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

Patience is therefore, Secondly, The suffering the will of God •n any kind. And this, doth Patience eminently respect: And that is the Renowned Patience which we almost every where ⟨p. 36⟩meet with, and which the Text calls for; such, as when sudden and unexpected Trials and tentations (which they fall into) fall out, as v. 2. And so is not meant of the difficulties, that accompany our ordinary constant way of personal walking, in performing the duties of our holy profession.

Patience is therefore, Second•y, The suffering the will of God •n any kind. And this, doth Patience eminently respect: And that is the Renowned Patience which we almost every where ⟨p. 36⟩meet with, and which the Text calls for; such, as when sudden and unexpected Tryals and tentations (which they fall into) fall out, as v. 2. And so is not meant of the difficulties, that accompany our ordinary constant way of personal walking, in performing the duties of our holy profession.

§. Object. But you will say, My sufferings are not for the Gospel (as theirs here intended were▪ but they are mere providenti•• accidents, that have fallen upon me, out of common providence, and but such as befa•• wicked men: they are not from outward persecution, for Christ sake, or my profession, but from Gods hand.

§. Object. But you will say, My sufferings are not for the Gospel (as theirs here intended were▪ but they are meer providenti•• accidents, that have fallen upo me, out of common providence, and but such as befa wicked men: they are not from outward persecution, for Christ sake, or my profession, but from Gods hand.