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woiie, much more will the alwile God proportion his difpenlations according to the liature and llrength of the perlbn he beftowes them on. Larg indowments of honour, wealth, or a helthfull body would quite ouerthrow fome weak Chriltian, therefore God cuts their garments fhort, to keep them in fuch a trim that they might run the waves of his Commandment.

XL.

'TT^IIE fpring is a liuely emblem of the refurre6lion, "^ after a lonsf winter we fe the leavlelTe trees and dry ftocks (at the approach of the fun) to relume their former vigor and beavty in a more ample man- ner then what they loll in the Autumn; fo fliall it be at that great day after a long vacation, when the Sun of righteoulTnes fhall appear, thofe dry bones fhall arife in far more glory then that which they loll at their creation, and in this tranfcends the fpring, that their leafe fhall neuer faile, nor their lap decline.

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WISE father will not lay a burden on a child of

��feven yeares old, which he knows is enough for

one of twice his llrength, much lelfe will our heauenly

father (who knowes our mould), lay fuch affli6tions

vpon his weak children as would crufh them to the

duft, but according to the ftrength he will proportion

the load, as God hath his little children fo he hath his

ftrong men, fuch as are come to a full Stature in Chrill;

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