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will_v save_v his_o life_n so_o shall_v loose_v it_o and_o he_o that_o will_v loose_v his_o life_n rather_o than_o dishonour_n god_n in_o the_o least_o thing_n shall_v save_v it_o the_o israelit_n in_o their_o captivity_n be_v strait_o enjoin_v to_o quit_v themselves_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o be_v not_o to_o defile_v themselves_o with_o any_o of_o their_o idol_n though_o they_o be_v to_o obey_v in_o all_o thing_n lawful_a yea_o when_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o heathen_n dote_v upon_o their_o idol_n they_o shall_v bold_o say_v unto_o they_o the_o god_n that_o have_v not_o make_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n they_o shall_v perish_v from_o the_o earth_n 10.11_o jer._n 10.11_o and_o from_o under_o the_o heaven_n i_o wish_v that_o the_o afflict_a in_o the_o palatinat_n and_o bohemia_n may_v so_o quit_v themselves_o for_o they_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n and_o so_o much_o for_o this_o particular_a chap._n xlvii_o of_o the_o patience_n of_o the_o conquer_a the_o conquer_v in_o the_o next_o place_n with_o his_o generous_a behaviour_n must_v join_v continue_v patience_n which_o be_v able_a to_o beat_v into_o powder_n the_o hard_a adamant_n of_o affliction_n yea_o here_o indeed_o be_v the_o proper_a place_n of_o patience_n and_o in_o this_o it_o have_v the_o perfect_a work_n 5.3_o work_n nunquam_fw-la est_fw-la patientiae_fw-la virtus_fw-la in_o prosperis_fw-la nota_fw-la lib._n 11_o moral_n rom._n 5.3_o the_o virtue_n of_o patience_n say_v gregory_n be_v not_o know_v in_o prosperity_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n set_v down_o patience_n as_o a_o fruit_n of_o tribulation_n in_o the_o godly_a tribulation_n work_v patience_n lactantius_n hence_o give_v a_o reason_n why_o good_a man_n come_v under_o the_o power_n of_o ill_a man_n namely_o that_o they_o may_v learn_v patience_n and_o have_v occasion_n to_o exercise_v 5._o exercise_v necesse_fw-la est_fw-la iustum_fw-la virum_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la esse_fw-la hominis_fw-la in_o justi_fw-la ut_fw-la patientiam_fw-la capiat_fw-la patientia_fw-la enim_fw-la malorum_fw-la perlatio_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr divin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 5._o patience_n for_o patience_n have_v his_o proper_a work_n in_o evil_a not_o as_o seneca_n say_v very_o divine-like_a 68_o divine-like_a incommoda_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la optabâ—lia_fw-la sed_fw-la virtus_fw-la qua_fw-la perferuntur_fw-la epist_n 68_o that_o we_o shall_v desire_v evil_a for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o our_o patience_n as_o to_o be_v overcome_v by_o the_o enemy_n to_o be_v forsake_v of_o our_o friend_n but_o if_o those_o evil_n fall_v upon_o we_o we_o shall_v desire_v herein_o to_o manifest_v our_o patience_n for_o the_o better_a press_v of_o you_o in_o your_o present_a condition_n to_o the_o practice_n of_o this_o duty_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o unfold_v brief_o these_o four_o head_n wherein_o the_o sum_n of_o this_o duty_n both_o for_o knowledge_n and_o practice_n do_v consist_v namely_o cupido_fw-la the_o sum_n of_o paâ—ience_n consi_v in_o 4_o thing_n ignotinuilâ—_n cupido_fw-la the_o excellency_n of_o it_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o the_o motive_n to_o it_o and_o the_o mean_n to_o come_v by_o it_o for_o the_o first_o we_o must_v first_o of_o all_o know_v what_o true_a patience_n be_v we_o can_v otherwise_o desire_v it_o yea_o we_o may_v cozen_v ourselves_o as_o many_o do_v with_o a_o show_n or_o shadow_n of_o patience_n without_o any_o true_a substance_n therefore_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v by_o patience_n a_o apatheticall_a stupidity_n or_o senselessness_n whether_o stoical_a or_o natural_a whereby_o man_n become_v like_o block_n under_o the_o burden_n by_o set_v a_o press_n upon_o their_o heart_n neither_o that_o seem_a patience_n from_o the_o tooth_n outward_a which_o some_o in_o their_o trouble_n proclaim_v to_o man_n yet_o with_o a_o inward_a grudge_n as_o it_o be_v or_o dislike_v of_o god_n hand_n which_o gregory_n term_v well_o 21._o velamentum_fw-la furoris_fw-la non_fw-la virtus_fw-la mansuâ—tudinis_fw-la homil_n 35._o in_o luc._n 21._o a_o veil_n of_o fury_n not_o a_o virtue_n of_o patience_n nor_o last_v of_o all_o that_o mere_a moral_a virtue_n of_o the_o heathen_n wherewith_o they_o be_v so_o high_o gift_v and_o do_v so_o manifest_a the_o same_o in_o their_o life_n and_o death_n that_o they_o may_v make_v we_o ashamed_a but_o by_o patience_n i_o understand_v that_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o that_o grace_n of_o god_n whereby_o his_o child_n do_v bear_v and_o outbear_v every_o thing_n willing_o and_o constant_o that_o the_o lord_n do_v lay_v upon_o they_o and_o that_o in_o obedience_n to_o his_o will_n so_o that_o it_o difference_v the_o godly_a under_o the_o cross_n not_o only_o from_o the_o open_o wicked_a rage_a and_o revile_v but_o also_o from_o the_o best_a mere_o moral_a or_o civil_a man_n of_o the_o world_n who_o outside_n of_o patience_n make_v so_o glorious_a a_o show_n to_o the_o world_n what_o say_v melancthon_n be_v the_o patience_n of_o socrates_n or_o marius_n or_o as_o austin_n of_o fabricius_n scipio_n or_o regulus_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o patience_n of_o the_o saint_n even_o as_o the_o chaff_n to_o the_o wheat_n or_o base_a metal_n to_o the_o pure_a gold_n it_o be_v true_a they_o endure_v and_o that_o to_o the_o death_n but_o as_o melancthon_n it_o be_v a_o bare_a outside_n their_o be_v no_o life_n in_o it_o it_o want_v faith_n for_o the_o ground_n god_n honour_n for_o the_o end_n consolation_n for_o the_o friut_a and_o effect_n there_o be_v none_o of_o those_o three_o in_o philosophical_a patience_n and_o therefore_o austin_n say_v well_o of_o this_o subject_n that_o a_o man_n can_v have_v no_o true_a virtue_n except_o he_o be_v justify_v in_o &_o by_o christ_n 4_o contra_fw-la â—_o lâ—g_n lib._n 4_o neither_o can_v any_o be_v justify_v but_o he_o that_o live_v by_o faith_n such_o be_v neither_o scipio_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n