Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

.. (IS9) ' . of out· tears, as bath now fprung up unto t his glo.. ry, an.d ~leffednefs. We arr beh~lding to the_Devil, and h1s tnftruments; our Enema~ s have befncnded us, though n1uch agaiuft the\r Wills: Y.le could I neve'r have fhined with fuch J3eauty on Earth, had we not been fcoured with fuch unclean wi_fp.s ·; we could n~ver have laid up fuch Treafure in heaYen, as by their cudings, and cruel perfecntion~, our E– nenlies have la id up for us. Soqur Lord h~th told us, Great __is )OUr rt'wartl in hea.v~~,Matth. 5. 1.2. Blef– fed are you that iii;e t)erfecuted,bldfed areyou that are reviled for my fake, for . ~i-ghteouft.feCs fake; _for great is your rewaxd in Heav:en.. - I~ had nC?t been fo great, had i~ no_.t,becn for our g~eat tribulations: Hell hath giv.en:,u§. p lift n~arer che .Throne ofGlo– ry. Con1fort af}cf enco4rage yon,:r hearts with thefe · word~. · : ~~ ., · -· -2. If 9o9. be with .} 1 ou, y9u fi]<!fr fhoniy be_with God ; father 1 r~ill, thttt tho[e w}Jom thou baft given mr., be ·with me.:1J'kere I am : And if 1go and prepare 11. plaGe for yoti, fwi~' c.ome 11gain' nnd recei"'le JOU. tb mj felf,lrhat where I am, ye may b~ alfo. If we fuffer . with him, ype JhaU alfo rtig.n with hinfi. ·C<J1J1t ye bJeffed. of my Fa.ther, inherit the~ K.i11gdom prepared for you,Jrom the foMnd~ttion of tbeJf'uxld.... So·jht~ll we 'be tv.er wi.th the Lord. \ , Brethren, yo.u tha_t lye amoQg the pots, ~t~ but a little time, and you· fhall hear that Word,Come up· bithtr, irtto the-Kingdom) the inheritance,prepar~d for you.There are two Cemtts,_or Calls ofour Lord; ' the firft come, js,. come an.d .,orlz 'JPiTh me, come and watch wsth me, come and fqllow me. The· fecond is, Cemf IIH- r1ff wilb me; your: work is done, your - . ~ watch. ' .

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