Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

There are two Extremes whereunto we are very prone to run in times of afflictions, the one is a despising of afflictions, the other is a fainting under them, both which are hinted to us by the Author to the Hebrews,¹ My Son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him; these are the two extremes we are carefully to avoid in times of afflictions.

There are two Extreams whereunto we are very prone to run in times of afflictions, the one is a despising of afflictions, the other is a fainting under them, both which are hinted to us by the Author to the Hebrews,¹ My Son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him; these are the two extreans we are carefully to avoyd in times of afflictions.

1. 1Heb. 12. 5

1 Not to despise or slight the chastisement of the Lord▪ saying, If God will have my estate, let him have it; if he will have my Husband, or Wife, or Child, let him have them; this is a despising of the chastening of the Lord,¹ a little regarding, yea a contemning thereof, as the Greek word implieth, which is very displeasing unto God.

1 Not to despise or slight the chastisement of the Lord▪ saying, If God will have my estate, let him have it; if hee will have my Husband, or Wife, or Child, let him have them; this is a despising of the chastening of the Lord,¹