Bodily health and eafe from torments. ofhis gin.yore Aall alfo fit on twelve Thrones judging the twelve tribes of 'frac! : as every one that.hathforfakenhouret,or brethren, orSifler.t,or Fatber,or Mother,or Wife, or Children, or Lands for sly names /apes(hall receive an hundredfold,andA41 inherit ever- lafling lifejAndis it not better fuffe,r-cln-Alkefe terms ofuncon- ceivable advantage,then to fufferina natural way for nothing? 9. And confider,that if liffering feem fo great a matter to you that you are refolved though by the way of fin, to avoid it, you will fcape it at fo dear a rate that you will with a thoufand times you had endured it. There is no ftn--kAgof Chriflian fuffering when you are called to it , but by running into eternal fuffering. There is no fcaping the Prifon and torment and fireof Martyrdom,when you are called to it, but by running into the fireof Hell. God can deliver you indeed on eafier terms, by forbearing to call you to it, or refcuing by his power : But you cannot refcue your (elvesby refufing to fuffer and yielding to fin , without paying dearer for your freedom then it is worth. And therefore denyyour felvet,and bear what God fhall call you to,left Chrift deny you and make you fuffer a thoufand fold more to all eternity. o.LafIly, confider alfo, that this part often-44nm/ is it that Chrift hath fully and purpofely taught us, by his own ex- ample. Are you better then the Lordof life ? And did they not ufe himworfe then you are ufed ?_ Do they slander you ? and did theynot fo by him,calling him a gluttonousperfon and awine-bibber,and a friend ofPublicans and finnersa Sabbo th- breaker, an enemy toCa far, a Deceiver, yea one that had a Devil, and call out Devils by Belzebub? Do they put a Fools Coat on you, and a Reed in your hand, andmake a laughing flock of you ? Remember what they did by Chrift. They mixed fcorn and cruelty together , when they crowned him with a Crown ofThorns, and {truck him when they had co- veredhis eyes, andbid him read who fmote him. And do worfe then this by you ?' They fpit in his face , and faved a Murderer., that he might be fare to die. And do they worfe then this byyou ? [ Run therefore With patience the race that is fit before you, looking to ?erg,' the Author and FiniAer of our faith, who for the joy that was fit before him, endured the Croft, Bb 3 defpifing 189
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