Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their…

The Griefs that can't be Cured, must be born, as God shall Enable us, and as God has Directed us. 'Tis not enough to say, What can't be Cured must be Endured. The CASE is, How they shall be Endured? The only Cure for many of our Grievous Things, is to Bear them Decently, to Bear them Discreetly. Hearken to me, my beloved Brethren; A very considerable Part of what we have to do in the World, is to Bear suitably the Grievous Things of the World. The Bigger, and you will excuse me if I say, the Harder part of our Work, lies in our Passive Obedience. Common Sense taught the very Pagans to say, Levius fit Patientia, Quicquid corrigere est nefas. What no body can tell how to Cure, may by Patience be Assuaged and Eased wonderfully. Surely, special Grace will teach us more than the Beasts of the Earth. 'Tis our best Prudence to ⟨p. 30⟩bear our Grievous Things with our best Patience; To carry our Burdens handsomely.

The Griefs that can't be Cured, must be born, as God shall Enable us, and as God has Directed us. 'Tis not enough to say, What can't be Cur'd must be Endur'd. The CASE is, How they shall be Endured? The only Cure for many of our Grievous Things, is to Bear them Decently, to Bear them Discreetly. Hearken to me, my beloved Brethren; A very considerable Part of what we have to do in the World, is to Bear suitably the Grievous Things of the World. The Bigger, and you will excuse me if I say, the Harder part of our Work, lies in our Passive Obedience. Common Sense taught the very Pagans to say, Levius fit Patientia, Quicquid corrigere est nefas. What no body can tell how to Cure, may by Patience be Asswaged and Eased wonderfully. Surely, special Grace will teach us more than the Beasts of the Earth. 'Tis our best Prudence to ⟨p. 30⟩bear our Grievous Things with our best Patience; To carry our Burdens handsomely.

A due Patience under Grievous Things; I beseech you to consider it; This Patience does exceedingly Glorify God. No Devotion does more Glorify God. God sees our Patience. The Glorious God is exceedingly Gratified with it. No Language, no, none, makes a more grateful Melody in the Ears of Heaven, than this; O my God, such a Grief is by thee ordered for me; and because thou hast ordered it, I Patiently, Willingly, Cheerfully submit unto it. By this Lovely Submission to our Grievous Things, Oh! the Glory that we give unto our God, and our Saviour. So did our Saviour Glorify His Father. 'Tis an High flight in our Conformity to our Saviour, when we come to that Language; The Cup which my Heavenly Father gives me to Drink of, shall not I Drink of it? Oh! 'Tis all well, that such a Father does! Our Saviour, who bore