Christ Crucified, or the Marrow of the Gospel - Evidently Set Forth in LXXII Sermons on the Whole 53rd Chapter of Isaiah #234282

That ye could have wanted nothing of what ye meet with, without a greater prejudice than the crofs hath brought along with it We are naturally froward and peevifh,' bent to fretfulnefs and difcontent, inclining either to refllefs endeavouring, to have our lot brought up to our fpirits, than to be at fuitable pains, to have our fpirits brought 'down to our lot, and therefore have much need to be tamed and calmed by the crofs; this rugged and uneafy temper of fpirit, being the great hinderer, yea, oppofrte of that flayed and fweet contentment of heart, with, and in every (late: which is.