_ ... ~-. . fc_/fc~inrichiiJg t~iimin~e~o~: .. - . c • I 9 7 .. ~ r ofthetribeof'Iuda, alr~ady rrmmphant·_m che I-ilea· }) vens, or by that roarmg Dragon of the bottom– ldfe pit? A man of a~ impar'tiall underlhnding) and difcerning fpii·it, woti1d''lcarcelywifh aclearer demonffration_ofthe' truth, and Orthodoxneffe of ourReligion, than to rriarke the .difference of rh·e ends ofogr blefTed Martyrs·iri ~een :Malie:r time, 1 and of thofe PopHh tr~irors whi~hare fometimes \ exelcuted amongfr us. They !eerne both boldand ) cheerfull towards their ends, but in the Pfeudo-. ; Martyrs at Rome) it is fo enforced, fortnafl and · ~L; ·a~~ifici~ll : .Their ·pray~r~ ~re . fo.unhearty,_:plo~- i • dth~; and perfuntl;ory, thetr carna~e founhke the t Saintsof God, and without rhofe fe-elinge1evati~ ons of fpirit ; which are woni:· to fill rhe-foules : which are ready tcrenter intoth~ joyesofHeavcn, that aman feen into themyfrery ofgodlindfe l and , acqua1nted :.wichthepowerof fanCt_·ifiqtion, may·' clearly'fee their ·comfort in·thefe cafes tob.eofno · h1gher ftrairie. than morall r~folmion, and11-rong : conceit ofherefie can reach unto." It is otherwife with the trne Martyrs of Iefus) that have their in;. . nocent bloud fpilt by the purple -whore of Rome, . as we mayJee'and fee le in that glorious· Martyrio.:. log~e of our Saints which ·were fJaughteted in · ~eene JJ-Jaries time'. They. hid fu~h ~ri holyand : humble Majefty in their carriages, fu~h a·deale of He~uelj, and_foberun l~pt;'lteoneffe 'in their faces, · · · · · frichJoiritt~ll ravHlitnents and 'joyfull fpringing~ ; · · · · inthe1rHe£rfst farh·~r':tee ~nd·p6\verf9U! pierdngs ~ in the_ir fpeethes, fud~ rzeaJe and' hearty ~p€lti~gs ' fn thtiir'pfayers, frlch holflridmphs, and h€aVenly :, . : ___ ~. ,. _. .. ... - .. ,_. P. -3-....-...~.·-· · " ~- •. g~gl!~tiO!J.~...... .
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