Patience and its perfect work under sudden & sore trialsPatience and its perfect work under sudden & sore tryals

§. When a mans Spirit is brought to do these things with ease: so as he shall ⟨p. 128⟩not need to chide his Spirit into a Patient frame, nor force himself into it. But like as Ezra is said to be a ready Scribe, Ezra 7. 6. that is, he was perfect at his work; his heart was prepared for it, and inured to it, v. 10. Thus Patience hath had a perfect Work, when it frames the heart to a Readiness to those actings forementioned. Thus the Apostle, Acts 21. 17. I am not only [ready] to be bound, but I am [ready] to dye at Jerusalem, for the Name of the Lord Jesus. His heart was so fully prepared, as he stuck not at all at it; yea, it was an heart-breaking to him, that his friends should offer to dissuade him. What mean you to break my heart? &c. 'Twas his being inured to endurance, and Patience, that had begotten that Habit of it in him: his heart was not to seek for it.

§. WHen a mans Spirit is brought to doe these things with ease: so as he shall ⟨p. 128⟩not need to chide his Spirit into a Patient frame, nor force himself into it. But like as Ezra is said to be a ready Scribe, Ezra 7. 6. that is, he was perfect at his work; his heart was prepared for it, and inured to it, v. 10. Thus Patience hath had a perfect Work, when it frames the heart to a Readiness to those actings forementioned. Thus the Apostle, Acts 21. 17. I am not only [ready] to be bound, but I am [ready] to dye at Jerusalem, for the Name of the Lord Jesus. His heart was so fully prepared, as he stuck not at all at it; yea, it was an heart-breaking to him, that his friends should offer to disswade him. What mean you to break my heart? &c. 'Twas his being inured to endurance, and Patience, that had begotten that Habit of it in him: his heart was not to seek for it.