- lO He patiently faffers. pcrfc:~ cution for the Wqrd. !The caraall :Gorpeller · jfparc• him· felf-e• , .l ';. -'The Saints fore witha·rongdependance upon Gods providence, withrej?yc~ng in his futferin,gs,bear~ and.endure many mtfen.es and pretfures layd·upon lum, for this profeffionand prall:iceoffinceritie. Hewell 'knowes out.oftheWord of God, and feeles by ~is o~neexperience, ThAt ·tt!l Rl~ich Jtff' !ivegod!J tn Chrt.ft Jefm, JbttUJujfer perfecllttfn, ~· Tun.3. I~ . And therefore hemakes up his account with ~he World, and is at a point withall that is under the Sunne ; bee is perfwaded,. th4t All·t~e&1/JiBioflJ of thillife arenot ~etre ,orthy the gl~ry Jllhi_chfh•./1ue .reVtllled, Rom.8. I 8. But thecarnall.Go{peller he thinkes itis good llceping inawhole skin ; heloo~es for a Gofpel ·ofeafe, fora foft arid filken fervice ofGod·; for a ~church (as one fpeakes) .All Df Ye/vet. And there– fore,rather than hewill fuffer any lo1fe,Qrworliog, :any diminutionordifparagement inhis outward 'e.fl:ate-,in his·reputation,wealth, and worldlyhap– pineffe, he will mAke:fbiplf'r4cke efAgoodConfcience; 'he will yeeld to the corruptions oftheTimes,and with the greater part , reft and repofe hirufelfe peaceably and pleafantly upon his-Bed of eafe d . and carnitll fecutitie : never coafidering, that th~ ! --Croffe is the Chriftians· triumph ; that ChriA: j ! himfelfe was crowned with Thornes ; atid, that ' weemuH throughm.1ny ~tjftiBionJ enter into the King- ~a.r~.~·. dPme9fHeaven,A8. 14.2z. . ·4 A fourth.marke may.be gathered out of tl!e ~~~~~:quent fourth Verfe : Theprayers and·prayfings of God, inprayingand In the mouth of Gods Child-, are frequent, free, th!:~:;r nor. _and fervent ; but with the carnall Gofpeller, they are
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