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 I might add hereto, that even Pain, which is 

 the moll grievous and affli<ftive thing that v^e are 

 fenfible of, is of great Ufe to us. God hath an- 

 nexed a Senfe of Pain to all Difeafes and Harms 

 of the Body, inward and outward (and there is 

 no Pain but proceed^ from fome Harm or Dif- 

 eafe) to be an effeftual Spur to excite and quick-* 

 en us to feek for fpeedy Help or Remedy ; and 

 hath fo order'd it, that as the Difeafe heals,^ fo 

 the Pain abates. Neither doth Pain provoke us 

 only to feek Eafe and Relief when we labour un- 

 der it, but alfo makes us careful to avoid for the 

 future all fuch things as are produdive of it ; 

 that is, fuch things as are hurtful to our Bodies, 

 and deftrudtive of the Health and Well-being of 

 them, which alfo are for the moft part prohibi- 

 ted by God, andfo fmful and injurious to our 

 Souls. So we fee what Care the divine Provi- 

 dence hath taken, and what effedual Means it 

 hath us'd for the healing of our Difeafes, and the 

 Maintenance and Prefervation of our Health. 

 This 'is the true reafon of our Painj howbeit, I 

 will not deny but that God doth fometimes him- 

 felf immediately inflia Difeafes, even upon his 

 own Children, for many good Confiderations, 

 which I fhall not here enumerate ; neither fliall 

 I mention the Ufes that Parents and Mafters 

 make of it, for the correding their Children and 

 Servants ; or Magiftrates, for the punifhing. of 

 Malefaftors, they being beyond my Scope > only 

 I cannot but take notice, that it is a 'OTAwjj/pMpr, 

 a thing of manifold Ufes, and neceflary for the 



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