who gives this account of his twenty years Service,^† In the day the Drought consumed me, and the Frost by Night, and my sleep departed from mine Eyes; and had not God relieved him by little less than Miracle, Surely thou hadst sent me away empty. And now having mentioned sinful relative Afflictions, I'le mention no other, for there's no Evil comparable to Sin, nor any Evil so intolerable to a Gracious Soul; that if Serious Godliness can keep from sinking under this burden, you need fear no other; to be inseparably related to one that is loaded with infamy, or even famisht thrô Poverty, loathsomely diseased, or incurably distracted, these are but flea-bitings to the stabbing wounds of wicked Relations: But now serious godliness doth not only support, but grow under this burden: which is a priviledge they are injurious to themselves, to overlook: Christ takes upon him all those Relations that are impossible to meet in any other, that what is grievous in any Relation, may be comfortably made up in him; and God usually increaseth their Graces, thô not alwayes their present Comforts.