I 20 · 'The jitperior Excellenry 1 courage wherewith he is infpired, and which mak~s hi1n confidently atchieve the n1of1: difficult acrions, and refolutely un– dergo the harddl fufferings that he is cal– led to. For this fee the epifHc to the I-i e– bre?.Ds, chap. xi. ver. 33· 'Through faith .fome have /ubdued kingdoms, &c. this was their aCtive courage; vcr. 35· Others again were tortured, &c. this was their paHive cDurage ; whieh -il1 Chrill-ians is moff emi– nen t and ufeful. True valour doth n1ore ap– pear b r fuffcring than by doing; and doubt– lefs this is the hardefi trial of the two. -yv ere it not for fuffering hardlhips the greateft coward in the world wot1ld be man enough for the highefl: enterprizes. It is not fo much the difficulty of great aet:ions, as the danger that attends then1, which makes n1en fear to undertake them; fo that to-fuf– fer chearfully mufl: be the ·greateft proof of courage. And fure, we 1nay appeal to the world to produce fu ch eminent infl:ances of fortitude and refolution, as Chrifl:ian mar– tyrs have fhewn under thofe torments which cannot be mentioned withoui hor– ror. I-Iow often hath their confiancy ama– zed their bloody perfecurors, and out– wearied the cruelties of their tormentors! Nor ··was this patience per-force: they - n1ight
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