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{The Application
Application for the Godly
Four General Directions for a Conclusion of the Whole
Be Steadfast
The Great Danger of Falling from God and Holy Life}
Tribulations are temptations,367 and they will test what there is of God in you, what reality there is lying under all your professions, and whether the Word of Christ has taken any root in you. And those troubles that fall upon you for righteousness’ sake will be the greatest trial of you.
There are some troubles that fall promiscuously on all, whether good or bad with no difference between one or another, but like an overflowing flood, will tear down everything in their path. For example, in general, famine, pestilence, and war happen alike to the just and the unjust, to him who serves God and to him who does not serve God.
367Tribulations may consist of temptations, or else they may be hardship, which hardship brings with it temptations.
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