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Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their…
Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsel of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsil of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for Samuel Gerrish, 1714
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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 ⟨p. 31⟩the Cross, will have every Christian to be a Cross-bearer. There can be nothing more Pleasing unto our Saviour, than to see a Disciple take his Cross, and bear the Cross as it becomes a Disciple. We also read, 1 Cor. IV. 9 We are made a Spectacle unto Angels. The Angels of God, they are the Spectators of all the Grievous Things that are laid upon us: They are Spectators of our Carriage under them Carry well, O Suffering Child of God; The Morning-Stars will sing together, the Sons of God will shout for Joy, at the Spectacle. The Grace of God working under thy Grief, will appear Amiable and Admirable, to those Noble Spectators. And thou that art now the Occasion of their Praises, wilt one Day be the Companion of them. And by our Patience under Grievous Things, we are Gloriously preparing for Glorious Things. Like our Blessed Fore-runner, we must first Suffer and then enter into Glory. By a right Behaviour under the Sufferings ⟨p. 32⟩of this present Time; we make ready for the Glory that is to be Revealed. It is in this Preparation working us up for it, that as we read, 2 Cor. IV. 17. Our light Afflictions here, which are but for a Moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory. Briefly, There is no Remedy but Patience. Then Patience, thou shalt be the Remedy.
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 order'd for me; and because thou hast order'd 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