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 do. You will not fret against him, because you are not yet renewed, but bless him because you shall be; and because now is your salvation from all sin, nearer than when you first believed. Instead of uselessly tormenting yourself because the time is not fully come, you will calmly and quietly wait for it, knowing that it will come and will not tarry. You may therefore the more chearfully endure as yet, the burden of sin that still remains in you, because it will not always remain. Yet a little while and it shall be clean gone. Only ''tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall comfort thy heart, and put thou thy trust in the Lord''.

6. And if you see any who appear (so far as man can judge, but God alone searcheth the hearts) to be already partakers of their hope, already made perfect in love: far from envying the grace of God in them, let it rejoice and comfort your heart. Glorify God for their sake. If one member is honoured, shall not all the members rejoice with it? Instead of jealousy or evil surmising concerning them, praise God for the consolation. Rejoice in having a fresh proof of the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. And stir yourself up the more, to ''apprehend that for which you also are apprehended of Christ Jesus''.