Catholique divinity: or, The most solid and sententious expressions of the primitive doctors of the Church. With other ecclesiastical, and civil authors: dilated upon, and fitted to the explication of the most doctrinal texts of Scripture, in a choice way both for the matter, and the language; and very useful for the pulpit, and these times. / By Dr. Stuart, dean of St. Pauls, afterwards dean of Westminster, and clerk of the closet to the late K. Charles.

Nihil de causâ suâ deprecatur, qui ni∣hil de conditione suâ miratur.

Ter∣tul.

IN which the Father describes a patience of steel, and an invincible temper. Hee means that the Chri∣stians in those times of persecution, did never intreat the Judge for fa∣vour, because it was not strange to them to see themselves, whose conversation was in Heaven, despised, and condemned upon earth. They wondred not at their misery, they thought it a part of their profession, a part of the Chri∣stian Religion to suffer, and there∣fore they never solicited the Judge for favour; they had learnt by expe∣rience of daily tribulation the Apo∣stles lesson, Think it not strange when tribulations and tentations fall; that is, make that your daily bread, and you shall never starve, use your selves to suffering, at least to the expectation of suffering, acquaint your selves with that, accustome your selves to that before it come, and it will not

bee a stranger to you when it cornes.