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

§. Take it at large, that is, in the full Comprehension of it. It is a constant persisting, whether to do the will of God without fainting, or to suffer the will of God with submission, and quietness, and cheerfulness, to the ⟨p. 32⟩end of a mans days. And thus taken, it respects doing as well as suffering. The good Ground is said to bring forth its fruit, All its fruit with Patience, in the Parable of the Sower. It respects,

§. TAke it at large, that is, in the full Comprehension of it. It is a constant persisting, whether to doe the will of God without fainting, or to suffer the will of God with submission, and quietness, and cheerfulness, to the ⟨p. 32⟩end of a mans dayes. And thus taken, it respects doing as well as suffering. The good Ground is said to bring forth its fruit, All its fruit with Patience, in the Parable of the Sower. It respects,

§. First, Doing the will of God Rom. 2. 7. To them who by patient continuance [in well doing (The Greek is The Patience of good work) seek for glory and honour, &c.

And the Reason, why Patience is required to every good work is because there is a difficult• that accompanies every duty, and ¹to the putting forth of every grace: that we need have Patience to perform the duty constantly and to continue in the practice o• that grace: There is a difficulty not only from our own corruption, unto which the Commands o God are grievous; but from th