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A natural cheerful spirit can be able to undergo great things, that one that is naturally timorous cannot; the Wise man saith, The Spirit of a man shall sustain his infirmities: A man that hath a natural cheerful spirit, is able to sustain many infirmities that others cannot; As for melancholy spirits, every thing that comes cross to them is ready to sink them, and they cannot undergo. those troubles which a cheerful spirit can, because they want the sweetness within; What strength is there then in the filling the heart with joy in believing of these things? As a man that hath his bones filled with marrow, and hath abundance of good blood, and fresh spirits in his body, he can endure to go with less clothes then another, because he is well lined within; so it is with a heart that hath a great deal of fat and marrow, joy and peace within, though such a one hath not many clothes, and outward comforts to strengthen him, he will go through troubles well enough; Proverbs 14. 14. A good man is satisfied from himself: And it is enough for good men to know within themselves that they have an enduring ⟨p. 616⟩substance, Heb. 10. 34. A tree that hath a great deal of sap within, can bear great weights and burdens that others cannot; and that is the fifth ground, because the hope of these things does fill the heart with joy, and so strengthens the heart.

A natural chearful spirit can be able to undergo great things, that one that is naturally timorous cannot; the Wise man saith, The Spirit of a man shall sustain his infirmities: A man that hath a natural chearful spirit, is able to sustain many infirmities that others cannot; As for melancholy spirits, every thing that comes cross to them is ready to sink them, and they cannot undergo. those troubles which a chearful spirit can, because they want the sweetness within; What strength is there then in the filling the heart with joy in believing of these things? As a man that hath his bones filled with marrow, and hath abundance of good blood, and fresh spirits in his body, he can endure to go with less cloathes then another, because he is well lined within; so it is with a heart that hath a great deal of fat and marrow, joy and peace within, though such a one hath not many cloathes, and outward comforts to strengthen him, he will go through troubles well enough;