Inference XI.
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Inference XI.
How patiently should we bear the afflictions of this life by which sin is prevented and purged?
HOw patiently should we bear the afflictions of this life by which sin is prevented and purged?
The discipline of our Spirits belongs to God the Father of Spirits, he corrects us here, that we may not be punished hereafter, 1 Cor 11.32. We are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the World. It is better for us to groan under afflictions on Earth, than to roar under revenging wrath in Hell. Parents who are wise as well as tender, had rather hear their children sob and cry under the rod, than stand with halters about their necks on the ladder bewailing the destructive indulgence of their Parents.
Your chastisements when sanctified are preventive of all the misery opened before. It is therefore as unreasonable to murmur against God, because you smart under his rod, as it would be to accuse your dearest friend of cruelty, because he strained your arm to snatch you from the fall of an house or wall which he saw ready to crush and overwhelm you in its ruins.
Your chastisements when sanctified are preventive of all the misery opened before. It is therefore as unreasonable to murmur against God, because you smart under his rod, as it would be to accuse your dearest friend of cruelty, because he strain'd your arm to snatch you from the fall of an house or wall which he saw ready to crush and overwhelm you in its ruins.