4 They are counted Gods friends, 2 Chron. 20.7. Isa. 41.8. John 15.14. Jam. 2.23.
5 They are Heirs with Christ, Rom. 8.17. Gal. 4.7. Tit. 3.7.
6 Christ and the Saints are one, Joh. 17.21. Heb. 2.11.
Christ is the head, the Saints are the body, 1 Cor. 11.3. Ephes. 1.22.23. Col. 1.18. Ephes. 4.15, 16. Col. 2.19. Ephes. 5.23.
7 God tenders them as the apple of his eye, Deut. 32.10. Zecha. 2.8.
8 Whosoever despiseth, or murmureth a∣gainst Gods own people, he taketh it as done to himself, Exod. 16:8. 1 Sam. 8.7. Luke 10:16 Acts 5:39. 1 Thes: 4:8.
9 Saints are happy in having such a God to be their God, who though he sitteth in Hea∣ven, and is in glory, yet when his people are afflicted or persecuted, he is touched with the feeling of their infirmities, Isa: 63:9. Acts 9:5. Heb: 4:15.
10 The Saints are happy in having such a patient God, who doth not afflict willingly, nor destroy until there is no remedy, 1 Chron: 36:16. Isa: 28:21. Lam: 3:33.