The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

And (in short) whatever is here the matter of your complaint, ought to be the matter of your patience. Whence it cannot be doubted the matter of it will be very copious;¹ so as to require the Fall of patience (as the Apostle speaks) which his addressing this solemn request to God on the behalf of these Colossian Christians plainly intimates. He prays that they may be strengthened with all might according to the glorious power of God unto all patience, &c. Patience is the Christians suffering ••wer, 'tis Passive fortitude, an ability to suffer; and so apprehensive he is of their great need of a full, and ample supply of this power; that▪ he prays, that they might be ⟨p. 385⟩strengthened in this kind with might, with all might, that they might be even almighty sufferers; strengthened with a might according and corresponding to the glorious power of God himself; Such as might appear the proper impress and image of divine power, whereof the divine power might be both the principle, and the pattern (for the patience whereby God bears the wrongs done to him is called power too; Let the power of the Lord be great as thou hast spoken, saying, the Lord is long suffering forgiving &c.) And this unto all patience, where patience is put for an act of this power, or must be understood of patience in exercise, actual bearing.

And (in short) whatever is here the matter of your complaint, ought to be the matter of your patience. Whence it cannot be doubted the matter of it will be very copious;¹ so as to require the Fall of patience (as the Apostle speaks) which his addressing this solemn request to God on the behalfe of these Colossian Christians plainly intimates. He prays that they may be strengthened with all might according to the glorious power of God unto all patience, &c. Patience is the Christians suffering ••wer, 'tis Passive fortitude, an ability to suffer; and so apprehensive he is of their great need of a full, and ample supply of this power; that▪ he prayes, that they might be