Mace(i)
6 for whom the Lord loveth, he chastises, and scourgeth every son whom he receives."
7 if you are to endure chastisement, God treats you as his children: for where's the son whom his father does not chastise?
8 but if you were exempted from that discipline which others are subject to, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 when our natural parents corrected us, we gave them reverence: is it not much more reasonable to be in subjection to the father of spirits, in order to have life?
10 their discipline was temporary, and the effect of humour; whereas God chastises us for our advantage, to make us partakers of his holiness.
11 'tis true, all correction at first is far from appearing agreeable, yet afterward it produces the agreeable fruits of virtue in those who are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore "strengthen your weak hands and your feeble knees.