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CHAP. XVII. What we are to learn from that high esteem a gracious heart hath of the Saints in their sorest afflictions.

Hence we see what a difference is between the men of the world, and Gods people: The ¹men of the world are such, as in all their outward pomp and bravery, are base and wretched, and Gods people in all their baseness and meanness, are precious and honourable: The wicked men are so vile, as all the glory that the world hath cannot make them blessed; and Gods people are so blessed, as that all the evil of the world cannot make them any way miserable: If a man had his hearts desire in all things that are here below, he may remain as a base cursed creature; but let him be gracious, and godly, and let him have all the misery that can be put upon him in the world, he is one that God, and the Angels, and Saints look upon, as the glory of the earth.

HEnce we see what a difference is between the men of the world, and Gods people: The ¹men of the world are such, as in all their outward pomp and bravery, are base and wretched, and Gods people in all their baseness and meanness, are precious and honorable: The wicked men are so vile, as all the glory that the world hath cannot make them blessed; and Gods people are so blessed, as that all the evil of the world cannot make them any way miserable: If a man had his hearts desire in all things that are here below, he may remain as a base cursed creature; but let him be gracious, and godly, and let him have all the misery that can be put upon him in the world, he is one that God, and the Angels, and Saints look upon, as the glory of the earth.

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