An effectual prescription against the anguish of all diseases and against all other afflictions to which the nature of man is subject. Penn'd, and publish'd, and approv'd, from the author's experience of it: but more especially from the experience of very many much greater and better men, the latchet of whose shoes he is not worthy to untie.

§. XVII.

He who is bless'd with this Ability to Rejoyce evermore, will by consequence obey the two Exhortatives annext; He will pray without ceasing, and will in every thing give thanks. He will not only give thanks for his State of Grace, and his being Gods Servant, or the Servant of Righteousness; but also for his having been the Servant of Sin. For so he is taught by St. Paul to say, as he said un∣to the Christians who dwelt at Rome; God be thanked, that ye were the Servants of Sin; (Rom. 6. 17.) Where it is to be noted, in pre∣vention of a Mistake in the weaker sort, (who may be bold to sin the more, that Grace may abound, and that he may have the more oc∣casion to give God thanks, and may love him the more, the more he hath to be forgiven him,) St. Paul did not say, God be thanked that ye are, but that ye* 1.1 were the Servants of Sin: which is as if he should have said, God be thanked that ye are not the Servants of Sin, tho' once ye were: For it follows in the next words, But ye have obeyed, and obeyed from the heart, (not above board, and in open

Shew only,) that form of Doctrine which was delivered unto you; and for that, God be thanked.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Rom. 6. 17.