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2. Let us always preserve an humble Dependence and firm Hope on God, for a blessed Issue out of all our Troubles: The Support and Tranquillity of the Soul ariseth from hence. Christian Patience suffers all things as well as Charity, being encouraged by a continual expectation of Good from him. ⟨p. 170⟩Patience confirms all other Graces, and is to the whole Armour of God, what the Temper is to material Weapons, that keeps them from breaking in the Combat. Now to maintain a constant Hope in Affliction, 'tis necessary to consider the Reason of the Exhortation as 'tis admirably amplified by the Apostle.

2. Let us always preserve an humble Dependance and firm Hope on God, for a blessed Issue out of all our Troubles: The Support and Tranquillity of the Soul ariseth from hence. Christian Patience suffers all things as well as Charity, being incouraged by a continual expectation of Good from him. ⟨p. 170⟩Patience confirms all other Graces, and is to the whole Armour of God, what the Temper is to material Weapons, that keeps them from breaking in the Combat. Now to maintain a constant Hope in Affliction, 'tis necessary to consider the Reason of the Exhortation as 'tis admirably amplified by the Apostle.

(1.) The Relation God sustains when he afflicts Believers. He is a Judg invested with the Quality of a Father. The Covenant of Grace between God and Jesus Christ, our true David, contains this observable Clause, If thy Children ¹forsake my Law, and walk not in my Judgments: If they break my Statutes, and keep not my Commandments; then will I visit their Transgressions with a Rod, and their Iniquity with Stripes.

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