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Ninthly,¹ when a man is acted by his pride, there is joined with his sufferings a desire of revenge, he would if he could return evil for evil, and doth as far as he dares. The heart is enraged against those from whom they do suffer; but those who have Faith to be their principle, they commit their cause to God; though men curse, they bless, they can heartily pray for their persecutors, as Christ and Stephen did for theirs. The Banner over a gracious ⟨p. 234⟩heart, in all the troubles that befall it, is Love; and therefore, whatsoever the wrongs be that are offered to such, there is still a Spirit of Love preserved in it.

Ninthly,¹ when a man is acted by his pride, there is joyned with his sufferings a desire of revenge, hee would if he could return evill for evill, and doth as farre as hee dares. The heart is enraged against those from whom they doe suffer; but those who have Faith to be their principle, they commit their cause to God; though men curse, they blesse, they can heartily pray for their persecuters, as Christ and Stephen did for theirs. The Banner over a gracious ⟨p. 234⟩heart, in all the troubles that befall it, is Love; and therefore, whatsoever the wrongs be that are offered to such, there is still a Spirit of Love preserved in it.

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Tenthly,¹ if vain-glory be the principle, he loves to make his sufferings known, and in the making of them known, he will aggravate them with all the circumstances he can, to make them appear the more grievous, that so he in the suffering of them, may appear the more glorious. It is a good observation that Master Brightman hath upon that expression of Saint John,