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Eighthly,¹ Natural Principles cannot welcome afflictions with such joy and delight as Faith can. How have the Martyrs kissed and embraced the Stake, accounting that day the happiest day that ever they saw. It is said of the Christians in the 10. Heb. 34. That they suffered with joy the spoiling of their goods. Faith does not only enable to suffer with patience, but to suffer with joy. And Rom. 5. 2. Saint Paul saith, we rejoice in tribulations. Now others ⟨p. 224⟩by their natural courage may encounter with afflictions, and perhaps they may endure them with some patience, but they cannot thus rejoice in them.

Eightly,¹ Naturall Principles cannot welcome afflictions with such joy and delight as Faith can. How have the Martyrs kissed and embraced the Stake, accounting that day the happiest day that ever they saw. It is said of the Christians in the 10. Heb. 34. That they suffered with joy the spoyling of their goods. Faith does not onely enable to suffer with patience, but to suffer with joy. And Rom. 5. 2. Saint Paul sayth, wee rejoyce in tribulations. Now others ⟨p. 224⟩by their naturall courage may encounter with afflictions, and perhaps they may endure them with some patience, but they cannot thus rejoyce in them.

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Ninthly,¹ where Natural Strength only enables, there the soul is not more humble, after it hath gone through difficulties, but it is puffed up, as having passed through hard things, and done some great matter; but where Faith is the principle, the soul knows that it was not from any thing in its self; but if it had been left to its self, it should have basely forsaken the cause of God, it should have dishonoured God and its holy profession; and therefore it rejoices not in its self, but in that power from on high, that came in and assisted it. I live, saith Saint Paul, but not I, but Christ in me,