243 .F4atats g perfecut:ig asd hurtful. fore your pridewill not fuffer you to bear it pa tiently. Secondly, And remember that different opi- nions and interefts may po{Tibly fo far exafperate fome that are otherwiiereligious,as tomake them at iBeers, or more plainly, perrecktors of one ano- ther, though Godlinefs it felf be applauded by, them all. The experience of England, Scotland and Ireland within there 25 years doth fadly tell us and the world, Tow far men can go.in perfecu- ting each other for different intereft; and opini ons, who all profefs a zeal for godlinefs. And let it have your fpecialremark, that one reafon why all monad (hriftians and Godly do more eafily aeí commonly love one another, is becauje a Chriflians andGodly, they do not hart or rtrong each ether : Beat as they are ofvariort fells they hate and envy one another, becaafe as they arefegaries they hurt and injure one another. For the fp;rit and teal of feet as fuch is cenforious, hurtful , unpeaceable and dividing : But the fpirit and zeal of Godlinefs and Chriflianity, is kindand gentle and inc;intth to do good to all. Remember that you have never leartn the Chriftian art offuffering ariglit, till you can fuf- fer not only by bad men, but by men that other wife aregood; nor on;yby enemies but by friends, nor only by them that bear the (word, but alto by famewho preach'the word; and will not by op- pref îon be made mad a nor driven from ycur in flocency. pII'`ECTà
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