(103) ) .. Wha,t witnefs did they bear? Why, Th~tl the Gofpel i1 true: The fufferings of the Saints,are their Seal to the .Gofpel : As he that believeth, fo o1ncfi . < more,.he that futfereth ·in Faith,hath fet ,to his Seal that God is .true. In the Faith 11nd patience of the · Saints, t:nay be feen ( as tlH! Seal in th~ wax) the .prints and irnpreffions oftheTruth,and faithful nefs; of God. God hath fa id, he will uphold, he will uot . · forfake then1,and their patien~e ihews, he cloth up-· hold, hte hatb not forraken them, · -~· 1hat the GQ– fpel il aglorious Go[pel: That Go.d is.a gpod Mafter,– that it's good beiag with; Chrifi any where; That they are no Lofers by thtir Religion, but that ies ~ wages are above it's work, and it's pay · above its: pant. . . It fiere no~ poffible, when they prove howmuch the Gofpel co£t,s then1, but they tho.ttldbe weary of ir, and repent.. of their·Faith, and. tJ!JlOtU)ce,. {heiJ." . profeffion,if they diduot ,find the,Lord a good pay... mafte~ · ' The Apofile tell~ us,z Cor.;.3.that Ghrifrians are the Epiftles ~f Chrifl, or his Letttrsofcommendation to the World, in whom may be ·read his Excellen– cies and Glory, and the incomparable advantages of his S~rvice. And as all ChriUians, fo,efpeci'l.lly fuffcring Chrifiians: The Character of Chrift is ne– ver fo vifible and legible, as ,when J-tis \Vritten in Blood. The Bowels, and Bour~t.)", and ki,ndners· a,f God our Saviour, never.' appear' cl in more Glory l than upon [his J Crofs; and there'i no fucb lively ' Tranfcript of then1, as upon [ our]Crqfs. On his Grofs, his Blood;.on onr Crofs, his Spirit, and th~ precious grace&, comforts of ir~ are mo!t plenti£ully ~ed forth,~ Pet·t·I4.1f''he reproa€h~tl~ that is,and ' , H. 4 t;ll~. \
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