2. And as it thus declareth it self contemptible, and crucifieth it self to us, so doth it exercise us in Patience, and awaken us to deeper considerations of its own Vanity, and drive us to look after better things: It forceth us also to seek out to God, and to see that all our dependence is on him, and draweth forth our holy desires and other graces: And thus it doth Crucify us also to the world. It makes us go into the Sanctuary, and consider of the End: how the wicked are set in slippery places, and that at last it will go well with the just: It teacheth us to consider, that while [the Lord is our Portion, we have ground enough of hope: For he is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth: He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath born it upon him; he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be Hope: He giveth his check to him that smiteth him; he is ⟨p. 59⟩filled full with reproach: For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his Mercies] Lam. 3. 24. to 33. [And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed] Rom. 5. 3, 4, 5. [For if we suffer with Christ, we shall also be glorified together: and the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.] And [we our selves do groan within our selves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.] Rom. 8. 17, 18, 23. [When Paul suffered for Christ the loss of all things, he accounted them dung that he might win Christ.] [That he might know the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, and be made conformable to his death] Phil. 3. 8, 10. [He rejoiced in his sufferings, and filled up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in his flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church] Col. 1. 24. [And thus was he Crucified with Christ, and yet lived; yet not he, but Christ lived in him; and the life which he lived in the flesh, he lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved him and gave himself for him, Gal. 2. 20.
2. And as it thus declareth it self contemptible, and crucifyeth it self to us, so doth it exercise us in Patience, and awaken us to deeper considerations of its own Vanity, and drive us to look after better things: It forceth us also to seek out to God, and to see that all our dependance is on him, and draweth forth our holy desires and other graces: And thus it doth Crucifie us also to the world. It makes us go into the Sanctuary, and consider of the End: how the wicked are set in slippery places, and that at last it will go well with the just: It teacheth us to consider, that while [the Lord is our Portion, we have ground enough of hope: For he is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord: It is good for a man that he bear the yoak in his youth: He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath born it upon him; he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be Hope: He giveth his check to him that smiteth him; he is ⟨p. 59⟩filled full with reproach: For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his Mercies] Lam. 3. 24. to 33. [And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed] Rom. 5. 3, 4, 5. [For if we suffer with Christ, we shall also be glorified together: and the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.] And [we our selves do groan within our selves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.] Rom. 8. 17, 18, 23. [When Paul suffered for Christ the loss of all things, he accounted them dung that he might win Christ.] [That he might know the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, and be made conformable to his death] Phil. 3. 8, 10. [He rejoyced in his sufferings, and filled up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in his flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church] Col. 1. 24. [And thus was he Crucified with Christ, and yet lived; yet not he, but Christ lived in him; and the life which he lived in the flesh, he lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved him and gave himself for him,
